Close Up
Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.
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1God Defend New Zealand A new emerging Christian political force made their debut at Parliament this week, when The Coalition for Concerned Citizens delivered a petition opposing homosexual law reform to politicians. They are open about their desire to moralise politics in New Zealand, and they stand for Godm home and country. A look at the rise of a new moral force in politics.
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2Trouble at Bill The report of the inquiry into police handling of the alleged sex ring investigation carried out in Dunedin has been released. It concluded there was no attempt by Dunedin Police to pervert the course of justice, but it laid the blame for certain aspects of the police performance squarely at the feet of individuals. The report has not been universally accepted.
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3Nothing to Lose There is still a place in New Zealand where representative rugby is played simply for fun - the East Coast. Here the local rugby union has played 318 games since 1921 and lost 251 of them. However, rugby remains King on the coast.
Primary Title
- Close Up
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 26 September 1985
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Martyn Bates (Presenter)
Reporters
- Brett Dumbleton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Babs Henare (Former Maori All Black)
- Barbara Goodman (Spokesperson, Campaign For Tolerance)
- Bill Subritsky (Evangelist, Auckland Coalition of Concerned Citizens)
- Constable Paul Stevenson (Spokesman, New Zealand Police Association)
- Detective Sergeant Tom Lewis (Dunedin Officer, New Zealand Police)
- Fran Wilde (Wellington Central MP, Labour Party)
- George Nepia (Former All Black)
- John Massam (Editor, Challenge)
- Keith Morrow (President, New Zealand Police Association)
- Ken Thompson (Commissioner, New Zealand Police)
- Paul Spoonley (Sociologist, Massey University)
- Reverend Selwyn Dawson (Retired Methodist Minister)
- Teresa Lewis (Tom Lewis's Wife)
- voxpop
- Wilson Walker (Rugby Player)
Locations
- Dunedin, New Zealand (Otago)
- Ruatoria, New Zealand (Gisborne)
Contributors
- Chris Anderson (Director)
- Dairne Shanahan (Director)
- Dr Jerry Falwell (American Evangelist)
- James Robison (American Evangelist)
- Mark Champion (Director)