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Television New Zealand's hour-long weekly current affairs programme presenting mini-documentaries on topical local issues.

  • 1Mid Term Report David Lange's Labour Government is now halfway through its first term in office. Will it survive into a second term? Despite still being well ahead of the Opposition in the polls, its radical economic policies are creating a furore throughout New Zealand.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 59
    • Finish 00 : 18 : 33
    • Duration 17 : 34
    Reporters
    • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
    • Jim Anderton (Sydenham MP, Labour Party)
    • Sir Keith Sinclair (Historian)
    • Oliver Riddell (Political Reporter, Christchurch Press)
    • Margaret Wilson (President, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Big Dealer A detailed look at the phenomenon of the corporate raider. This new breed of stock market predator identifies targets with plenty of assets, but management that has lost its way, and then uses large sums of borrowed money to buy up company shares, and then improve its performance. This two part report follows the takeover bid by Equiticorp of ACI. Cameras get a rare look at the boardroom meetings and deals that go on behind the scenes of a billion dollar deal.

    • Start 00 : 22 : 20
    • Finish 00 : 56 : 21
    • Duration 34 : 01
    Reporters
    • Brett Dumbleton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Alan Hawkins (Managing Director, Equiticorp)
    • Anna Buduls (Journalist, Australian Financial Review)
    • Jim Perry (Spokesman, Melbourne Stock Exchange)
    Contributors
    • Chris Anderson (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • Yes
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 20 March 1986
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)
  • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Alan Hawkins (Managing Director, Equiticorp)
  • Anna Buduls (Journalist, Australian Financial Review)
  • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
  • Jim Anderton (Sydenham MP, Labour Party)
  • Jim Perry (Spokesman, Melbourne Stock Exchange)
  • Margaret Wilson (President, Labour Party)
  • Oliver Riddell (Political Reporter, Christchurch Press)
  • Sir Keith Sinclair (Historian)
Contributors
  • Chris Anderson (Director)
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