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A daily, midday, news package which featured an in depth interview about a current news topic. Viewers could phone in and ask questions of the key interviewee.

  • 1Development and the Environment Discussion and viewer talkback about progress and development and its impact on people and the environment. Is it possible to provide a cure for malnutrition and famine with economic development? Do dams and irrigation schemes really provide a better environment? Are scientists always working in the public interest? Are New Zealand's native forests, fishing grounds and rivers being responsibly managed? The studio guest is world renowned British Conservationist, ecologist and environmentalist Teddy Goldsmith.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 12
    • Finish 00 : 01 : 08
    • Duration 00 : 56
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Despite protests by peace groups and the Soviet Union, the United States has gone ahead with an underground nuclear test in the Nevada Desert.

    • Start 00 : 01 : 08
    • Finish 00 : 01 : 43
    • Duration 00 : 35
    Locations
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Item abandoned die to sound loss. Resumes at 00:04:46.
  • 3Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of Pakistan's former President, has arrived home to a massive welcome after seven years in exile in the United Kingdom.

    • Start 00 : 01 : 43
    • Finish 00 : 04 : 46
    • Duration 03 : 03
    Reporters
    • John Suchet (Reporter, ITN)
    Speakers
    • Benazir Bhutto (Chair, Pakistan People's Party [PPP])
    Locations
    • Lahore, Pakistan (Punjab)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Despite protests by peace groups and the Soviet Union, the United States has gone ahead with an underground nuclear test in the Nevada Desert.

    • Start 00 : 04 : 46
    • Finish 00 : 06 : 31
    • Duration 01 : 45
    Reporters
    • Rick Inderfurth (Reporter, ABC News)
    Speakers
    • Kenneth Adelman (United States Arms Control Negotiator)
    • Charles Mathias (United States Senator, Republican Party)
    Locations
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Item resumed from 00:01:43.
  • 5Kidnappers in Dublin have demanded more than $5 million for the safe return of Jennifer Guinness, the wife of a wealthy banker.

    • Start 00 : 06 : 31
    • Finish 00 : 09 : 11
    • Duration 02 : 40
    Reporters
    • Desmond Hamill (Reporter, ITN)
    Locations
    • Dublin, Ireland (Leinster)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 09 : 11
    • Finish 00 : 10 : 13
    • Duration 01 : 02
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7Development and the Environment Discussion and viewer talkback about progress and development and its impact on people and the environment. Is it possible to provide a cure for malnutrition and famine with economic development? Do dams and irrigation schemes really provide a better environment? Are scientists always working in the public interest? Are New Zealand's native forests, fishing grounds and rivers being responsibly managed? The studio guest is world renowned British Conservationist, ecologist and environmentalist Teddy Goldsmith.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 49
    • Finish 00 : 25 : 51
    • Duration 13 : 02
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Teddy Goldsmith (Editor, The Ecologist)
    Contributors
    • Peter Whitehouse (Spokesman, Greenpeace)
    • Bob Wilson (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Laurence Crisp (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8A brief listing of the New Zealand and international news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 26 : 54
    • Finish 00 : 27 : 44
    • Duration 00 : 50
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Development and the Environment Discussion and viewer talkback about progress and development and its impact on people and the environment. Is it possible to provide a cure for malnutrition and famine with economic development? Do dams and irrigation schemes really provide a better environment? Are scientists always working in the public interest? Are New Zealand's native forests, fishing grounds and rivers being responsibly managed? The studio guest is world renowned British Conservationist, ecologist and environmentalist Teddy Goldsmith.

    • Start 00 : 27 : 44
    • Finish 00 : 42 : 36
    • Duration 14 : 52
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Teddy Goldsmith (Editor, The Ecologist)
    Contributors
    • Jaden Paora (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Catherine Hudson (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Fred Morgan (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Raymond Allan (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Stephen Holdaway (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 44 : 23
    • Finish 00 : 44 : 57
    • Duration 00 : 34
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11Despite protests by peace groups and the Soviet Union, the United States has gone ahead with an underground nuclear test in the Nevada Desert. Will Moscow follow through with its threat to resume Soviet testing? The most immediate threat to superpower relations is the tension between the United States and Libya.

    • Start 00 : 44 : 57
    • Finish 00 : 47 : 20
    • Duration 02 : 23
    Reporters
    • Steve Shepard (Reporter, ABC)
    Speakers
    • Ronald Reagan (United States President, Republican Party)
    • William Quandt (Spokesman, Brookings Institution)
    • Neil Livingstone (Counter Terrorism Expert)
    Associated
    • Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Libyan Leader)
    Locations
    • United States
    • Libya
    • Russia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of Pakistan's former President, has arrived home to a massive welcome after seven years in exile in the United Kingdom.

    • Start 00 : 47 : 20
    • Finish 00 : 47 : 50
    • Duration 00 : 30
    Locations
    • Lahore, Pakistan (Punjab)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 13Kidnappers in Dublin have demanded more than $5 million for the safe return of Jennifer Guinness, the wife of a wealthy banker.

    • Start 00 : 47 : 50
    • Finish 00 : 48 : 04
    • Duration 00 : 14
    Locations
    • Dublin, Ireland (Leinster)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 14An English coroner has drawn attention to the appalling plight of some of the United Kingdom's poor. He was commenting on the death of an eleven year old boy, killed by a rubbish truck while scavenging in a dump in Merseyside.

    • Start 00 : 48 : 04
    • Finish 00 : 49 : 51
    • Duration 01 : 47
    Locations
    • United Kingdom
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 15In the United States each year more than 1.5 million children go missing. Around 1 million are runaways, many are abducted by one of their parents, and up to 20,000 are kidnapped by strangers. In an effort to combat this problem, a controversial new campaign has begun, using fingerprinting.

    • Start 00 : 49 : 51
    • Finish 00 : 52 : 31
    • Duration 02 : 40
    Reporters
    • Gary Shepherd (Reporter, ABC News)
    Speakers
    • Mona Rifken (Parent)
    • Leonard Johnson (Parent)
    • Lawrence York (Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI])
    • Dr Benjamamin Spock (Author)
    • Dr Irene Goldenberg (Child Psychologist, University of California Los Angeles [UCLA])
    • Phillip Black (Parent)
    • James Merrick (Child)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 16The World Record for toppling dominoes has been broken yet again, this time by a group of Japanese students.

    • Start 00 : 52 : 31
    • Finish 00 : 54 : 26
    • Duration 01 : 55
    Reporters
    • Charles Osgood (Reporter, ABC)
    Locations
    • Japan
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Newsline
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 11 April 1986
Start Time
  • 12 : 30
Finish Time
  • 13 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV2
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • A daily, midday, news package which featured an in depth interview about a current news topic. Viewers could phone in and ask questions of the key interviewee.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Karen Sims (Presenter)
  • Rodney Bryant (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Charles Osgood (Reporter, ABC)
  • Desmond Hamill (Reporter, ITN)
  • Gary Shepherd (Reporter, ABC News)
  • John Suchet (Reporter, ITN)
  • Rick Inderfurth (Reporter, ABC News)
  • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
  • Steve Shepard (Reporter, ABC)
Speakers
  • Benazir Bhutto (Chair, Pakistan People's Party [PPP])
  • Charles Mathias (United States Senator, Republican Party)
  • Dr Benjamamin Spock (Author)
  • Dr Irene Goldenberg (Child Psychologist, University of California Los Angeles [UCLA])
  • James Merrick (Child)
  • Kenneth Adelman (United States Arms Control Negotiator)
  • Lawrence York (Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI])
  • Leonard Johnson (Parent)
  • Mona Rifken (Parent)
  • Neil Livingstone (Counter Terrorism Expert)
  • Phillip Black (Parent)
  • Ronald Reagan (United States President, Republican Party)
  • Teddy Goldsmith (Editor, The Ecologist)
  • William Quandt (Spokesman, Brookings Institution)
Locations
  • United States
  • Lahore, Pakistan (Punjab)
  • Dublin, Ireland (Leinster)
  • Libya
  • Russia
  • United Kingdom
  • Japan
Contributors
  • Bob Wilson (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Catherine Hudson (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Fred Morgan (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Jaden Paora (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Laurence Crisp (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Peter Whitehouse (Spokesman, Greenpeace)
  • Raymond Allan (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Stephen Holdaway (Phone-in Viewer)