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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.

  • 1Child Abuse Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is in New Zealand to shine the light on New Zealand's horrendous child abuse record. One in four girls, and one in six boys will be beaten or sexually abused by an adult, and that adult is likely to be someone they know and trust. Why is it so difficult to admit there is a problem and talk about it? Discussion and viewer talkback with Rolf Harris.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 19
    • Finish 00 : 04 : 16
    • Duration 03 : 57
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Rolf Harris (Australian Entertainer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2The long-awaited report of the Defence Committee of Inquiry has been made public. It recommends increasing New Zealand's military links with Australia.

    • Start 00 : 04 : 16
    • Finish 0 : 04 : 54
    • Duration 00 : 38
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3A 44-year old postman has massacred fourteen of his colleagues plus himself in Edmond, Oklahoma, after being threatened with dismissal over his poor job performance.

    • Start 0 : 04 : 54
    • Finish 00 : 06 : 51
    • Duration 01 : 57
    Reporters
    • Andrew Manderson (Reporter)
    Locations
    • Edmond, OK, United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4British authorities are concerned over a new wave of attacks and reprisals between rival Iranian groups. A bomb is believed to have caused a blast in an Iranian-run shop in the Kensington section of London that killed one man and wounded five other people.

    • Start 00 : 06 : 51
    • Finish 00 : 09 : 37
    • Duration 02 : 46
    Reporters
    • James Mates (Reporter, ITN)
    Speakers
    • Reza Fazeli (Video Shop Owner)
    Associated
    • Ayatollah Khomeini (Iranian Leader)
    Locations
    • London, United Kingdom (England)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 09 : 37
    • Finish 00 : 11 : 01
    • Duration 01 : 24
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6Child Abuse Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is in New Zealand to shine the light on New Zealand's horrendous child abuse record. One in four girls, and one in six boys will be beaten or sexually abused by an adult, and that adult is likely to be someone they know and trust. Why is it so difficult to admit there is a problem and talk about it? Discussion and viewer talkback with Rolf Harris.

    • Start 00 : 16 : 55
    • Finish 00 : 30 : 22
    • Duration 13 : 27
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Rolf Harris (Australian Entertainer)
    Contributors
    • Bobby Smith (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Paul Kauri (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Pat Howell (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 31 : 26
    • Finish 00 : 32 : 44
    • Duration 01 : 18
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 8Child Abuse Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is in New Zealand to shine the light on New Zealand's horrendous child abuse record. One in four girls, and one in six boys will be beaten or sexually abused by an adult, and that adult is likely to be someone they know and trust. Why is it so difficult to admit there is a problem and talk about it? Discussion and viewer talkback with Rolf Harris.

    • Start 00 : 32 : 44
    • Finish 00 : 45 : 45
    • Duration 13 : 01
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Rolf Harris (Australian Entertainer)
    Contributors
    • Andrew Plom (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Stuart Riddle (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Keith Dale (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Roydyn Wills (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 48 : 04
    • Finish 00 : 48 : 37
    • Duration 00 : 33
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 10A 44-year old postman has massacred fourteen of his colleagues plus himself in Edmond, Oklahoma, after being threatened with dismissal over his poor job performance.

    • Start 00 : 48 : 37
    • Finish 00 : 49 : 53
    • Duration 01 : 16
    Reporters
    • Charles Murphy (Reporter, ABC)
    Speakers
    • Steve Brehm (Fellow Employee, United States Postal Service)
    Locations
    • Edmond, OK, United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 11The Soviet press has reported that fire swept through the Chernobyl nuclear power station a month after the disastrous radioactive leak from the plant.

    • Start 00 : 49 : 53
    • Finish 00 : 50 : 17
    • Duration 00 : 24
    Locations
    • Ukraine
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 12An airborne laser laboratory for Moscow's space defence programme was destroyed by fire earlier this year, bringing the Soviet airborne laser programme to a halt.

    • Start 00 : 50 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 51 : 47
    • Duration 01 : 30
    Reporters
    • David Martin (Reporter, CBS)
    Speakers
    • Robert Cooper (Former Assistant United States Secretary of Defence)
    • John Pike (Federation of American Scientists)
    Locations
    • Russia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 13The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the number of refugees around the world has more than trebled over the past decade, to a record 10 million. Now the UN is making its first direct appeal to the public for money to help those who have fled their homelands.

    • Start 00 : 51 : 47
    • Finish 00 : 54 : 13
    • Duration 02 : 26
    Reporters
    • Michael Sheridan (Reporter, ITN)
    Speakers
    • Stephen Sinclair (Spokesman, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR])
    Locations
    • Ethiopia
    • Nicaragua
    • Pakistan
    • Thailand
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 14A group of Royal Marines has set a new world parachute stacking record of 24 men after an earlier attempt failed spectacularly.

    • Start 00 : 54 : 13
    • Finish 00 : 56 : 03
    • Duration 01 : 50
    Reporters
    • Bob Crampton (Reporter, ITN)
    Locations
    • United Kingdom
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 15The Hubbard Glacier, Alaska's fourth largest glacier, is growing rapidly, reshaping the geography of the state in beautiful and frightening ways.

    • Start 00 : 56 : 03
    • Finish 00 : 58 : 36
    • Duration 02 : 33
    Reporters
    • Terry Drinkwater (Reporter, CBS)
    Speakers
    • Dick Martin (Spokesman, National Park Service)
    • Ray Sensmeier (Native American Leader, Tlingit Tribe)
    Locations
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Newsline
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 21 August 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
  • Derek Fox (Presenter)
  • Rodney Bryant (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Andrew Manderson (Reporter)
  • Bob Crampton (Reporter, ITN)
  • Charles Murphy (Reporter, ABC)
  • David Martin (Reporter, CBS)
  • James Mates (Reporter, ITN)
  • Michael Sheridan (Reporter, ITN)
  • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
  • Terry Drinkwater (Reporter, CBS)
Speakers
  • Dick Martin (Spokesman, National Park Service)
  • John Pike (Federation of American Scientists)
  • Ray Sensmeier (Native American Leader, Tlingit Tribe)
  • Reza Fazeli (Video Shop Owner)
  • Robert Cooper (Former Assistant United States Secretary of Defence)
  • Rolf Harris (Australian Entertainer)
  • Stephen Sinclair (Spokesman, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR])
  • Steve Brehm (Fellow Employee, United States Postal Service)
Locations
  • Edmond, OK, United States
  • London, United Kingdom (England)
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • Ethiopia
  • Nicaragua
  • Pakistan
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Contributors
  • Andrew Plom (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Bobby Smith (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Keith Dale (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Pat Howell (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Paul Kauri (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Roydyn Wills (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Stuart Riddle (Phone-in Viewer)