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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.

  • 1Sir Edmund Hillary Discussion and viewer talkback with New Zealand's High Commissioner for India, Sir Edmund Hillary, best-known for his legendary mountaineering exploits and for being the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, alongside Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 00 : 16 : 18
    • Duration 16 : 18
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Sir Edmund Hilar (New Zealand High Commissioner to India)
    Contributors
    • Rodney Elliott (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Vijaya Rajam (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Nigel Green (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Gopalam Kannan (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Jill Snow (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Introduction to the item missed.
  • 2A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 17 : 21
    • Finish 00 : 18 : 19
    • Duration 00 : 58
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Sir Edmund Hillary Discussion and viewer talkback with New Zealand's High Commissioner for India, Sir Edmund Hillary, best-known for his legendary mountaineering exploits and for being the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, alongside Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

    • Start 0 : 18 : 19
    • Finish 00 : 30 : 00
    • Duration 11 : 41
    Reporters
    • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand High Commissioner to India)
    Contributors
    • Peter Ashton (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Shane Bensemann (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Stephen Maddock (Phone-in Viewer)
    • Vi Perrin (Phone-in Viewer)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

    • Start 00 : 32 : 21
    • Finish 00 : 33 : 02
    • Duration 00 : 41
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5Captured American pilot Eugene (Gene) Hasenfus is standing by his allegations that his mission to drop supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was sanctioned by high-ranking personnel inside the United States Government.

    • Start 00 : 33 : 02
    • Finish 00 : 36 : 25
    • Duration 03 : 23
    Reporters
    • John Martin (Reporter, ABC)
    Speakers
    • Eugene Hasenfus (Captured American)
    Locations
    • Managua, Nicaragua (Managua)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6An Auckland woman is fighting to prevent two Coloured South African students from being sent home. The situation is similar to many Black South Africans trying to stay in the United States - White South Africans do not seem to have any trouble immigrating but it is a different matter for Blacks.

    • Start 00 : 36 : 25
    • Finish 00 : 39 : 01
    • Duration 02 : 36
    Reporters
    • John Blackstone (Reporter, CBS)
    Speakers
    • Matome Somo (South African Emigre)
    • Mark Silverman (Immigration Attorney)
    • David Ilchert (Spokesman, United States Immigration and Naturalisation Service)
    • William May (Immigration Attorney)
    • Peter Schey (Immigration Attorney)
    Locations
    • Berkeley, CA, United States
    • Oakland, CA, United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7Today marks thirty years since the Hungarian Revolution broke out on the streets of its capital Budapest. It began as a peaceful demonstration and became the first (and thus far the only successful) revolt by a populace inside the Soviet Bloc. However, its success was short lived, lasting just ten days.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 01
    • Finish 00 : 43 : 18
    • Duration 04 : 17
    Reporters
    • John Laurence (Reporter, ABC News)
    Speakers
    • Janos Fekete (Vice Chairman, Hungarian National Bank)
    • Bela Kurucz (Exiled Revolutionary)
    • Laszlo Rajk (Dissident)
    Locations
    • Hungary
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Newsline
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 24 October 1986
Start Time
  • 12 : 45
Finish Time
  • 13 : 30
Duration
  • 45:00
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.
Notes
  • First minute of programme missed.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Karen Sims (Presenter)
  • Rodney Bryant (Presenter)
Reporters
  • John Laurence (Reporter, ABC News)
  • John Blackstone (Reporter, CBS)
  • John Martin (Reporter, ABC)
  • Rodney Bryant (Interviewer)
Speakers
  • Bela Kurucz (Exiled Revolutionary)
  • David Ilchert (Spokesman, United States Immigration and Naturalisation Service)
  • Eugene Hasenfus (Captured American)
  • Janos Fekete (Vice Chairman, Hungarian National Bank)
  • Laszlo Rajk (Dissident)
  • Mark Silverman (Immigration Attorney)
  • Matome Somo (South African Emigre)
  • Peter Schey (Immigration Attorney)
  • Sir Edmund Hilar (New Zealand High Commissioner to India)
  • Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand High Commissioner to India)
  • William May (Immigration Attorney)
Locations
  • Managua, Nicaragua (Managua)
  • Berkeley, CA, United States
  • Oakland, CA, United States
  • Hungary
Contributors
  • Gopalam Kannan (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Jill Snow (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Nigel Green (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Peter Ashton (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Rodney Elliott (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Shane Bensemann (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Stephen Maddock (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Vi Perrin (Phone-in Viewer)
  • Vijaya Rajam (Phone-in Viewer)