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

  • 1The Indians' Chief Opponents of the new Fijian Coalition Government plan to defy an order preventing them from holding a demonstration outside Parliament tomorrow morning. Prime MInister Dr Timoci Bavadra is being called a puppet by those opposed to the new Indian-dominated Government, which includes only five indigenous Fijians. The toppling of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara after seventeen years in power, heralds a dramatic new chapter in South Pacific politics.

    • Start 00 : 01 : 00
    • Finish 00 : 19 : 49
    • Duration 18 : 49
    Reporters
    • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Dr Timoci Bavadra (Fijian Prime Minister)
    • Apisi Tora (Fijian Opposition MP, Alliance Party)
    • Kuini Bavadra (Fijian First Lady)
    • Ratu David Toganivalu (Former Fijian Deputy Prime Minister)
    • Sir John Falvey (Former Fijian Attorney- General)
    • Satendra Nandan (Fijian MP, Labour Party)
    • Baljit Singh (Cane Farmer)
    Locations
    • Fiji
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2Power Games Comalco and the Government are once again at odds over how much Comalco should pay should pay for the electricity supply to the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter. Should the current arrangement, in which Comalco pays a much-reduced price, be regarded as a justifiable arrangement for a good customer, or an iniquitous subsidy that is penalising lother consumers?

    • Start 00 : 23 : 39
    • Finish 00 : 39 : 16
    • Duration 15 : 37
    Reporters
    • Brett Dumbleton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Kerry McDonald (Managing Director, Comalco New Zealand)
    • John Fernyhough (Chairman, Electricity Corporation [Electricorp])
    • Molly Melhuis (Editor, Energy Watch)
    • Mervyn Bennett (General Manager, Comalco New Zealand)
    Locations
    • Bluff, New Zealand (Southland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3Paias Wingti, PM Profile of Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Paias Wingti, a man with a very colourful past, who is facing an election challenge from Michael Somare, the man he ousted.

    • Start 00 : 43 : 01
    • Finish 00 : 54 : 20
    • Duration 11 : 19
    Reporters
    • Ian Leslie (Reporter, 60 Minutes, Australia)
    Speakers
    • Paias Wingti (Papua New Guinea Prime Minister)
    Locations
    • Papua New Guinea
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Update on a story from last week about the people affected by the Bay of Plenty earthquake. Offers of help came pouring in from the viewers.

    • Start 00 : 54 : 20
    • Finish 00 : 55 : 08
    • Duration 00 : 48
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 7 May 1987
Start Time
  • 20 : 00
Finish Time
  • 21 : 00
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
Captioning Languages
  • Maori
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
  • Ted Sheehan (Presenter)
  • Brett Dumbleton (Presenter)
Contributors
  • Keith Slater (Producer)
  • BCNZ (Production Unit)
Reporters
  • Brett Dumbleton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Ian Leslie (Reporter, 60 Minutes, Australia)
  • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Apisi Tora (Fijian Opposition MP, Alliance Party)
  • Baljit Singh (Cane Farmer)
  • Dr Timoci Bavadra (Fijian Prime Minister)
  • John Fernyhough (Chairman, Electricity Corporation [Electricorp])
  • Kerry McDonald (Managing Director, Comalco New Zealand)
  • Kuini Bavadra (Fijian First Lady)
  • Mervyn Bennett (General Manager, Comalco New Zealand)
  • Molly Melhuis (Editor, Energy Watch)
  • Paias Wingti (Papua New Guinea Prime Minister)
  • Ratu David Toganivalu (Former Fijian Deputy Prime Minister)
  • Satendra Nandan (Fijian MP, Labour Party)
  • Sir John Falvey (Former Fijian Attorney- General)
Locations
  • Fiji
  • Bluff, New Zealand (Southland)
  • Papua New Guinea