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

  • 1Jeanette's Story The desire to have a child can become an obsession for an infertile couple. However a surrogacy contract - where a couple pays a woman to bear them a child - causes social outrage at the idea of babies being sold as commodities. This is the story of Jeanette Wilkinson, a New Zealand woman who entered a contract to bear a child she knew she would never care for.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 46
    • Finish 00 : 36 : 56
    • Duration 36 : 10
    Reporters
    • Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Jeanette Wilkinson (Surrogate Mother)
    • Sandra Coney (Women's Health Advocate, Fertility Action)
    • Dr Richard Fisher (Fertility Specialist, National Women's Hospital)
    • Professor Alastair Campbell (Expert in Biomedical Ethics, The University of Otago)
    • Lady Mary Warnock (Philoosopher and Ethicist)
    • Pauline Tapp (Family Law Lecturer)
    Contributors
    • Mary Beth Whitehead (American Surrogate Mother)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • Yes
  • 2A Yen To Fish Bay of Islands tourism operators say commercial fishing could ruin their big game fishing industry and are calling for the Government to change the rules to prevent foreign long-line fishing in the area.

    • Start 00 : 40 : 42
    • Finish 00 : 53 : 28
    • Duration 12 : 46
    Reporters
    • Anna Symmans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • voxpop
    • Peter Saul (Marlin Expert, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries [MAF])
    • Malcolm Florence (Big Game Fisherman)
    • Karl Andersen (Hotelier)
    • Bruce Smith (Charter Boat Skipper)
    • Colin Moyle (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour Party)
    Locations
    • Paihia, New Zealand (Northland)
    • Russell, New Zealand (Northland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3An update to a recent item about the Hepatitis B vaccination programme in New Zealand.

    • Start 00 : 53 : 28
    • Finish 00 : 53 : 48
    • Duration 00 : 20
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 14 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
  • Carole de Colville (Presenter)
  • Anna Symmans (Presenter)
Contributors
  • Keith Slater (Producer)
  • BCNZ (Production Unit)
Reporters
  • Anna Symmans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Bruce Smith (Charter Boat Skipper)
  • Colin Moyle (Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour Party)
  • Dr Richard Fisher (Fertility Specialist, National Women's Hospital)
  • Jeanette Wilkinson (Surrogate Mother)
  • Karl Andersen (Hotelier)
  • Lady Mary Warnock (Philoosopher and Ethicist)
  • Malcolm Florence (Big Game Fisherman)
  • Pauline Tapp (Family Law Lecturer)
  • Peter Saul (Marlin Expert, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries [MAF])
  • Professor Alastair Campbell (Expert in Biomedical Ethics, The University of Otago)
  • Sandra Coney (Women's Health Advocate, Fertility Action)
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Paihia, New Zealand (Northland)
  • Russell, New Zealand (Northland)
Contributors
  • Mary Beth Whitehead (American Surrogate Mother)