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

  • 1Fear in Fiji Since the military coup, Fiji has become a land of fear for the nation's ethnic majority, the Fijian Indians )Indo-Fijians). They recognise that the coup has frozen them out of Fujian politics and suggested changes to the Constitution could place them in a similar position to that of the Jews of Nazi Germany - permanent second-class citizens in their own country.

    • Start 00 : 01 : 02
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 15
    • Duration 14 : 13
    Reporters
    • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Jai Ram Reddy (Deposed Fijian Attorney-General)
    • Peter Stinson (Coup Finance Spokesperson)
    • Kuini Bavadra (Former Fijian First Lady)
    • Dr Timoci Bavadra (Deposed Fijian Prime Minister)
    Locations
    • Fiji
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Picture quality variable throughout item as some of the video was recorded on home video tapes, subsequently smuggled out of Fiji by New Zealand tourists.
  • 2The Right Turn Profile of former trade unionist Rob Campbell who walked away from the Distribution Workers' federation, the union he helped create, and quit the Federation of Labour (FOL) in a blaze of recriminations. He is now Deputy Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). His turn towards the political and economic right has confounded everyone.

    • Start 00 : 18 : 47
    • Finish 00 : 33 : 26
    • Duration 14 : 39
    Reporters
    • Terence Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Rob Cambell (Board Member, Bank of New Zealand [BNZ])
    • Roger Douglas (Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
    • Bob Jones (Property Investor)
    • Graeme Clarke (Secretary, Coach Workers Union)
    • Bill Andersen (President, Auckland Trades Council)
    Contributors
    • Sir Robert Muldoon (Tamaki MP, National Party)
    • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3The Last Citadel A report on the struggle of the Ngati Hei people of the Coromandel to recover their turangawaewae, a site on the Wharekaho Peninsula.

    • Start 00 : 37 : 19
    • Finish 00 : 53 : 01
    • Duration 15 : 42
    Reporters
    • Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Carol Ngawhira Tainui Fleet (Spokesperson, Ngati Hei)
    • Dr Peter Tapsell (Eastern Maori MP, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Cheap at the Price An update on an item last week which looked at the slave trade in a remote area of the Philippines. Offers of financial help to free families and individuals have come pouring in from New Zealand viewers.

    • Start 00 : 53 : 01
    • Finish 00 : 54 : 21
    • Duration 01 : 20
    Locations
    • Philippines
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Close Up
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 28 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
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)
Contributors
  • Keith Slater (Producer)
  • BCNZ (Production Unit)
Reporters
  • Carole de Colville (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Ted Sheehan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Terence Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Bill Andersen (President, Auckland Trades Council)
  • Bob Jones (Property Investor)
  • Carol Ngawhira Tainui Fleet (Spokesperson, Ngati Hei)
  • Dr Peter Tapsell (Eastern Maori MP, Labour Party)
  • Dr Timoci Bavadra (Deposed Fijian Prime Minister)
  • Graeme Clarke (Secretary, Coach Workers Union)
  • Jai Ram Reddy (Deposed Fijian Attorney-General)
  • Kuini Bavadra (Former Fijian First Lady)
  • Peter Stinson (Coup Finance Spokesperson)
  • Rob Cambell (Board Member, Bank of New Zealand [BNZ])
  • Roger Douglas (Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
Locations
  • Fiji
  • Philippines
Contributors
  • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
  • Sir Robert Muldoon (Tamaki MP, National Party)