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Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.

  • 1Members of Fiji's extremist Taukei Movement are to meet tomorrow to discuss the return to civilian rule in Fiji. Coup leader General Sitiveni Rabuka has named former Fijian Governor General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau as Fiji's first President, and he chose Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara as Prime Minister.

  • 2The Ministry of Transport (MOT) says more innocent lives will be lost as a result of high speed car chases involving its officers, following the death of a man north of Wellington last night, who died when a car being chased by traffic officers smashed into his vehicle. The teenager being chased also died in the crash.

  • 3An eight metre boat with a father and son aboard has been reported missing north of Auckland.

  • 4Twelve people were treated in Wellington Hospital this morning after a smoke bomb was detonated in a Victoria University hostel.

  • 5The King and Queen of Belgium have left New Zealand after a six-day visit.

  • 6Twenty-three crewmen died today when a cargo ship caught on fie off the coast of Spain.

  • 7European leaders meeting in Denmark have failed to agree on a plan to deal with the Common Market's (EEC) predicted $6 billion deficit.

  • 8Peace groups in both the United States and the Soviet Union are already celebrating the upcoming Arms Treaty (INF) between their two nations. A look at the massive build-up of international media in Washington DC and the logistics around broadcasting this momentous event to the world.

  • 9Musician and humanitarian Bob Geldof is returning to Ethiopia where he says six million people are again facing starvation. He places most of the blame for this on the Ethiopian Government.

Primary Title
  • Network News
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 6 December 1987
Start Time
  • 18 : 30
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
  • Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.
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
  • Angela D'Audney (Presenter)
  • Richard Long (Sports Presenter)
  • Veronica Allum (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
  • Allanah James (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Christopher Morris (Reporter, BBC)
  • Jim Simpson (Reporter, BBC News)
  • John Bowler (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Martin Bell (Reporter, BBC News)
Speakers
  • Bob Geldof (Humanitarian / Musician)
  • Bob Herbert (Spokesman, Ministry of Transport [MOT])
  • David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
  • Dr John Cameron (Spokesman, Fiji Law Society)
  • Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister, Conservative Party)
  • Professor Jock Brookfield (Constitutional Law Expert, The University of Auckland)
Locations
  • Fiji
  • Lower Hutt, New Zealand (Wellington)
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Copenhagen, Denmark (Capital Region)
  • United States
  • Korem, Ethiopia (Tigray)
Contributors
  • Marlin Fitzwater (White House Spokesman)
  • Ronald Reagan (United States President, Republican Party)