Frontline
TVNZ’s flagship,primetime current affairs show which ran from March 1988 to December 1994. It replaced current affairs show "Closeup', which ran from 1980 to the end of 1987.
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1Unemployment in New Zealand (Part One) Rex Jones, the President of the New Zealand Labour Party, today told the Government that it has its priorities wrong. Rampant unemployment was too high a price for cutting back inflation. Full employment was a basic party principle which the Government had forgotten. The Government's 'pain before gain' policy is clearly wearing thin, with many calling for the relaxing of hardline economic policies that are believed to be at the root of today's record unemployment figures.
- Start 0 : 00 : 28
- Finish 0 : 27 : 38
- Duration 27 : 10
Reporters
- Anna Symmans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Peter Leighton (Unemployed)
- Alan Shadwell (Spokesman, Manufacturers' Federation)
- Murray Campbell (Unemployed)
- Athol Hutton (Managing Director, Islington Works)
- Tony Sammons (Unemployed)
- Ted Spraggen (Management Consultant)
- Ryan Wharewaka (Unemployed)
- Peter Harris (Spokesman, Council of Trade Unions [CTU])
- Len Bayliss (Economist)
- Thomas Williams (Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand Catholic Church)
- Max Abbott (Spokesman, Mental Health Foundation)
- Raina Rupapera (Kaitaia Resident)
- Richard Carter (Spokesman, Carter Holt Harvey)
Contributors
- David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
- Phil Goff MP (Minister of Employment, Labour Party)
- Mike Moore (Minister of Overseas Trade, Labour Party)
Locations
- Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Kaitaia, New Zealand (Northland)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Notes
- Warning: shows scenes from inside animal slaughter houses.
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2Unemployment in New Zealand (Part Two) Interview with Minister of Employment, Phil Goff, about the Government's hardline economic policies that are believed to be at the root of today's record unemployment figures.
- Start 0 : 27 : 38
- Finish 0 : 44 : 01
- Duration 16 : 23
Reporters
- Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
Speakers
- Phil Goff (Minister of Employment, Labour Party)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Frontline
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 17 April 1988
Start Time
- 19 : 00
Finish Time
- 19 : 45
Duration
- 45:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- TVNZ’s flagship,primetime current affairs show which ran from March 1988 to December 1994. It replaced current affairs show "Closeup', which ran from 1980 to the end of 1987.
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
- Lindsay Perigo (Presenter)
Reporters
- Anna Symmans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
Speakers
- Alan Shadwell (Spokesman, Manufacturers' Federation)
- Athol Hutton (Managing Director, Islington Works)
- Len Bayliss (Economist)
- Max Abbott (Spokesman, Mental Health Foundation)
- Murray Campbell (Unemployed)
- Peter Harris (Spokesman, Council of Trade Unions [CTU])
- Peter Leighton (Unemployed)
- Phil Goff (Minister of Employment, Labour Party)
- Raina Rupapera (Kaitaia Resident)
- Richard Carter (Spokesman, Carter Holt Harvey)
- Ryan Wharewaka (Unemployed)
- Ted Spraggen (Management Consultant)
- Thomas Williams (Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand Catholic Church)
- Tony Sammons (Unemployed)
Locations
- Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Kaitaia, New Zealand (Northland)
Contributors
- David Lange (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
- Mike Moore (Minister of Overseas Trade, Labour Party)
- Phil Goff MP (Minister of Employment, Labour Party)