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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1Sixty top prescription medicines are more expensive in New Zealand than in Australia, some by as much as 400%. The Department of Health negotiates pharmaceutical prices and pays for medicines using taxpayer dollars. Last year they spent $406 million - four times more per capita than the Australian Government spent. Some say the Department of Health is too weak, while others believe the medicine manufacturers have had it their way for too long.
- Start 00 : 00 : 20
- Finish 00 : 43 : 08
- Duration 42 : 48
Reporters
- Dugald Maudsley (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Charles Thomas (Pharmacist)
- John Marten (Spokesman, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association)
- voxpop
- Dr Gavin Kellaway (Professor of Pharmacology, The University of Auckland)
- John Weststrate (Economics Unit Spokesman, Department of Health)
- Dr Allen Cockburn (General Practitioner [GP])
- Dr Tim Maling (Professor of Pharmacology, Victoria University of Wellington [VUW])
- Dr Lewis King (Spokesman, New Zealand Medical Association [NZMA])
- Bruce Jenkins (Spokesman, Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand)
- Dr Kanwal Puri (Academic, Victoria University of Wellington [VUW])
- Dr Susan Martindale (Quality Controller, Department of Health)
- Ken Swann (Former Manager, Medicines and Benefits Unit, Department of Health)
- Graeme Heard (Businessman)
- Warren Thompson (Manager, Medicines and Benefits Unit, Department of Health)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Frontline
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 10 July 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
- Dugald Maudsley (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Bruce Jenkins (Spokesman, Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand)
- Charles Thomas (Pharmacist)
- Dr Allen Cockburn (General Practitioner [GP])
- Dr Gavin Kellaway (Professor of Pharmacology, The University of Auckland)
- Dr Kanwal Puri (Academic, Victoria University of Wellington [VUW])
- Dr Lewis King (Spokesman, New Zealand Medical Association [NZMA])
- Dr Susan Martindale (Quality Controller, Department of Health)
- Dr Tim Maling (Professor of Pharmacology, Victoria University of Wellington [VUW])
- Graeme Heard (Businessman)
- John Marten (Spokesman, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association)
- John Weststrate (Economics Unit Spokesman, Department of Health)
- Ken Swann (Former Manager, Medicines and Benefits Unit, Department of Health)
- voxpop
- Warren Thompson (Manager, Medicines and Benefits Unit, Department of Health)