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Television New Zealand's flagship evening news bulletin.

  • 1New Zealand Railways has shed another 500 staff in workshops around New Zealand.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 28
    • Finish 00 : 05 : 01
    • Duration 04 : 33
    Reporters
    • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Bill Cockram (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Richard Prebble (Minister of Railways, Labour Party)
    • Don Goodfellow (Secretary, National Union of Railwaymen [NUR])
    • Glen Cook (Coachbuilder, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
    • Peter Griffin (Coachbuilder, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
    Locations
    • Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
    • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2The Ministry of Women's Affairs is undergoing a major restructure, with most staff having to reapply for their jobs.

    • Start 00 : 05 : 01
    • Finish 00 : 05 : 18
    • Duration 00 : 17
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Mortgage rates continued to fall today. However, the recent drop in interest rates has come to late to help a number of Southland famers hit hard by the recession. Today they marched through central Invercargill.

    • Start 00 : 05 : 18
    • Finish 00 : 06 : 59
    • Duration 01 : 41
    Reporters
    • Peter Cruickshank (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Eve Poole (Invercargill Mayor)
    Locations
    • Invercargill, New Zealand (Southland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4One and two dollar notes are to be replaced by gold-coloured coins within the next two years. One and two cent coins will be phased out.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 26
    • Finish 00 : 08 : 57
    • Duration 01 : 31
    Reporters
    • Chris Ryan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Michael Cullen (Associate Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5The gunman who shot and wounded a 13-year old schoolboy in Birkdale yesterday remains at large but is not considered to be a threat to the public.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 28
    • Finish 00 : 14 : 18
    • Duration 01 : 50
    Reporters
    • Cameron Bennett (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Ruth Brown (Boy's Mother)
    • Jim Mathewson (Principal, Birkdale Intermediate School)
    • Senior Sergeant Bruce Ramsay (Investigating Officer, New Zealand Police)
    Locations
    • North Shore, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6House prices have continued to rise in New Zealand, despite the sharemarket crash. However, the number of house sales has declined.

    • Start 00 : 14 : 18
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 56
    • Duration 01 : 38
    Reporters
    • Stephen Christensen (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Hamish McDonald (Valuer General)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7The National Roads Board (NRB) has decided not to spend $8 million on motorway crash barriers in Auckland. The news has outraged road safety campaigners.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 56
    • Finish 00 : 17 : 51
    • Duration 01 : 55
    Reporters
    • Eric Frykberg (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Bill Jeffries (Minister of Transport, Labour Party)
    • Harley Neil (Spokesman, Waitemata City Council)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Prime Minister David Lange is believed to be considering a Cabinet restructure that is likely to result in friction among Ministers.

    • Start 00 : 17 : 51
    • Finish 00 : 20 : 20
    • Duration 02 : 29
    Reporters
    • Alastair Carthew (Chief Parliamentary Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Dr Jonathan Boston (Political Scientist, The University of Canterbury)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 9Prime Minister David Lange has visited Expo '88 today.

    • Start 00 : 20 : 20
    • Finish 0 : 22 : 17
    • Duration 01 : 57
    Reporters
    • Elizabeth Raizis (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Ian Parata (Spokesman, Mt Egmont Pavlovas)
    Locations
    • Brisbane, Australia (Queensland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 10A huge protest rally was held in Sydney Domain this afternoon with around 40.000 teachers protesting upcoming curriculum changes and job losses.

    • Start 0 : 22 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 22 : 51
    • Duration 00 : 34
    Locations
    • Sydney, Australia (New South Wales)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 11South Africa's jailed Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela is in hospital with tuberculosis. His illness has raised questions about the prison conditions he has endured for the past 25 years.

    • Start 00 : 22 : 51
    • Finish 00 : 23 : 21
    • Duration 00 : 30
    Locations
    • South Africa
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 12Republican Presidential nominee George Bush has named Dan Quayle as his running mate. Who is Dan Quayle?

    • Start 00 : 23 : 21
    • Finish 0 : 25 : 40
    • Duration 02 : 19
    Reporters
    • Sam Donaldson (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
    Speakers
    • Dan Evans (Former Chairman of Quayle's Senate Committee)
    Contributors
    • George Bush (United States Presidential Nominee, Republican Party)
    • Dan Quayle (United States Vice Presidential Nominee, Republican Party)
    Locations
    • United States
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 13New Zealand is experiencing an alarming rise in teenage suicides. Youth workers blame a lack of jiob opportunities leading to a sense of hopelessness.

    • Start 00 : 29 : 49
    • Finish 00 : 31 : 37
    • Duration 01 : 48
    Reporters
    • Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Barry Taylor (Suicide Counsellor)
    • Phil Goff (Youth Affairs Minister, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 14Centenarian Alice Graham, of Queenstown, has died from influenza aged 107.

    • Start 00 : 31 : 37
    • Finish 00 : 32 : 40
    • Duration 01 : 03
    Contributors
    • Alice Graham (Centenarian )
    Locations
    • Queenstown, New Zealand (Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 15New Zealand has unveiled its official 1988 Seoul Olympic Games uniforms.

    • Start 00 : 32 : 40
    • Finish 00 : 33 : 40
    • Duration 01 : 00
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 16Three rare Black Stilts were returned home to the rugged flatlands of the MacKenzie Basin today.

    • Start 00 : 33 : 59
    • Finish 00 : 35 : 57
    • Duration 01 : 58
    Reporters
    • Shona Geary (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Christine Reed (Spokesperson, Department of Conservation [DOC])
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Network News at Six
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 17 August 1988
Start Time
  • 18 : 00
Finish Time
  • 18 : 40
Duration
  • 40:00
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
  • Richard Long (Presenter)
  • Tom Bradley (Presenter)
  • Jim Hickey (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
  • Alastair Carthew (Chief Parliamentary Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Bill Cockram (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Cameron Bennett (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Chris Ryan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Elizabeth Raizis (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Eric Frykberg (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Kerryanne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Peter Cruickshank (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Sam Donaldson (Reporter, American Broadcasting Company [ABC])
  • Shona Geary (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Stephen Christensen (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Barry Taylor (Suicide Counsellor)
  • Bill Jeffries (Minister of Transport, Labour Party)
  • Christine Reed (Spokesperson, Department of Conservation [DOC])
  • Dan Evans (Former Chairman of Quayle's Senate Committee)
  • Don Goodfellow (Secretary, National Union of Railwaymen [NUR])
  • Dr Jonathan Boston (Political Scientist, The University of Canterbury)
  • Eve Poole (Invercargill Mayor)
  • Glen Cook (Coachbuilder, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
  • Hamish McDonald (Valuer General)
  • Harley Neil (Spokesman, Waitemata City Council)
  • Ian Parata (Spokesman, Mt Egmont Pavlovas)
  • Jim Mathewson (Principal, Birkdale Intermediate School)
  • Michael Cullen (Associate Minister of Finance, Labour Party)
  • Peter Griffin (Coachbuilder, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
  • Phil Goff (Youth Affairs Minister, Labour Party)
  • Richard Prebble (Minister of Railways, Labour Party)
  • Ruth Brown (Boy's Mother)
  • Senior Sergeant Bruce Ramsay (Investigating Officer, New Zealand Police)
Locations
  • Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
  • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
  • Invercargill, New Zealand (Southland)
  • North Shore, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Brisbane, Australia (Queensland)
  • Sydney, Australia (New South Wales)
  • South Africa
  • United States
  • Queenstown, New Zealand (Otago)
Contributors
  • Alice Graham (Centenarian )
  • Dan Quayle (United States Vice Presidential Nominee, Republican Party)
  • George Bush (United States Presidential Nominee, Republican Party)
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