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Television New Zealand's mid-evening news bulletin, which delves deeper into the significant events and issues of the day,

  • 1Opposition MP Winston Peters has once again upstaged his party leader Jim Bolger. Today he pre-empted Bolger by holding a meeting with new United States Ambassador Della Newman a day before Bolger was scheduled to meet with her. Interview with Opposition leader Jim Bolger about the National Party's Rotorua Caucus retreat and policies discussed as well as the ongoing leadership crisis.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 38
    • Finish 00 : 09 : 50
    • Duration 09 : 12
    Reporters
    • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Jim Bolger (Opposition Leader, National Party)
    Contributors
    • Winston Peters (Opposition MP, National Party)
    Locations
    • Rotorua, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2The Kiwi Red Aerobatic team returned to the skies today following the fatal accident earlier this week, but immediately struck trouble when one of its planes hit something.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 43
    • Finish 00 : 13 : 47
    • Duration 01 : 04
    Reporters
    • Arne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Locations
    • Ohakea, New Zealand (Manawatu-Wanganui)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3East Germany has began scrapping part of its air force, just a day after getting rid of half of its tanks.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 47
    • Finish 00 : 14 : 17
    • Duration 00 : 30
    Locations
    • Potsdam, Germany (Brandenburg)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4The Government's gang-busting Caucus Committee is on the road visiting the gang homelands, where they have been given a range of conflicting advice.

    • Start 00 : 14 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 26
    • Duration 01 : 09
    Reporters
    • John Newton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Associated
    • Richard Prebble (MP, Labour Party)
    Locations
    • Wairoa, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5Air New Zealand has complained to the police about an anti-terrorist exercise involving an exploding bunch of flowers at Wellington Airport terminal.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 26
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 48
    • Duration 00 : 22
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 6The British Post Office says it has been swindled out of millions of pounds by a sophisticated stamp scam.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 48
    • Finish 00 : 16 : 55
    • Duration 01 : 07
    Reporters
    • Robin White (Reporter, BBC)
    Speakers
    • Michael Moore (Spokesman, British Post)
    Locations
    • London, United Kingdom (England)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 7While visiting Finland, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the Kremlin has no intention of interfering with democratic reforms taking place in Hungary and Poland. Moscow's attitude to the sweeping changes underway across parts of Eastern Europe have been labeled the "Frank Sinatra Doctrine".

    • Start 00 : 16 : 55
    • Finish 0 : 17 : 16
    • Duration 00 : 21
    Locations
    • Finland
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • Alludes to the song "my Way".
  • 8United States Senator and former astronaut John Glenn was assaulted on live television today by a fanatic.

    • Start 0 : 17 : 16
    • Finish 00 : 17 : 49
    • Duration 00 : 33
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 9Maori immersion primary schools (kura kaupapa) may be brought into the State education system as fully funded schools that teach only in te reo.

    • Start 00 : 21 : 13
    • Finish 00 : 28 : 23
    • Duration 07 : 10
    Reporters
    • Jacqueline Maher (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Pita Sharples (Kura Kaupapa Maori)
    • Hariata Huata (Parent)
    • Jim Perry (Principal, Rongomai Primary School)
    • Winston Peters (Opposition Maori Affairs Spokesman, National Party)
    • Phil Goff (Minister of Education, Labour Party)
    • Debbie Marshall-Lobb (Parent)
    • Toni Waho (Kura Kaupapa Maori)
    Associated
    • Hoani Waititi Marae School (Kura Kaupapa)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Eyewitness News
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 26 October 1989
Start Time
  • 21 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Television New Zealand's mid-evening news bulletin, which delves deeper into the significant events and issues of the day,
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
  • Lindsay Perigo (Presenter)
  • Tom Bradley (News Reader)
Reporters
  • Arne Evans (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Jacqueline Maher (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • John Newton (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Lindsay Perigo (Interviewer)
  • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Robin White (Reporter, BBC)
Speakers
  • Debbie Marshall-Lobb (Parent)
  • Hariata Huata (Parent)
  • Jim Bolger (Opposition Leader, National Party)
  • Jim Perry (Principal, Rongomai Primary School)
  • Michael Moore (Spokesman, British Post)
  • Phil Goff (Minister of Education, Labour Party)
  • Pita Sharples (Kura Kaupapa Maori)
  • Toni Waho (Kura Kaupapa Maori)
  • Winston Peters (Opposition Maori Affairs Spokesman, National Party)
Locations
  • Rotorua, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
  • Ohakea, New Zealand (Manawatu-Wanganui)
  • Potsdam, Germany (Brandenburg)
  • Wairoa, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
  • London, United Kingdom (England)
  • Finland
Contributors
  • Winston Peters (Opposition MP, National Party)