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Forty minutes into this episode, Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer appears as a guest star.

Long-running children's show What Now? is a Kiwi television institution. Shot before a live audience on weekend mornings, it was the first local TV show to use live phone-ins. Aimed at a primary school audience, it features challenges that can see the loser getting 'gunged'.

  • 1A guest student reporter visits Parliament and sits down in Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer's office to ask him some of the questions viewers have sent in.

    • Start 00 : 39 : 21
    • Finish 00 : 44 : 16
    • Duration 04 : 55
    Reporters
    • Afutoto Mafaufau (Student Reporter)
    Speakers
    • Geoffrey Palmer (Prime Minister, Labour Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • What Now?
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 28 October 1989
Start Time
  • 08 : 00
Finish Time
  • 10 : 00
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Long-running children's show What Now? is a Kiwi television institution. Shot before a live audience on weekend mornings, it was the first local TV show to use live phone-ins. Aimed at a primary school audience, it features challenges that can see the loser getting 'gunged'.
Episode Description
  • Forty minutes into this episode, Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer appears as a guest star.
Classification
  • G
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
  • Children
  • Entertainment
Hosts
  • Simon Barnett (Presenter)
  • Jason Gunn (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Afutoto Mafaufau (Student Reporter)
Speakers
  • Geoffrey Palmer (Prime Minister, Labour Party)