Breakfast News
Television New Zealand's early morning news bulletin with a look at what has been happening in New Zealand and abroad overnight. The programme was briefly called Good Morning New Zealand, but changed back to Breakfast News following a complaint by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and a subsequent court order over copyright.
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1New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) hope to have the South Island main trunk line reopened this morning following yesterday's fatal accident near Ward.
- Start 00 : 00 : 44
- Finish 00 : 02 : 18
- Duration 01 : 34
Reporters
- Eric Frykberg (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- John Pickering (Spokesman, Ministry of Transport [MOT])
Locations
- Ward, New Zealand (Marlborough)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2Watersiders at the Port of Tauranga have begun a meeting to decide whether or not to accept a deal to end the dispute that has paralysed the port for a month.
- Start 00 : 02 : 18
- Finish 00 : 04 : 16
- Duration 01 : 58
Reporters
- Jim Greenhough (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Locations
- Tauranga, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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3International protest is mounting over Britain's compulsory repatriation of Vietnamese boatpeople from Hong Kong following the first deportations yesterday.
- Start 00 : 04 : 16
- Finish 00 : 06 : 31
- Duration 02 : 15
Reporters
- Norman Rees (Reporter, ITN)
Speakers
- Robert Van Leeuwen (Spokesman, United Nations High Commission for Refugees [UNHCR])
Locations
- Hong Kong
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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4United States Secretary of State James Baker has made a surprise visit to East Germany for talks with the new Prime Minister Hans Modrow.
- Start 00 : 06 : 31
- Finish 00 : 07 : 59
- Duration 01 : 28
Reporters
- Ian Glover-James (Reporter, ITN)
Contributors
- James Baker (United States Secretary of State, Republican Party)
Locations
- Berlin, Germany (Berlin)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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5Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev has won the opening round of a meeting of the Soviet Congress by rejecting a call by some delegates to place a debate on the agenda of Communist monopoly on power. Instead, he kept the focus on economic reform.
- Start 00 : 07 : 59
- Finish 00 : 09 : 23
- Duration 01 : 24
Reporters
- Robert Moore (Reporter, ITV)
Speakers
- Vitaly Korotich (Radical Deputy)
Contributors
- Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader)
Locations
- Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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6A new Lions International programme aimed at teaching intermediate school students how to control their anger is already having a positive effect.
- Start 00 : 17 : 14
- Finish 00 : 19 : 00
- Duration 01 : 46
Reporters
- Norris Power (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Ian Thurlow (Principal)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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7Central American leaders have agreed on yet another plan aimed at curbing the violence in the region, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador. However, they have acknowledged that they cannot secure peace in the region alone.
- Start 00 : 19 : 31
- Finish 00 : 20 : 53
- Duration 01 : 22
Reporters
- John Quinones (Reporter, ABC)
Locations
- Costa Rica
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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8Chileans will go to the polls for the first time in 20 years to elect a new President.
- Start 00 : 20 : 53
- Finish 00 : 23 : 21
- Duration 02 : 28
Reporters
- Michael Nicholson (Reporter, ITN)
Locations
- Santiago, Chile (Santiago Metropolitan)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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9In Our Own Words is a new national newspaper produced by children in the United Kingdom, and it is proving a runaway success.
- Start 00 : 29 : 43
- Finish 00 : 30 : 56
- Duration 01 : 13
Locations
- United Kingdom
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Breakfast News
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 13 December 1989
Start Time
- 07 : 00
Finish Time
- 07 : 30
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- TV2
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Television New Zealand's early morning news bulletin with a look at what has been happening in New Zealand and abroad overnight. The programme was briefly called Good Morning New Zealand, but changed back to Breakfast News following a complaint by Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and a subsequent court order over copyright.
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
- Tom Bradley (Presenter)
- Penelope Barr (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
- Eric Frykberg (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Ian Glover-James (Reporter, ITN)
- Jim Greenhough (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- John Quinones (Reporter, ABC)
- Michael Nicholson (Reporter, ITN)
- Norman Rees (Reporter, ITN)
- Norris Power (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
- Robert Moore (Reporter, ITV)
Speakers
- Ian Thurlow (Principal)
- John Pickering (Spokesman, Ministry of Transport [MOT])
- Robert Van Leeuwen (Spokesman, United Nations High Commission for Refugees [UNHCR])
- Vitaly Korotich (Radical Deputy)
Locations
- Ward, New Zealand (Marlborough)
- Tauranga, New Zealand (Bay of Plenty)
- Hong Kong
- Berlin, Germany (Berlin)
- Moscow, Russia (Moscow)
- Costa Rica
- Santiago, Chile (Santiago Metropolitan)
- United Kingdom
Contributors
- James Baker (United States Secretary of State, Republican Party)
- Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Leader)