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Latest & Breaking News from New Zealand and around the world.

  • 1Three New Caledonian schoolgirls were killed and another seriously injured in a bus crash in Napier today.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 21
    • Finish 00 : 02 : 17
    • Duration 01 : 56
    Reporters
    • Sean Plunket (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Susan Lelo (Tour Leader)
    Locations
    • Napier, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
    • Nouméa, New Caledonia (South Province)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2Three New Zealand students have been killed in a road accident in Canada, and a fourth injured.

    • Start 00 : 02 : 17
    • Finish 00 : 02 : 27
    • Duration 00 : 10
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has announced a snap election for March 4th.

    • Start 00 : 02 : 27
    • Finish 00 : 04 : 10
    • Duration 01 : 43
    Reporters
    • Bill Ralston (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Bob Hawke (Australian Prime Minister, Labor Party)
    • Andrew Peacock (Australian Opposition Leader, Liberal Party)
    Locations
    • Australia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Cyclone Penny has decimated crops in the Cook Islands and damaged an airstrip.

    • Start 00 : 04 : 10
    • Finish 00 : 04 : 29
    • Duration 00 : 19
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 5Emergency services went on alert at Christchurch Airport today when an Operation Deep Freeze plane flew in from Antarctica with an engine out action.

    • Start 00 : 04 : 29
    • Finish 00 : 04 : 52
    • Duration 00 : 23
    Locations
    • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 6A large military exercise involving ships and planes from Canada, Australia and New Zealand has wound up in Auckland.

    • Start 00 : 04 : 52
    • Finish 00 : 06 : 15
    • Duration 01 : 23
    Reporters
    • Bob McNeil (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Alistair Clayton (Commander, Greene)
    Locations
    • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 7Super Travel, an Australian travel company which sold overpriced Commonwealth Games tickets, has left a trail of motel debts across the Waikato region.

    • Start 00 : 06 : 15
    • Finish 00 : 07 : 50
    • Duration 01 : 35
    Reporters
    • Ian Wishart (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Rob Hammington (Motelier)
    Locations
    • Hamilton, New Zealand (Waikato)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 8Breaking News Three people have been killed in a motorway crash south of Auckland. Four others are on their way to hospital.

    • Start 00 : 07 : 50
    • Finish 00 : 08 : 09
    • Duration 00 : 19
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 9Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip will leave New Zealand tonight after their longest visit yet. Today she presented former Prime Minister David Lange with the Companion of Honour Award.

    • Start 00 : 11 : 00
    • Finish 00 : 12 : 22
    • Duration 01 : 22
    Reporters
    • Neil McKay (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • David Lange (Attorney General, Labour Party)
    Associated
    • Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh)
    Locations
    • Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
    • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 10A man has been charged in connection with the fall of a six year old girl from a motorway overbridge in Auckland.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 22
    • Finish 00 : 12 : 43
    • Duration 00 : 21
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 11South Africa has seen signs of the expected White backlash against reform with a march in Pretoria protesting the release of anti apartheid activist Nelson Mandela.

    • Start 00 : 12 : 43
    • Finish 00 : 13 : 59
    • Duration 01 : 16
    Reporters
    • James Robbins (Reporter, BBC)
    Associated
    • Jesse Jackson (Washington DC Mayoral Candidate)
    Locations
    • Pretoria, South Africa (Gauteng)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 12United States President George Bush has attended a Summit meeting with the leaders of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia to boost the fight against cocaine.

    • Start 00 : 13 : 59
    • Finish 00 : 14 : 36
    • Duration 00 : 37
    Locations
    • Colombia
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 13The so-called Doomsday Plane has been seen in Puerto Rico.

    • Start 00 : 14 : 36
    Locations
    • Puerto Rico
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
    Notes
    • The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) program. The E-4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. An E-4B when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center" and has been nicknamed the "Doomsday plane".

  • 14Britain and Argentina have resumed full diplomatic relations during talks in Madrid.

    • Start 00 : 14 : 59
    • Finish 00 : 15 : 16
    • Duration 00 : 17
    Locations
    • Falkland Islands
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 15Female singer Tracey Chapman is using her music to send a message about politics, injustice and poverty.

    • Start 00 : 15 : 16
    • Finish 00 : 16 : 47
    • Duration 01 : 31
    Speakers
    • Tracey Chapman (Musician)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 16Keen Dunedin locals ran the gut-Buster today, a race up Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street.

    • Start 00 : 27 : 59
    • Finish 00 : 29 : 20
    • Duration 01 : 21
    Reporters
    • Mark Jennings (Reporter, TV3)
    Locations
    • Dunedin, New Zealand (Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • 3 National News
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 16 February 1990
Start Time
  • 18 : 00
Finish Time
  • 18 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • TV3 Network Services
Programme Description
  • Latest & Breaking News from New Zealand and around the world.
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
  • Philip Sherry (Presenter)
  • Eric Young (Sports News Presenter)
  • Belinda Todd (Weather Presenter)
Reporters
  • Bill Ralston (Reporter, TV3)
  • Bob McNeil (Reporter, TV3)
  • Ian Wishart (Reporter, TV3)
  • James Robbins (Reporter, BBC)
  • Mark Jennings (Reporter, TV3)
  • Neil McKay (Reporter, TV3)
  • Sean Plunket (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
  • Alistair Clayton (Commander, Greene)
  • Andrew Peacock (Australian Opposition Leader, Liberal Party)
  • Bob Hawke (Australian Prime Minister, Labor Party)
  • David Lange (Attorney General, Labour Party)
  • Rob Hammington (Motelier)
  • Susan Lelo (Tour Leader)
  • Tracey Chapman (Musician)
Locations
  • Napier, New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)
  • Nouméa, New Caledonia (South Province)
  • Australia
  • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
  • Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Hamilton, New Zealand (Waikato)
  • Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
  • Pretoria, South Africa (Gauteng)
  • Colombia
  • Puerto Rico
  • Falkland Islands
  • Dunedin, New Zealand (Otago)
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