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Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show

  • 1The Labour Party has called an emergency meeting of its ruling council to sort out the Te Atatu fiasco. The row between the left and right factions of the party are threatening to tear it apart. Despite six hours of wrangling, the electorate meeting failed to select a replacement candidate for retiring Te Atatu MP Dr Michael Bassett. The controversial Backbone Club has been disbanded and banned. Interview with retiring Te Atatu MP Dr Michael Bassett.

    • Start 00 : 00 : 31
    • Finish 00 : 20 : 12
    • Duration 19 : 41
    Reporters
    • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    • Cameron Bennett (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Dr Michael Bassett (Retiring Te Atatu MP, Labour Party)
    Contributors
    • Peter Hoyte (Auckland Regional Council Chairman, Labour Party)
    • Ruth Dyson (President, Labour Party)
    • Dan McCaffrey (Te Atatu Pre-selection Candidate, Labour Party)
    Locations
    • Te Atatu, New Zealand (Auckland)
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
  • 2Alan Ritchie, aka 'The Hat', has been back in court in Oamaru, fighting for the right to live in his old bus in the middle of Omarama.

    • Start 00 : 22 : 38
    • Finish 00 : 25 : 45
    • Duration 03 : 07
    Reporters
    • Jim Mora (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
    Speakers
    • Tony Alden (Spokesman, Oamaru Licensing Trust)
    • voxpop
    • Alan Ritchie (Squatter)
    Locations
    • Omarama, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    • Oamaru, New Zealand (Otago)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Holmes
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 22 February 1990
Start Time
  • 18 : 30
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show
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
  • Current affairs
  • News
Hosts
  • Paul Holmes (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Cameron Bennett (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Jim Mora (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Mark Sainsbury (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Richard Harman (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
  • Alan Ritchie (Squatter)
  • Dr Michael Bassett (Retiring Te Atatu MP, Labour Party)
  • Tony Alden (Spokesman, Oamaru Licensing Trust)
  • voxpop
Locations
  • Te Atatu, New Zealand (Auckland)
  • Omarama, New Zealand (Canterbury)
  • Oamaru, New Zealand (Otago)
Contributors
  • Dan McCaffrey (Te Atatu Pre-selection Candidate, Labour Party)
  • Peter Hoyte (Auckland Regional Council Chairman, Labour Party)
  • Ruth Dyson (President, Labour Party)