1It is one of the greatest armies of the world. A menacing force, confronting the enemy of the Soviet Union (USSR), and a reassuring presence to her citizens with their painful memories of invasions past. Rarely has the Red Army failed its masters. But now there is growing resentment over the role now being placed on the groups by the party leadership. No longer are the soldiers just called on to defend the motherland from foreign threat. Today’s Red Army is being turned on the enemy within, on dissident minorities who seized on the new Russian Revolution to challenge Moscow’s authority. This weekend there have been reports of a hundred dead in ethnic clashes in the republic of Kyrgyz in Soviet Central Asia. Six Armenian nationalists died recently in clashes with Russian troops. Its Commander describes the present situation in Soviet Armenia as explosive. And as hundreds of thousands of Muscovites go on panic buying sprees in the capital, authorities there are warning the situation will get out of hand. If it does, the Red Army will face a critical test of loyalties.

2Television New Zealand (TVNZ) Promo "They said deregulation would mean the end to locally made television. This year, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) will produce and commission more local programming than ever before, more drama, more documentaries, more sport and more special events. We were there for Kiri, Waitangi, 1990, Blake and Dalton and of course for the Commonwealth Games."

3Right of Reply - Frontline: For The Public Good [29/04/1990] "The Television New Zealand Complaints Committee has found ten breaches of the Broadcasting Act or the Codes of Practice with respect to 'For The Public Good.' Television New Zealand formally apologizes for those breaches, and regrets any embarrassment caused." The Frontline programme 'For The Public Good' examined the issue of business donations to political parties, with particular reference to the Labour Party's 1987 election campaign. It revealed that for that campaign it raised over $3-million, most from business donations. This followed a recommendation of the 1986 Royal Commission on Electoral Reform that political parties should be required to disclose the size and source of all donations over $2500. The programme pointed out that some business interests had supported Labour in 1987 because they supported the policies of Rogernomics, including the sale of state assets as an important component of these policies. Following the programme, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) received eight formal complaints including one from the Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer on behalf of the Government and several of his colleagues (including David Caygill, Richard Prebble, David Lange, and Roger Douglas.) These complaints alleged breaches of the 1989 Broadcasting Act or the Codes of Broadcasting Practice. The TVNZ Complaints Committee heard these without delay, finding that what was said in factual terms, was accurate. However, the Committee found there were shortcomings in the programme in a number of areas, and found a total of 10 breaches. This programme details the points on which the complaints were upheld and affords the affected parties a right of reply through a written statement. Other complaints came from business interests including Fletcher Challenge, Fay, Richwhite & Company, New Zealand Business Roundtable, and Alan Gibbs.