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1. Public Money, Private Lives. The Aotearoa Television saga. an experiment in Maori Television which ended embarrassingly for the coalition government. . -- 2. An African legacy. The story of the fortune which has been left to a bunch of baboons by eccentric aristocrat Patricia O'Neill.

An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.

Primary Title
  • Assignment
Secondary Title
  • Public Money, Private Lives
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 28 October 1997
Start Time
  • 19 : 30
Finish Time
  • 20 : 35
Duration
  • 65:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
Episode Description
  • 1. Public Money, Private Lives. The Aotearoa Television saga. an experiment in Maori Television which ended embarrassingly for the coalition government. . -- 2. An African legacy. The story of the fortune which has been left to a bunch of baboons by eccentric aristocrat Patricia O'Neill.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Current affairs
Hosts
  • Carol Hirshfeld (Presenter)
Contributors
  • Rod Vaughan (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
  • Frank O'Neill (Husband of Patricia O'Neill)
  • Trish Carter (Executive Producer)
  • TVNZ (Production Unit)