Assignment A Tiger's Tale
An hour-long prime time current affairs programme featuring New Zealand stories. Assignment replaced TVNZ's long-running Frontline in 1995.
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1A Tiger's Tale The economic crisis in Korea and the impact on NZ. Korea is NZ's 5th largest trading partner and more than 130000 Korean tourists used to come to NZ. The crisis in Korea is clearly felt in NZ, both in the tourism industry and the forest and velvet industries. How hard is the economic crisis hitting and when will the economy bounce back?
Reporters
- Terrence Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Brian Gaynor (Business Columnist)
- Kang Moon-Hee (Sealord Agent)
- Sonia Hong (NZ Tourism Board, Seoul)
- Yoo Dong-Hyuk (Lotte Travel Service)
- JK Kim (Rainbow Travel and Tours)
- Robbie Harrop (Ex-Coach Owner)
- Graeme Vek Park (Korean Dept Store)
- Kim Yeun-Ok (Heraedeung Restaurant)
- Warren Harford (Agrodome Rotorua)
- Graeme Tuck (Richmond Loggers)
- Mike Lambert (Lambert Group)
- Devon McLean (Carter Holt Harvey Forests)
- Gerald McGhie (NZ Ambassador to Korea)
- Jack Burton (Financial Times UK)
- Kim No-Myung (Hyundai Motors)
- Richard Samuelson (SBC Warburg, Seoul)
- Young Soogil (Korean Institute for International Economic Policy)
- Jang Jeong-Hyu (Unionist)
- Song Soon-Chan (Olympic Silver Medalist 1956)
- Lee ki-Ho (Minister of Labour)
- Kim Chee-Hung (Schoolgirl)
- David Wilson (NZ Dairy Board, Seoul)
- Bob Bennett (Velvet Processors Association)
- Russell Henderson (Wrightson Ltd)
- Dik Kwon (Velvet Processors Association)
- Bob McMillan (Tours and Travel)
- Campbell Fraser (NZ Duty Free)
- Han Ouk-Ran (Korean returning to Korea)
- Anzak Jeong (Overseas Korean Traders' Association)
- Park Bong-Kwan (Korean)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- A Tiger's Tale
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 19 March 1998
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
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.
Classification
- PGR
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
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Reporters
- Terrence Taylor (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Anzak Jeong (Overseas Korean Traders' Association)
- Bob Bennett (Velvet Processors Association)
- Bob McMillan (Tours and Travel)
- Brian Gaynor (Business Columnist)
- Campbell Fraser (NZ Duty Free)
- David Wilson (NZ Dairy Board, Seoul)
- Devon McLean (Carter Holt Harvey Forests)
- Dik Kwon (Velvet Processors Association)
- Gerald McGhie (NZ Ambassador to Korea)
- Graeme Tuck (Richmond Loggers)
- Graeme Vek Park (Korean Dept Store)
- Han Ouk-Ran (Korean returning to Korea)
- Jack Burton (Financial Times UK)
- Jang Jeong-Hyu (Unionist)
- JK Kim (Rainbow Travel and Tours)
- Kang Moon-Hee (Sealord Agent)
- Kim Chee-Hung (Schoolgirl)
- Kim No-Myung (Hyundai Motors)
- Kim Yeun-Ok (Heraedeung Restaurant)
- Lee ki-Ho (Minister of Labour)
- Mike Lambert (Lambert Group)
- Park Bong-Kwan (Korean)
- Richard Samuelson (SBC Warburg, Seoul)
- Robbie Harrop (Ex-Coach Owner)
- Russell Henderson (Wrightson Ltd)
- Song Soon-Chan (Olympic Silver Medalist 1956)
- Sonia Hong (NZ Tourism Board, Seoul)
- Warren Harford (Agrodome Rotorua)
- Yoo Dong-Hyuk (Lotte Travel Service)
- Young Soogil (Korean Institute for International Economic Policy)