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Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner present a current affairs programme which features stories from some of New Zealand’s top journalists and brings a human face to the issues that matter to New Zealanders.

  • 1A businessman living in Christchurch has been ousted by his own community for allegedly being a North Korean spy. Eugene Chang says all he did was play a part in a movie called "Propaganda" , made by a Kiwi filmmaker and it is all a misunderstanding. Now he is the subject of top level investigations by the South Korean Government and the Catholic Church. The film is an underground movie translated from Korean, harshly critical of life in the west and the so-called propaganda Westerners are exposed to. North Korean agents making a propaganda film in Christchurch sounds bizarre, event outlandish, but could it be true? No it is not. The so-called spies are just the producer and actor in a mockumentary. But the consequences are very real. To gain publicity, filmmaker Slavko Martinov concocted a preposterous back story. He wanted people to believe the film was smuggled out of North Korea and that is where Mr Chang comes in. He was hired as an actor to play the part of a communist agent. Mr Chang is actually a pro-Western capitalist trying to start a truffle farm - ridiculously expensive delicacies for the very rich, which grow on roots of oak trees . He has blown up the odd building in the West but that was when he worked as an explosives engineers in Northern England more than twelve years ago, before he came to New Zealand. So why is he being treated so poorly? Interview with Christchurch Catholic Bishop Barry Jones, about whether Eugene Chan really deserved to be kicked out of his church. The story is followed by a studio interview with Bishop Barry Jones from the Christchurch Catholic Church.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 28
    • Finish 0 : 22 : 08
    • Duration 21 : 40
    Reporters
    • Phil Vine (Reporter, TV3)
    • Guyon Espiner (Interviewer)
    • Duncan Garner (Interviewer)
    Speakers
    • Eugene Chang (Actor)
    • Slavko Martinov (Filmmaker)
    • Father Matthew (Parish Priest, St Teresa's Catholic Church)
    • Bishop Barry Jones (Catholic Bishop of Christchurch)
    Contributors
    • George W Bush (Former United States President)
    Associated
    • The Korean Review (Newspaper)
    Locations
    • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
    • North Korea
    Live Broadcast
    • Yes
    Commercials
    • Yes
  • 2The 1986 All Blacks test against France was the most brutal game in the history of rugby, remembered most because Buck Shelford had a testicle ripped open and carried on regardless. New Zealand loves rugby, with 150,000 people kitting up to play every weekend. But how bad is it for their brains? New research has taken a look at knocks to the head in a game of rugby and how serious they are long-term. It is a crucial question occupying some of the top minds in rugby, including at the New Zealand Rugby Union. Just two days ago, one 15-year-old's life support was turned off after he was head injured in a game of rugby league. In the United States, thousands of former NFL players are taking lawsuits over concussions suffered on the job. They say they have developed dementia, Alzheimer's, depression and, recently, a brain condition called Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been discovered during post-mortems of retired players. So what about rugby? What legacy has it left for its players? For the hardest of the hard men, Buck Shelford, playing only his second test for the All Blacks, one game had such intensity and so many injuries that it should never be forgotten. Except Shelford has forgotten it, all of it. While that game was notorious because of the fact that Shelford had his scrotum ripped open. What many people do not recall is that he was also knocked out.

    • Start 0 : 26 : 22
    • Finish 0 : 45 : 14
    • Duration 18 : 52
    Reporters
    • Paula Penfold (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Grant Fox (Former All Black)
    • Wayne Shelford (Former All Black)
    • Dr Ian Murphy (Medical Director, New Zealand Rugby Union)
    • Frano Botica (Former All Black)
    • Conrad Smith (All Black)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • Yes
  • 3New Zealand is justifiably proud of the international reputation of New Zealand wines. The problem is, many of them are not really New Zealand at all, not New Zealand-owned anyway. Guyon Espiner meets an American billionaire who is travelling the country, buying up vineyards. Is it okay for foreigners to purchase businesses in other countries? Only if they are not Chinese, says the big-spending Bill Foley. William Patrick Foley is an American billionaire, but at the Wairarapa Farmer's Market he is just Bill. He likes New Zealand wine so much he is buying up a series of wineries. Mr Foley is now a major player in the local wine industry, buying up big names like Te Kairanga, Vavasour, Grove Mill, Dashwood and Clifford Bay, as well as one of the country's largest wine distributors. And he has no intention of stopping there.

    • Start 0 : 49 : 22
    • Finish 0 : 59 : 40
    • Duration 10 : 18
    Reporters
    • Guyon Espiner (Reporter, TV3)
    Speakers
    • Bill Foley (American Billionaire)
    • Keith Stewart (Wine Critic)
    • Philip Gregan (Chief Executive, New Zealand Winegrowers)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • 3rd Degree
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 10 April 2013
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • TVWorks
Programme Description
  • Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner present a current affairs programme which features stories from some of New Zealand’s top journalists and brings a human face to the issues that matter to New Zealanders.
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
Hosts
  • Duncan Garner (Presenter)
  • Guyon Espiner (Presenter)
Reporters
  • Duncan Garner (Interviewer)
  • Guyon Espiner (Interviewer)
  • Paula Penfold (Reporter, TV3)
  • Phil Vine (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
  • Bill Foley (American Billionaire)
  • Bishop Barry Jones (Catholic Bishop of Christchurch)
  • Conrad Smith (All Black)
  • Dr Ian Murphy (Medical Director, New Zealand Rugby Union)
  • Eugene Chang (Actor)
  • Father Matthew (Parish Priest, St Teresa's Catholic Church)
  • Frano Botica (Former All Black)
  • Grant Fox (Former All Black)
  • Keith Stewart (Wine Critic)
  • Philip Gregan (Chief Executive, New Zealand Winegrowers)
  • Slavko Martinov (Filmmaker)
  • Wayne Shelford (Former All Black)
Locations
  • Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
  • North Korea
Contributors
  • George W Bush (Former United States President)