Top Half
1. Protests about the decision to move North Shore Teacher's College to Epsom. -- 2. BP development for the Cropper Estate in Remuera. -- 3. Barbara Goodman's letter of protest over the South Africa tour to the Chairman of the Rugby Union Ces Blazey.
Top Half was Television New Zealand's northern regional news broadcast. It covered an area from Turangi in the south to North Cape. The first programme was broadcast on 16/02/1980 and finished nine years later at the end of 1989. From April 1989 Top Half was broadcast on TV2 to accommodate the new Holmes programme.
Primary Title
- Top Half
Date Broadcast
- Monday 29 September 1980
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 19 : 33
Duration
- 03:08
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- Top Half was Television New Zealand's northern regional news broadcast. It covered an area from Turangi in the south to North Cape. The first programme was broadcast on 16/02/1980 and finished nine years later at the end of 1989. From April 1989 Top Half was broadcast on TV2 to accommodate the new Holmes programme.
Episode Description
- 1. Protests about the decision to move North Shore Teacher's College to Epsom. -- 2. BP development for the Cropper Estate in Remuera. -- 3. Barbara Goodman's letter of protest over the South Africa tour to the Chairman of the Rugby Union Ces Blazey.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television (Audio only)
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
- News
Hosts
- John Hawkesby (Presenter)
- Judy Bailey (Presenter)
Contributors
- Alex Dempsey (Reporter, TVNZ)
- Peter Gill (Reporter, TVNZ)