TV NEWS. 28/07/1983 - 02/09/1983

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Year
1983
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F54885
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Television
Duration
03:02:53
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Television New Zealand
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Newsreaders include: Philip Sherry

A compilation of excerpts (often incomplete) from a variety of TVNZ news programmes, videotaped off-air from television, over a five-week period in 1983; from 28th July to 2nd September.

Cricket: New Zealand (with Lance Cairns) v. England (with Ian Botham). (Beginning of item missing.) [First test over 5 days at the Oval. England won by 189 runs]

Two policemen were threatened with a rifle in Wellington. The Armed Offenders Squad seal off six blocks searching for the offender.

A map shows London and West Germany “with,” the voiceover explains, “the temperatures soaring to 27 degrees Celsius. That’s 80 degrees Fahrenheit.”

In “the Gulf War” (ie. the Iran-Iraq War), Iraq claims to have retaken the strategic Kardemend Mountains.

New Zealand bests England at cricket; the second test at Headlington, Leeds, UK. Players include Bruce Edgar, Bob Willis, David Gower, Alan Lamb. NZ won by 5 wickets.

The police have been found in the Chief Ombudsman’s Report to have used excessive force and indulged in unprofessional behaviour while policing anti-apartheid protests in 1981. Of 173 complaints made against the police by demonstrators, the Ombudsman however sustained only 75; a minority. Archival 1981 Springbok tour protest footage in this item includes a confrontation at (as per subtitle) the corner of Rintoul of Luxford Streets in Newtown, Wellington on 29th August, 1981. A reporter newly visits this location, near Athletic Park rugby ground, to describe the events which generated 32 of the complaints to the Ombudsman.

(A stylised “EW Wellington” [Eyewitness] is displayed behind the newsreader at the beginning of this item). In the light of the above Ombudsman’s Report, Deputy Leader of The Opposition Geoffrey Palmer says the procedure for complaints about the police must be reconsidered, but the Deputy Commissioner of Police Ken Thompson sees the report as a vindication of the Police Service. The latter is interviewed by Mike Valentine.

End of a “NEWS” title sequence. Followed by newsreader Philip Sherry introducing the top story: A flotilla of small boats protests the presence of US warship, Texas, in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour for a six-day visit. Leading anti-Springbok tour protester John Minto protester is present in a dinghy. A lone motorboat welcoming the Texas with a US flag kept its distance. In accordance with US policy, the Captain would neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear arms. A landbased protest took place in downtown Auckland at lunchtime.

(Beginning missing) Cricket: NZ (with Ewan Chatfield) beat England (with Ian Botham). Voiceover: “New Zealand win their first-ever test match against England.” (Likely different item on second test win at Leeds, as above, in which NZ won by 5 wickets.)

Prime Minister Robert Muldoon escorts Miss Universe Lorraine Downes into the Banquet Hall of the Beehive for a Parliamentary reception. PM Muldoon addresses the
audience.

Social Credit Party Leader Bruce Beetham’s Bill, to ban nuclear-capacity vessels from New Zealand territorial waters and airspace, reaches Parliament a day after US warship Texas drops anchor in Auckland. The Bill found favour with the Labour Opposition but the Government feels it comprises our alliance with the USA. Defence Minister Warren Cooper on board the USS Texas.

Funeral of British actor David Niven in Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland.

The Government has cut interest rates.

Students demonstrate outside of, and deliver a letter supporting a ban on nuclear ships, to the National Party office in Auckland. Arrests are made by the police. Student representative Paul Sutcliffe is interviewed.

Auckland port workers union members reject a stoppage over the presence of the USS Texas, but, explains union representative Des Hattaway, “there’s still strong feeling”.

Ministry of Works staff lay 80K of explosives inside the structure of Marlborough’s Wairau River (Wash) bridge. The bridge was built in 1928 and this year replaced by a concrete bridge beside it. Blowing it up seems the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of it. The detonation is shown.

Search and Rescue staff are on standby in case new information comes in about Roy and Heather Turner whose Cessna went missing in the Mount Cook region. They are from Tongariro National Park and were flying from Tekapo to Fox Glacier. So far 18 aircraft have searched more than 15,000 sq. kms.

A woman police officer has been exposed as an “undercover agent” who infiltrated anti-Apartheid campaigners C.O.S.T during the 1981 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand. Geoff Walker of C.O.S.T is interviewed.

Auckland businessmen Jim Anderton has been selected as Labour candidate for the Christchurch electorate of Sydenham.

Some articles of clothing have found in the search for Roy and Heather Turner. (See above.)

An Auckland harbour protest against US nuclear warship the Texas. Meanwhile, in the Auckland Domain, several thousand gather to form a giant peace sign. Tim Shadbolt addresses the Domain crowd.

A Greenpeace-organised march, for a nuclear-free future, though Wellington city streets.

A judge in a bulletproof vest passes sentences for helping the IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

New Zealand Maoris beat Tonga at rugby, 28-4.

Winston, a dog in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, rides pillion on a motorcycle.

End of “News” titles. Top story: Burning oil engulfs stricken Spanish tanker ‘Castillo de Bellver’ in the South Atlantic, off the coast of Capetown, South Africa. A gigantic oil slick from the tanker threatens to become the most serious tanker pollution disaster ever.

The Unification Church (Moonies) allege kidnapping after a 25-year-old member, [Marie] Ryan, has been taken by her family for deprogramming. A Detective Inspector interviewed considers the Church to be wasting police time, but will contact them with their findings. Also interviewed are her father Paul, and a spokesman for the Unification Church.

Oil slick off the coast South Africa. (see above)

Nuclear-powered warship USS Texas slipped out of Auckland Harbour today without a protest craft in sight. She is expected In Wellington on Wednesday morning.

Prime Minister Robert Muldoon ‘encores’ at a Parliamentary press conference with his thoughts on Jim Anderton. He predicts that two years from now Mr. Anderton will be Leader of the Opposition. David Lange is interviewed on rumours of a rivalry with Mr. Anderton.

Wellington seamen’s union members will stop work when the US warship Texas arrives in the harbour for five days. The airforce will provide an emergency airlift across Cook Strait in the absence of interisland ferries. A Peace Squadron flotilla “of at least 50 boats” prepares for action. The Squadron’s Reverend Les Church is interviewed.

John Kirk, MP for Sydenham, is interviewed on his support for the US ship; “The Labour Party’s going left-wing and it doesn’t suit a right-wing Labour MP like me.”

End of “News” titles. Top story: The American nuclear-powered cruiser Texas sailed into Wellington today to be greeted by stormy weather and protests.

In vitro fertilisation has been carried out on three women at the National Women’s Hospital in Auckland.

Following riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a British soldier will appear in court charged with murdering a 22-year old man.

Industrial action is stepped-up to stop the Railways corporation from implementing massive lay-offs.

The port of Wellington remains at a standstill today, with interisland ferries tied up at the wharves, while the USS Texas is anchored in the harbour.

Disturbances continue in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

John Kirk visits the USS Texas, the only Labour MP to do so. He prefers an American ship in Wellington harbour to a Russian ship, he tells the interviewer. A protest marcher in a Wellington city street holds aloft a placard reading “Judas Kirk”.

End of “News” titles. Top story: Alexander Sinclair, the New Zealander at the centre of the Mr. Asia drugs case, has died in prison.

The air force has been carrying passengers and cars while interisland ferries have not been not sailing due the presence of the USS Texas in Wellington harbour.

Protests in Santiago, Chile, against the decade-old Pionchet regime result in deaths and arrests.

Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and wife Thea visit the USS Texas in Wellington harbour and are made “honorary crew members”.

Two Greenpeace members tie an orange strip to the anchor chain of the USS Texas and are later arrested.

Botham catches Hadlee out and New Zealand lose a cricket test match to England. (Incomplete item. Possibly Third Test at Lord’s. England won by 127 runs)

In vitro fertilisation at the National Women’s Hospital: the Auckland Hospital Board has approved of the programme and will look at funding options.

US warships armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles could be welcome in New Zealand ports in future, according to the Minister of Defence. However the Prime Minister says any decision would be made “at the time”.

The US warship Texas sailed from Wellington today, for Hobart, Tasmania, ending her fortnight’s visit to the country.

Running events at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, Helsinski, Finland: Men’s 200m, Women’s 200m, Women’s 1500m, and Men’s 1500m.

Rowan Atkinson [from Not The Nine O’Clock News] as a newsreader reporting on Prince Edward and Prince Charles’ recent visits to New Zealand. Another sketch with Rowan Atkinson walking into a tree. Compere: “And I’ll be talking to Roman Atkinson later in the programme, but first, the news.” (Cut).

With Sir Wallace (Bill) Rowling stepping down as MP for Tasman, Labour’s new candidate Ken Shirley pays tribute to Rowling.

The acoustics in “Wellington's new Town Hall” were this afternoon put to the test by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [in rehearsal] ; “unlike some concert halls ... the Michael Fowler [Centre] Auditorium has been architecturally designed around its acoustics.” Designer Dr. Harold Marshall is interviewed. The auditorium will open to the public tonight.

Comic Rowan Atkinson interviewed; “people say that New Zealanders are quite difficult to make laugh in a theatre.”

National Women’s Hospital has made a breakthrough in treating a hitherto-unexplained condition, lupus erythematosus (SLE), which caused the deaths of many unborn babies.

And National Women’s Hospital has today been flloded with calls from infertile women enquiring about the “test tube baby” programme (IVF).

Cricket at Lord’s: New Zealand dismissed for 219 by England. (Third Test, at Lord’s).

The Hardhat Concert - a concert dedicated to the hardhat workers who built the newly opened Michael Fowler Centre.

US theme park SeaWorld is seeking federal government permission to “round up” 100 “killer whales” (orcas) over the next five years through the port of Seattle. The Washington state government is opposed and has taken SeaWorld to court; “we’re just tired of sending our whales to die in Southern California swimming pools.”

A truck has ploughed at speed into the crowded Inland Motel bar near Ayers Rock in Australia; 300k from Alice Springs and proper hospital facilities. Police at Ayers Rock have arrested a 36-year man after an intensive search.

The Railways Corporation has confirmed it will have to lay off more than 2,500 staff if the Government goes ahead with plans to deregulate the road transport industry.

Hurricane Alicia batters the coast of Texas, USA.

City Television (CTV) has a sophisticated digital video system and has declared a strong interest in setting up an Auckland regional tv station. The Government’s decision on private television is expected next week.

The 36-year old truck driver, who drove at speed into a crowded bar near Ayers Rock, appeared in court today, but did not enter a plea.

Deputy Foreign Minister Fernando targeted at airport by a student in a balaclava with a megaphone supporting rights for Tamils.

Sandy’s fourth attempt on the New Zealand paraflight record is successful; a height 1,000’ above the lake is achieved.

A squid was caught and killed in an cooling intake of the New Plymouth power station.

Hurricane damage in the US state of Texas will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair.

A 28-year old man was fatally stabbed at an Auckland party. 150 partygoers, most members of rival gangs, were bussed to a police station for questioning.

A project to restore nesting populations of golden eagles to the Blue Ridge mountains of the USA.

The New Zealand Party has today launched its manifesto with an eye towards winning eight seats in next year’s General Election. Party figurehead, Wellington property millionaire, Bob Jones is filmed speaking at the Wellington hotel launch. The party is opposed to the Government’s tax on property investment. Prime Minister Robert Muldoon comments unfavourably on the party.

A woman is being kept alive on life support at Wellington Hospital while doctors find out whether her baby can be saved.

A workshop and ceremony for clowns in St. James’ church, Pentonville Road, London.

Bob Jones has launched the New Zealand Party and it wasn’t long before the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon was describing the politics of the party as “the politics of greed”. Nationwide takes a look at the figurehead of the party and his reaction to the PM’s comments.

Tropical fish on public display at the Archibald Centre next to Wellington Zoo.

A woman’s life support has been switched after nine days at Wellington Hospital. Doctors had been hoping to save her unborn child.

While support for the new New Zealand Party is an unknown quantity at the moment, most National backbenchers think it will hurt National re-election chances.

All Black and former-cricketer Tony Johnson is interviewed on the book he has written with journalist Lynn McConnell, “Behind The Silver Fern: Playing Rugby For New Zealand”.

The publicly-owned Television 2 network will go, all or in part, to private enterprise. This decision by the Government today appeared to end prospects for a third channel. The Minister of Broadcasting, Dr. Shearer, has been charged with presenting a detailed dossier to Caucus within a month on the basis of which a final decision will be taken. Reaction though has been swift; the Leader of the Opposition David Lange said the move smacks of the Government trying to hock off a public asset to its mates.

With a mooted private second channel echoing a National Government’s stance 11 years previously, Eyewitness Auckland outlines the “tempestuous” history of New Zealand’s television network. Former broadcaster Gordon Dryden gives his view.

Eyewitness on the decision to privatise, to a degree yet to be determined, Television 2. Interviewed are Dr. Ian Shearer (Minister of Broadcasting), Mr. Pat Hunt (Chairman Caucus Committee), Graeme Douglas (Northern Television) and Mr. Ian Cross (Chairman BCNZ)

Cricket: New Zealand play England (David Gower, Ian Botham) (incomplete item; possibly fourth test)

NASA space shuttle Challenger is to be launched from Cape Canaveral at night. The five-man crew includes Col. Guion Bluford who will become the first black astronaut to go to space.

A new, state of the art Boeing 767 airliner, operated by Ansett, will be linking main centres in Australia.

Leader of the Opposition David Lange on allegations made by a party member who is shortly to appear before the Labour council to explain. (The beginning and the end of this item missing as is the man’s name.)

A fire has gutted sound stages and historic outdoor sets at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. William Shatner is interviewed on the damage to the currently-filming ‘Star Trek III: The Search For Spock’ sound stage.

New Zealand lost to England at cricket (two incomplete items on the Fourth Test at Trent Bridge.) Running at an international meet in Cologne, West Germany; NZ’s John Walker finishes third in the race. (No footage)

An enquiry into allegations of misconduct in the running of tv’s That’s Country began after entertainers Gray Bartlett and Brendan Dugan were sacked earlier this year. The enquiry’s report has been kept secret. Today Labour MP Jonathan Hunt told the House he wanted it made public. He alleged that corruption and conflict of interest were rife in the TVNZ entertainment department and that a public enquiry was called for.

Richard Hadlee named Man of the Series in playing cricket for New Zealand against England.

An oil rig has collapsed in Stavanger, Norway.

Mr Jonathan Hunt’s allegations of corruption in the BCNZ: BCNZ Chairman Ian Cross responds.

The seven crewmen from Watties’ fishing boat the [‘Jenny D’] - which sank off Ngawi on the south-east of the North Island this morning - are now back home in Gisborne. The reason for the sinking is not known.

Gunmen fire at the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

Violence at a prison in Oklahoma, USA.

Drums of poisonous chemicals wash up on beach south of Biarritz, France after Spanish factories wrecked by floods.

The Challenger space shuttle has launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

US couple in USA cleverly refloat their ‘Prince Louis’ sailing ship prior to working on its restoration.

The ‘That’s Country’ Affair”: BCNZ chairman Ian Cross denies financial mismanagement, but says the practices of show business do not fit easily into a public service staff manual.

Fire at the Marsden Point refinery; the blaze ignited a gas leak. Several loud explosions were heard and one man died.

The Social Credit party has criticised Eyewitness News for the coverage of the party’s annual conference.

Korean Airlines flight 007, en route from Anchorage to Seoul, shot down by Soviet aircraft.

Listing oil rig, north of Darwin, Australia, evacuated after heavy winds and rough seas.