6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. 02/05/1985

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1985
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Rights Information
Year
1985
Reference
F80459
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
6:30 NEWS
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:58:23
Broadcast Date
29/04/1985
Production company
TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND
Credits
Presenter: Tom Bradley
Presenter: Tony Ciprian
Presenter: John Hawkesby
Presenter: Judy Bailey

News, current affairs, sport and weather.

Main stories:
NZ’s meat industry undergoing change with intensive buying and selling on the share market.

Police disrupt black workers’ May Day celebrations in Johannesburg.

Problems forseen for Operation Hope’s plan to transport aid overland to famine stricken Ethiopia. Interview with Ian Reid (Red Cross).

Petition opposing the Homosexual Law Reform bill, the biggest in NZ’s history. Interview with Keith Hay (chief petitioner).

Firemen suffering skin ailment following a chemical blaze at ICI in Auckland. Interviews with firemen Graham Fuller, Chris Lewis and Chris Delfos, and Commander Brian Armstrong.

Severe staff shortages in airforce. Interview with Tony Dodwell (Airline Pilots Association).

Top Half:
Profile of Fred Ladd, former tourist industry aviator. At 76, Ladd is protesting the confiscation of his pilot’s licence. Interview.