A compilation of eight radio news audio cuts from March-April 1984:
1. A report on the Trades Hall bombing in which union member Ernie Abbott was killed. Psychiatrist Tony Marks claims there are four types of personality disorders which could lead to such an attack. 27 March 1984.
2. Swimmer Meda McKenzie explains what she does with her spare time. 28 March 1984.
3. Geoff Robinson presents a radio news package (ex-Morning Report) on the Trades Hall bombing: voice report by Greg Ward; David Butler of the Storeman and Packer's Union gives an account of the blast; union official Graham Clark talks about any possible connection to a Wellington bus drivers' strike and a Trades Council meeting being held in the Hall. He pays tribute to the bomb's victim Ernie Abbott. Bill Andersen of the Auckland Trades Council comments via telephone on this attack on the union movement. Leader of the Opposition David Lange talks about New Zealand's problems with aggression, at a public meeting Ranfurly. 28 March 1984.
4. Gordon Purdy gives Railways Corporation staff an announcement about restructuring and the Booze-Allen report, via a television broadcast. General Manager, Don Goodfellow, National Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, gives his interpretation of Mr Purdy's references to staff retirements and redundancies. 29 March 1984.
5. Peace researcher, Owen Wilkes, claims New Zealand is part of a Pacific wide spying network run by the United States, refers to Tangimoana Defence Base near Ohakea in the North Island. 2 April 1984.
6. Geoff Robinson presents a news package from Morning Report on the funeral of Ernie Abbott, the caretaker who was killed when Wellington's Trades Hall was bombed. Leo Jervis reports. Jim Knox pays tribute from the Federation of Labour. Jim Milne, the Secretary of the Waterside Worker's Union also pays tribute. 3 April 1984.
7. Geoff Robinson presents a news package with Ann-Marie Quinn reporting on Ernie Abbott's funeral and the cortege procession through the streets of Wellington. 3 April 1984.
8. The mother of Kirsa Jensen, the abducted Napier schoolgirl, calls for New Zealanders to love their neighbours and talks about how they are coping with the tragedy. 5 April 1984.