1981 - and whose fault is was

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Year
1981
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27868
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Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1981
Reference
27868
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:53:31
Credits
RNZ Collection
Ware, Darryl, Producer
1ZN (Radio station : Whangarei, N.Z.), Broadcaster

1981 and whose fault it was.

Host Darryl Ware of Radio Northland with a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look back at the news events of 1981, featuring news cuts, talkback callers and comment from various personalities.

News actuality and an eye witness account of the shooting of President Ronald Reagan, daughter Maureen Reagan's reaction. A talkback caller comments.
Proposal to start a strip club in Whangarei - comments from a former stripper on talkback, who doesn't think it is viable. A male caller also disapproves.
A male caller disapproves of women working outside the home. Other calls on industrial action.
With varying degrees of homophobia, talkback callers deny a historian's claims that homosexuality was prevalent among early colonial settlers.
The 1981 census questions on adoption and the number of children born to women upset talkback callers - queries about the confidentiality of census forms - does Inland Revenue have the power to inspect them?
Mr Pugh of the Inland Revenue department in Whangarei denies this power has been used locally. Mr Tim Clark, census supervisor in Northland says the census is excluded from the Inland Revenue Act.
Minister of Police Ben Couch says police have the right to retaliate against Springbok rugby tour protestors. A Māori caller disagrees vehemently with Mr Couch. Ben Couch then justifies the separate development of the races in South Africa.
Duncan McIntyre comments on Mr Couch's views on apartheid in an interview with Lindsay Perigo. Multiple unidentified speakers [talkback callers] react to Mr Couch's comments, both for and against.
The Springbok Tour - a Scots talkback caller and Alan Moletsane [?] of the ANC debate colonialism, independence and revolution in Africa.
The Mr Asia murder trial verdicts - report from trial, Karen Soich found not guilty, Alexander Sinclair/Terry Clark found guilty. Bruce Stewart who was in prison with Clark comments on smoking drugs with him in prison. Richard Hall, author of "Greed" talks about his book about the Mr Asia drug ring.
Talkback callers on Northland sewage problems, social welfare benefits and DFB beneficiaries.
Whangarei MP John Elliot fails to get his party's nomination and stands as an independent.
John Banks, the new MP for Whangarei and Darryl Ware clash during an election debate.
Silly season news - a caller explains his horizontal mountaineering expedition in Whangarei Mall. Actuality from their attempt.