6.30 NEWS. 12/12/1984

News, current affairs, sport and weather.

Main stories:
Government to reduce car tax on motor vehicles. Only on cars over 1350 cc. Opening in Australian car parts market as part of the deal.
Report on a Coromandel mining project by a South African company. Protesters complain of Government hypocrisy after the hard line taken on recent and future rugby tours. Interview with Mark Tugendhaft, coalition to Save the Coromandel and Mr Tizzard, Minister of Mining.
Call for more community policeman as opposed to centralised administrative approach. Interview with Bob Moore, Police Association Secretary.
Article on Band Aid and the Christmas single for famine relief.
Proposal suggested for television advertising on Saturdays to boost TV revenue.
Article on the opposition to the UN convention to the ‘Elimination of discrimination against Women’.

Top Half:
Article on the growing sense of alienation young people are feeling towards the Police. Interview with Chief Inspector Laurie Woodgate, Community relations.
Tuatara enclosure opened at Auckland Zoo.
Article on leprosy survivor Semisi Maya, who has developed into artist despite his afflictions.