6.30 NEWS & TOP HALF. 22/04/1985

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Year
1985
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Rights Information
Year
1985
Reference
F80413
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
6:30 NEWS
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:59:00
Production company
TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND
Credits
Presenter: Philip Sherry
Presenter: Richard Long
Presenter: Judy Bailey
Presenter: John Hawkesby

News, current affairs, sport and weather.

Two climbers missing on Mt Cook.

Wreckage from fishing vessel Voyager discovered on South Otago coast. Three people feared dead.

Petrol prices to rise in order to fund the Marsden Point Oil Refinery expansion. Interviews: PM David Lange, Bill Birch (former Energy Minister).

Many corporations withdrawing sponsorship from rugby clubs following NZFRU decision to tour South Africa.

Frenzied trading on the stock exchange. Interviews: Kevin O’Connor (NZ Stock Exchange).

Outreak of scarlet fever in Waikato. Interviews: Bev Iti, Jim Penniket (Health Dept).

Mark Todd and Charisma place second at Badminton Horse Trials.

Top Half:
Pierre Beautrais, an Auckland sexologist, talks about his theory of ‘trainsexualism’ - the erotic power of trains. Includes interview with Merv Smith (train enthusiast).

Manukau housing scheme, which provides kitset houses at half the cost of buying a house, in danger of stalling due to lack of government funding. Interviews: Gavin Rennie (NZ Housing Network), Alan Johnson (Manukau Housing Scheme). Studio interview: Phil Goff (Minister of Housing).