TV3 NATIONAL NEWS. 18/12/1991

CanWest Global System buys 20% stake in TV3, New Zealand’s only commercial TV network, after 18 months of receivership. Janet McIntyre reporter. Westpac retains 40% share. CanWest’s first offshore ownership venture.
IH Asper Chairman CanWest
Peter Viner CanWest Chief Executive
Martin Brennan Advertiser
Brent Harman, Chief Executive TVNZ
Maurice Wlliamson, Broadcast Minister
Trevor Egerton Chief ExecutiveTV3
Stabbing murder David Constable, Principal, Birchville Primary School Upper Hutt. Gordon McBride reporter.
Horror trial of Tanya Whittaker and Eddie Smith, parents who abused and caused the death of their child Delcia Whittaker/ Witika.Justice Wiley.
Cyclone aid to Samoa
Collapse of the Soviet Union.
TransTasman wildlife smuggling.Janet Wilson reporter. Kevin Knowles Customs Investigator. Kea and tuatara seized.
Shop lifting in NZ
Fairlie Ann Arrow singer kidnapping from Isle of Capri Surfers Paradise. Rod Stephen reporter.
Male takahe pair raising chicks
Sport Neil Waka reporter.
Burn Times
Te Awatea Hou waka journey. Tukoroirangi Morgan reporter. Pene Ruruku elder. Jim Elkington skipper.
Ranulph Feines Ubar, Oman frankincense, Oracvle of Diana
Money Matters
Southland Area Health Board charging for services at Kew Hosptial
ANZ Bank cutting 3000 staff
Houseprices record levels
gold fabric New York
sharemarkets
Sport: cricket tennis Ironman America’s Cup. Daisy the Sheep
Interview by Leighton Smith with Peter Viner on their management control of TV3. What changes in store for TV3?

South Island waka retracing the original Tainui journey, reach the half-way mark. Pene Ruruku (Te Awatea Hou.