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60 Minutes is the name of a television newsmagazine show currently broadcast in New Zealand on TV3. It began in 1989, based on an American program by the same name. A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ...
TV3, is a commercial television station in New Zealand and was the first television network not controlled by the government. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sixty Minutes was also the replacement for the BBC current affairs programme Nationwide. ...
The broacaster of 60 Minutes has changed twice during the 1990s. It was one of TV3's flagship programs when TV3 went to air in 1989. Then in 1992, TVNZ won the rights to the program, but leased it back to TV3 for one year. Current TVNZ logo Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is the main broadcaster of television in New Zealand, established in 1980 through the merger of Television One and TV2 (formerly South Pacific Television). ...
After being shown on TV1 from 1993 to 2002, TVNZ decided not to renew the rights the show from CBS, and the rights were reaquired by TV3. Following this, there was a fight over the www.60minutes.co.nz domain, which for a short time, redirected to the site on TVNZ's replacement Sunday. Currently, the domain redirects to the www.cbs.com website. CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ...
The show is presented by Mike McRoberts and also features Melanie Reid and Amanda Millar. Mike McRoberts is a New Zealand television and radio journalist. ...
Awards
In the inaugural Qantas Television Awards in 2005, the show won - Best Current Affairs Series
- Best Current Affairs Reporter for Amanda Millar
- Best Current Affairs Senior Camera for Ross Kenward on a segment called "Green Acres"
Controversy Some segments broadcast have received negative reponses. After an item entitled "Fowl Play" aired on 20 September 2004 about battery farming of hens, the Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand (EPFNZ) complained to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. They claimed it was unbalanced, inaccurate and unfair, but the Authority did not uphold the complaint as the EPFNZ had failed to participate in the item. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Broadcasting Standards Authority(BSA) is a New Zealand Crown Entity created by the Broadcasting Act 1989 to develop and uphold standards of brodcasting for radio, free-to-air and pay television. ...
In July 2005, an interview with Ashraf Choudhary, the only Muslim Member of Parliament in New Zealand was broadcast. In this Choudhary stated that he would not condemn the practise of stoning to death some homosexuals and people who have extra-marital affairs. Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ...
Dr Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949) is a member of Parliament in New Zealand. ...
A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
A story broadcast in 2005 on the South Pacific received criticism from the Vanuatu Tourism Office General Manager. He said that the story by Rick Williamson was disrespectful to South Pacific cultures, taking footage out of context. In one section chiefs and villagers drinking kava are described as "really hammered" and "plastered on this stuff", while Williamson says when he partook in the kava that it was a "portal to the spirit world". Binomial name Piper methysticum G.Forst. ...
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