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Local news was a staple of pre-network 1960s NZ television and retained its place and popularity in the network era. The amalgamation of TV1 and SPTV in 1980 produced new regional shows with The South Tonight and The Mainland Touch in the South Island, and Today Tonight in Wellington. Auckland watched Top Half which was presented for six years by the "dream team" of John Hawkesby and Judy Bailey (the latter succeeded by Natalie Brunt in 1986). Amid some controversy, regional news on TVNZ ended in 1989 to be replaced by Holmes and a new era of television.
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1983 - 1989 |
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02:03 |
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Top Half - Auckland Segments (Ponsonby development controversies) |
01:46 |
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Top Half - Auckland Segments (David Bowie at Western Springs) |
01:01 |
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02:47 |
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Top Half - Auckland Segments (K Road shopping district dying out - red light sleaze) |
01:21 |
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Top Half - Auckland Segments (Auckland Zoo gets a baby orangutan) |
02:05 |
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