Network New Zealand

Few television networks in the world would provide this sort of maintenance dedication on behalf of a mere 75 viewers living in the back of beyond.

– Narration

I paid over $2,000 for my TV set and I don’t expect to be bored by all those overseas news items. They’re absolutely no concern to us. Now surely Kiwi audiences are only interested in New Zealand news.

– Viewer feedback

The style, approach, content and length were left to me. I was in fact offered a very free hand to tackle the subject in any way I chose. I believe..that it would have been extraordinarily difficult for an insider to have done it with the detachment it needed - and which the BCNZ sponsors sought.

– Director Ian Mackersey in The Listener, 6 April 1985, Page 74