60 Minutes (New Zealand)

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show_name = 60 Minutes


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presenter = Mike McRoberts
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executive_producer = Terence Taylor
producer = Alison Horwood, Paula Penfold, Chris Wilks, Charlotte Purdy
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editor = Paul Enticott
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camera = George Murahidy, Belinda Walshe, Arthur Rasmussen
sound = Grant Findlay, Shane Jones
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TVNZ (1993-2001)
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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 on rival network TV One, based on an American programme by the same name.

The broadcaster of "60 Minutes" has changed twice during the 1990s. It was one of TV3's flagship programmes when TV3 went to air in 1989. Then in 1992, TVNZ won the rights to the programme.

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.

The show is presented by Mike McRoberts and also features Melanie Reid, Amanda Millar, Sarah Hall, Karen McCarthy, Mark Scott, Rod Vaughan and Alison Horwood.

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"

At the 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards, the show won
*Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special - Sarah Hall, Paula Penfold, George Murahidy and Catherine Hallinan.
*Best Current Affairs Camera - George Murahidy
*Best News and Current Affairs Editing - Paul Enticott

Controversy

Some segments broadcast have received negative responses. 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.

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 extramarital affairs.

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".

External links

* [http://www.tv3.co.nz/Listings/NewsandCurrentAffairs/60Minutes/tabid/88/Default.aspx?listingID=429046 "60 Minutes"]

References

*cite news|url=http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=45484&nav=13|title=60 Minutes NZ gets bad wrap|publisher=e-Travel Blackboard|date= 8 December 2005
* [http://www.nztbc.co.nz/news/story.html?story_121105.inc Winners announced for inaugural Qantas Television Awards]
* [http://www.bsa.govt.nz/decisions/2004/2004-220.htm BSA decision on "Fowl Play"]
*cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10334250|title=Some stoning okay says Choudhary|date=5 July 2005|publisher=New Zealand Herald
*"TV rivals bury competitive spirit", "National Business Review", 28 February 1992
*"Website wrangle turns into current affairs story", "New Zealand Herald", 26 August 2002