Agenda is a New Zealand hour-long current affairs television programme. It screened at 10 am on Sundays on TV One. Its final host was Rawdon Christie with political interviews conducted by Guyon Espiner. Christie and Espiner were joined each week by three panelists from the New Zealand media. In late November 2008

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announced they would not continue their contract with Frontpage, the producers. Despite speculation that another network might buy the rights, the programme was discontinued in 2009 and '' Q+A'' replaced it in the Sunday morning slot.

Format

The show began with Rawdon Christie talking to that week's panelists about the main political events of the previous week. Later on, Guyon Espiner begun interviewing their guests, after which the panelists ask the guest their own questions. Following an ad break, there is the

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segment and an in-depth look into a major political event before another interview. The show concluded with a book giveaway. *Every week near the beginning of the show a pre-recorded segment by the NZ Listener's Jane Clifton running through what has happened in the political week. *Also every week a reporter would visit a dairy and talk to the owner about a significant event that has occurred in their area. *Each week a student from the

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would present the results from a student panel that separates political fact from fiction.

Panellists

* Vernon Small,

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of '' The Dominion Post'' * John Roughan, assistant editor of ''

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'' *

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of ''

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'' * Virginia Larson, '' North & South'' editor * Bernard Hickley, freelance commentator and blogger * Kathryn Ryan, host of

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national's Nine to Noon * Nevil Gibson,

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of the ''

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'' * Colin Espiner, political editor of ''

'' and Guyon Espiner's brother *

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of the '' Political Press'' and

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*Richard Long, columnist for Fairfax *

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, formerly directly involved in the media and politics * Chris Baldock, the editor of the '' Sunday News'' * Brian Fallow, economics editor of ''

'' * Brent Edwards,

's political editor * Deborah Hill Cone, freelance journalist * Dr Colin James, veteran political journalist * Barry Soper,

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political editor

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20040502031054/http://www.agendatv.co.nz/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Agenda (New Zealand Tv programme) 1990s New Zealand television series 2000s New Zealand television series 1999 New Zealand television series debuts 2009 New Zealand television series endings New Zealand television news shows TVNZ 1 original programming