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- Ian Johnstone: TV legend...
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Veteran broadcaster and journalist Ian Johnstone helped pioneer current affairs programming in New Zealand by hosting and reporting on the shows Compass and Close Up in the 1960s. Johnstone was the first host of the regional programme Town and Around and went on to co-host Tonight at Nine after the debut of South Pacific Television. Since then Johnstone has been involved in a variety of TV series and documentaries, and has even turned his hand to a bit of character acting in television dramas...
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- television / reporter / town and around / compass / close up / tonight at nine / south pacific television / crimewatch / south africa - the black future / pioneer women / 1960s / news / wntv1 / news reader / interviews / radio station / commissioner of inland revenue / commissioner of police / walter nash / politicians / sir guy powels / reporters / campbell live / studio interviews / wellington / documentary / documentaries / police state / waikato / cape town / ministries of propagranda / treason / acting / actor / ettie rout / michael scott-smith / michael scott smith / donna malane / live television
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