About this item
- Title
- Brian Edwards: TV current affairs legend...
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
Irish import Brian Edwards made a big impact on current affairs in New Zealand. First seen on 1960s regional show Town and Around, he made his name as a no-nonsense interviewer on Gallery. On that show he helped bring about the end of a union dispute with the Post Office, live on air. Edwards on Saturday followed, and was a ratings hit. Later the veteran broadcaster helped launch long-running consumer rights show Fair Go, and hosted radio show Top of the Morning. In this ScreenTalk, Edwards t...
- Format
- Video
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/brian-edwards-2011
- Related subjects
- interview / television / presenter / current affairs / consumer rights / gallery / town and around / tvnz / sis / bill gilbert / post office strike / christchurch / fame / nzbc / interviewing / bruce broadhead / confrontation / postmaster general / postmaster-general / edwards on saturday / parochialism / new zealand culture / south island / interviewing style / security intelligence service / political interference / allan mccready / ivan reddish / 1970 / industrial dispute / pōwhiri / 1975 / 1970s / gordon dryden / des monaghan / sam hunt / homosexuality / sodomy / offensive content / fair go / edwards at large / nerves / the nation / live television / 1980s / q + a / close up / new zealand politics / campbell live / 2010s / 2011
What can I do with this item?
Check copyright status and what you can do with this item
Check informationReport this item
If you believe this item breaches our terms of use please report this item
Report this itemDigitalNZ brings together more than 30 million items from institutions so that they are easy to find and use. This information is the best information we could find on this item. This item was added on 07 March 2014, and updated 06 May 2025.
Learn more about how we work.
Share
What is the copyright status of this item?

Share, Modify
See below for specifics about how you may use this item.

More Information
NZ On Screen has this to say about the rights status of this item:
Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ)
You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://www.nzonscreen.com/about/rights_clearance
What can I do with this item?
You must always check with NZ On Screen to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use
NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it
This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it
This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

No commercial use
You may not use this item commercially.
What can I do with this item?
Check copyright status and what you can do with this item
Check informationReport this item
If you believe this item breaches our terms of use please report this item
Report this itemDigitalNZ brings together more than 30 million items from institutions so that they are easy to find and use. This information is the best information we could find on this item. This item was added on 07 March 2014, and updated 06 May 2025.
Learn more about how we work.
Share
Related items
Loading...