Two TVNZ7 debates
October 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am by David FarrarFrontpage (which makes Agenda) has two debates coming up on TVNZ7:
The Swing Seats debates will be in two seats that could be crucial to the outcome of the election- Epsom and the Maori seat of Ikaroa- Rawhiti.
The Maori seat of Ikaroa–Rawhiti, which encompasses most of the East Coast of the North Island will be one of the most hotly contested seats in this election.
Cabinet Minister Parekura Horomia will go head to head with the Maori Party’s Derek Fox.
This debate will be broadcast in front of a live audience in Gisborne on October the 16th
The second debate is taking place in Epsom on October the 23rd where the colourful ACT leader Rodney Hide will be joined by National MP Richard Worth, Green Party MP Keith Locke and Labour’s Kate Sutton.
Hide needs to win this seat again to stay in parliament.
Both programmes will be LIVE-streamed on the TVNZ webite tvnz.co.nz (key word : SWING SEATS) and will be available on TVNZ ondemand after they have screened.
They will be produced by the team that makes TV One’s “ Agenda” programme and will be fronted by Agenda co-host and TV One reporter Rawdon Christie wth support from Wallace Chapman, presenter of TVNZ7′s “Back Benches” programme.
Christie with support from TVNZ7′s “Back Benches” presenter, Wallace Chapman, will give the candidates in these “swing seats” a chance to tell the audience and viewers why they have the best policies for their constituents.
To join in the debate as part of the audience, people can write or send an email to the show’s producers explaining who they are and what question they would like to ask the candidates.
Emails can be sent to swingseats@frontpage.co.nz
and letters sent to :
Front Page,
P.O Box 90361
Auckland
The blogmobile has been invited to cover the Ikaroa-Rawhiti debate in Gisborne, so we’ll live blog it also.
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October 7th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I can’t believe that people are still under the impression that Epsom is a “swing” seat.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Why would you travel to Gisborne just to watch the thing on TV
I suppose the guarentee of a living tv audience in Gisborne is a bonus, but are they really expecting so many deaths from the other audiences it will be broadcast in front of in any house with Freeview?
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Looks like something that would be really interesting to see. Pity TVNZ won’t allow Sky to broadcast. Bastards.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Derek Fox v Parekura Horomia?
bit of a mismatch methinks?
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Great idea doing these debates. Further key electorates that would be well worth broadcasting would be:
- Tauranga (NZ First and Kiwi)
- Mangere (Family Party)
- Ohariu-Belmont (United Future)
The results in these three electorates (plus Epsom) will greatly affect the shape of the next Parliament, in terms of the variety of views being represented and the coalition arrangements that are negotiated.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Tauranga is hardly a swing seat and wont be won by either of those parties so why even bother with a televised debate. Will be a National seat by a huge margin.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I think you’re right Bullitt, but it is still the seat both NZ First and Kiwi seem to be counting on to get in for some reason, I have no idea why they aren’t focussing on something more winnable but that is their choice.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Won’t Papakura and Derek be speaking Te Reo.
Vote:October 7th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Unbelievable. Epsom is NOT a swing seat, unless TVNZ have their agenda to paint it as such, so to hurt ACT again.
I hope not. Epsom is ACTs seat and every party vote for ACT will count.
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