RESTRICTED
FM WELLINGTON
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 26
OF 31213OZ OCTOBER 91
INFO ROUTINE FCO
INFO SAVING AUCKLAND
RESTRICTED
ва
thiß 0271
@
Riqu
122311
MDLIAN 1089
YOUR VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
MEDIA
ED
1. MY TELNO 18 REPORTED THAT SIR JAMES BELICH, MAYOR OF WELLINGTON, WOULD BE OVERSEAS AT THE TIME OF YOUR VISIT. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE YOUR PROPOSED CALL ON HIM (SCHEDULED FOR 9.45 AM ON THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER) WITH A FURTHER MEDIA ENGAGEMENT. OPTIONS WOULD BE:
I)
INTERVIEW WITH THE 'PRESS''. BASED IN CHRISTCHURCH, WITH A CIRCULATION OF 100,000. IT HAS EXCELLENT EDITORIAL AND FEATURES COVERAGE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CURRENT
AFFAIRS ISSUES.
II) INTERVIEW WITH THE NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW'' (NBR). IT TRANSPIRED DURING MS WONG'S RECONNAISSANCE VISIT THAT COLIN JAMES WILL BE WRITING HIS INTERVIEW WIT YOU ON 21 NOVEMBER FOR THE ''SUNDAY STAR'' CON WHICH A NOTE FOLLOWS BY FAX TO MS WONG), NOT FOR NBR. WE COULD ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOTHER NBR REPORTER.
2. ON BALANCE, WE RECOMMEND OPTION (I). THOUGH NBR IS WIDELY READ IN BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CIRCLES WHICH ARE TARGETS FOR HONG KONG, FEW PEOPLE TAKE IT AS THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF NEWS (ESPECIALLY AS IT NOW ONLY APPEARS WEEKLY). THE ''PRESS'' IS WIDELY READY BY OPINION FORMERS IN WELLINGTON AND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH ISLAND AND WOULD COMPLEMENT WELL YOUR INTERVIEWS WITH THE 'NEW ZEALAND HERALD' AND THE 'SUNDAY STAR'', BOTH OF WHICH ARE AUCKLAND-BASED.
C
3. AS AGREED IN YOUR TELNO 21, TONY VERDON'S INTERVIEW FOR THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO 11.30 12.00 ON FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER. YOUR INTERVIEW WITH JAMES CHAN, RADIO CHINESE (AUCKLAND ACCESS RADIO) WILL BE HELD FROM 4.30
1
PAGE RESTRICTED
4.45 PM
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.