It's a time of change for New Zealand television news and current affairs, with TV3 announcing that its Sunday night 6pm news bulletin will be reduced from an hour to 30 minutes, with revamped current affairs show 3D as the other half-hour. Nightly current affairs show Campbell Live is under threat, and Prime has recently changed the supplier of its 5.30pm news.
Current affairs has long been a significant part of our television landscape - with critical acclaim and controversy often coming in equal measure. One of our first TV current affairs series to make a big impact was Gallery, which ran from 1968 to 1973. This episode of the show was an award-winner at the time, and has gone on to become one of our most famous pieces of current affairs television, with interviewer Brian Edwards turning conciliator in a long-running Post Office industrial dispute. Producer Des Monaghan managed to get the Postmaster General Mr McCready and Mr Reddish of the Post Office union into the studio together. In the interview's final minutes Edwards forced an agreement between the two men to stop union action and go back into mediation.
You can see Gallery - Post Office Go Slow here:
![Gallery - Post Office Go Slow](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5IMD6BJ4UHH6G4YGXL3M2EODGE.jpg?auth=79cb292dd60a23253135f186e4f37613301f61669401620ba3aee48311024bab&width=16&height=5&quality=70&smart=true)