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P143358 SHOW SCAM
Item Metadata
Media ID P143358
Item Type News Clip - Clean
Media Title SHOW SCAM
Series Name HOLMES
First TX Date 1994-04-01
Approximate First
Play Date 1994-04-01
Ownership Legacy - read re-use restrictions
REUSE
Restriction Details Owner
RESTRICTIONS
RESTRICTED Green
Production Centre Auckland
Precis Follow up investigation of Pluck A Duck side-show at Auckland Easter Show run by Robert West (where ducks
with winning numbers were removed from water) resulting in assault on cameraman Owen Goodwin.
Credits
Role
Name
REPORTER
Mike Valintine
Personalities
Personality
Name WEST Robert
Name GOODWIN Owen
Name RAGG Gordon
Subject
Subject
consumer affairs
television communications
assault
fraud
ENTERTAINMENT
entertainment-general
fairs & festivals
broadcasting journalism
auckland city
children
ethics
violence
Associated Materials
Asset
Material
Location
DPL Video
ALC60-0975 TK31 (Primary
VIDEOTAPE BETA SP COLOUR CASSETTE (COMP)
Asset
asset)
(AUCKLAND NVR)
DPL Video
Asset
W60-HOL-940401
VIDEOTAPE DIGITAL BETACAM (EX-AIR) (DUB)
i-news Script
SCRIPT (i-news)
DPL Video
Asset
DIGITAL MEDIA FORMAT (ARDOME)
Video Summary
Asset Definition Asset Aspect Ratio
SD
4:3
Audio Summary
Asset Audio Mix Asset Audio Layout
Split Track
NCA unmixed
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Date Catalogued 1994-04-13
Cataloguer LGB
Content Category News and Current Affairs
Content Sources
Source
NEWS
TVNZ
Content Owner Head of News and Current Affairs
Library Owner DPL Library Owner
Source Delivery
Method BASIS Migration
GUID VIZONECS-4B47
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MS Pluck A Duck side-show at Auckland Easter
00:58:05:00 00:06:16:24
Shot Description MS Pluck A Duck
Show, stall holder Robert West waves sticks at
side-show at
CAMERA and places hand over CAMERA lens while
Auckland Easter
his wife hides screaming "turn that thing off".
Show, stall holder
Robert West waves
sticks at CAMERA and
places hand over
CAMERA lens while
his wife hides
screaming "turn that
thing off".
Shot Keywords  
BS REPORTER Mike Valintine approaches Pluck A
00:58:06:00 00:06:15:24
Shot Description BS REPORTER Mike
Duck side-show and Robert West to investigate
Valintine approaches
whether scam investigated in 1992 still continues,
Pluck A Duck side-
when ducks with winning numbers removed from
show and Robert
water.
West to investigate
whether scam
investigated in 1992
still continues, when
ducks with winning
numbers removed
from water.
Shot Keywords  
(LCT) 21 April 1992 Holmes item on duck scam
00:58:07:00 00:06:14:24
Shot Description (LCT) 21 April 1992
which resulted in side-shows owned by Robert West
Holmes item on duck
being banned from 1993 Easter Show and other
scam which resulted
shows around country. GVs Robert West refusing to
in side-shows owned
allow
by Robert West being
banned from 1993
Easter Show and
other shows around
country. GVs Robert
West refusing to
allow REPORTER to
pay to inspect all
ducks.
Shot Keywords  
LA CU Owen Goodwin, TVNZ cameraman, with blood
00:58:08:00 00:06:13:24
Shot Description LA CU Owen
on face after being attacked.
Goodwin, TVNZ
cameraman, with
blood on face after
being attacked.
Shot Keywords  
ECU black eye of Owen Goodwin.
00:58:09:00 00:06:12:24
Shot Description ECU black eye of
Owen Goodwin.
Shot Keywords  
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MS Owen Goodwin explaining to Auckland Hospital
00:58:10:00 00:06:11:24
Shot Description MS Owen Goodwin
nurse what happened re couple of people trying to
explaining to
stop me filming, out of nowhere some guy spun me
Auckland Hospital
round and head butted me.
nurse what happened
re couple of people
trying to stop me
filming, out of
nowhere some guy
spun me round and
head butted me.
Shot Keywords  
MS eye of Owen Goodwin being examined.
00:58:11:00 00:06:10:24
Shot Description MS eye of Owen
Goodwin being
examined.
Shot Keywords  
MS crowd at Pluck A Duck stall while wife of Robert
00:58:12:00 00:06:09:24
Shot Description MS crowd at Pluck A
West explains winning ducks still taken out of water
Duck stall while wife
for half an hour.
of Robert West
explains winning
ducks still taken out
of water for half an
hour.
Shot Keywords  
GVs side-show, including MCU Maori girl watching.
00:58:13:00 00:06:08:24
Shot Description GVs side-show,
including MCU Maori
girl watching.
Shot Keywords  
I/V Gordon Ragg, Easter Show Manager, re West's
00:58:14:00 00:06:07:24
Shot Description I/V Gordon Ragg,
side-show being monitored by management, were
Easter Show
checked before Easter Show started, don't know if
Manager, re West's
management has done any spot checks, don't want
side-show being
to talk
monitored by
management, were
checked before
Easter Show started,
don't know if
management has
done any spot
checks, don't want to
talk about violent
incident (attack on
cameraman).
Shot Keywords  
MS Gordon Ragg walks away, puts hand over
00:58:15:00 00:06:06:24
Shot Description MS Gordon Ragg
CAMERA lens.
walks away, puts
hand over CAMERA
lens.
Shot Keywords  
I/V Gordon Ragg re didn't agree to talk about
00:58:16:00 00:06:05:24
Shot Description I/V Gordon Ragg re
violence, this is responsible family show, can't
didn't agree to talk
believe accusation by REPORTER that Robert West
about violence, this is
threatened to kill him, not kind of people we have at
responsible family
show, can't believe
accusation by
REPORTER that
Robert West
threatened to kill
him, not kind of
people we have at
show.
Shot Keywords  
(LCT) April 1992 CU Robert West.
00:58:17:00 00:06:04:24
Shot Description (LCT) April 1992 CU
Robert West.
Shot Keywords  
(LCT) 31 March 1994 Newsnight GVs Mouseco Circus 00:58:18:00 00:06:03:24
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run by the Wests. I/V Gordon Ragg re have already
Shot Description (LCT) 31 March 1994
done what we need to to Wests, won't tell you what
Newsnight GVs
that is, public just need to know this is safe
Mouseco Circus run
by the Wests. I/V
Gordon Ragg re have
already done what
we need to to Wests,
won't tell you what
that is, public just
need to know this is
safe and happy show.
Shot Keywords  
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