On 3 November 1969 at 7:35pm history was created when Dougal Stevenson read the first network news bulletin on NZBC (now TVNZ). The live broadcast was simultaneously transmitted on a series of microwave links around the country.
Philip Sherry, Dougal Stevenson and the late Bill Toft were the first
network news readers and shared the nightly presenting role equally on a rotating roster.
