Choppy conditions on Lake Karapiro today saw a boat carrying photographers and television camera operators capsize.Seven camera crews, including those from TVNZ, TV3 and the New Zealand Herald, were on board shooting footage of a rowing event that included Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell.
No lives were lost, however around $340,000 worth of equipment went down with the boat.
Today's loss of equipment has seen a bad month for TV3, as just two Sunday's ago the network had broadcasting equipment stolen from a Satellite News Gathering truck while it was parked in a Wellington street.
TV3 has offered a $10,000 reward for the return of the equipment, publicist Stephanie Taylor saying "the equipment is critical to our live broadcast operation, and we need it back." Taylor also said the equipment would be “absolutely no use” to anyone, except a television broadcaster. She said the gear would not be easy to re-sell as it is branded with the TV3 logo.
TV3 Wellington are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of the equipment to phone the newsroom on 04 802 1803.
1 comments:
That seems like some bad luck on the part of TV3. One might wonder whether they need to review their security measures, as they seem to be a bit lax in that area at the moment. One could speculate whether this slack attitude carries over into other aspects of their news presenting; Hillary Barry's wardrobe advisor certainly does not seem quite up to par/on P.
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