More Info →[Brian Burns, Marathon runner, interviewed by Mark Leishman for Telethon 1981]

Description

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 29th June 1981.

Marathon runner Brian Burns is interviewed by presenter Mark Leishman after completing a Marathon inside the four walls of the Pascal Street Stadium. The Standard reported his time as 3 hours and 5 minutes and that it was the first indoor marathon completed in New Zealand.

Telethon 1981 was for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Telethon was a 24-hour live television spectacular designed to raise money for charitable causes. It originated in the United States, but New Zealand put a typically Kiwi spin on the event. Local performers, amateur and professional were joined by international stars, who entertained New Zealand to raise money for charity. Groups of people from schools, clubs, and pubs, contributed cash and cheques, often in an oversized format, to add to the pledged totals on the day of the event.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatu Standard Negative Collection

Date

June 27, 1981

Digitisation ID

2021N_2017-20_Telethon81_029

Format

B&W negative