A Current Affair
Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show.
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1Tania's Story A teenage prostitute in Wellington talks about her life on the streets.
- Start 00 : 00 : 39
- Finish 00 : 08 : 28
- Duration 07 : 59
Reporters
- Bill Ralston (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
- voxpop
- Tania (Teenage Prostitute)
Locations
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Notes
- The subject's former school, Hutt Valley High School, tried to stop the broadcast but withdrew the injunction.
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2A number of top athletes are withdrawing from the 1990 Commonwealth Games because they say the drug tests are disgusting and embarrassing.
- Start 0 : 11 : 28
- Finish 00 : 17 : 32
- Duration 06 : 04
Reporters
- Keith Davies (Reporter, TV3)
- Genevieve Westcott (Interviewer)
Speakers
- Walter Gill (Discus Thrower)
- Nerida Morris (Discus Thrower)
- Dr Tony Edwards (Spokesman, Drugs Testing Sub-Committee)
Contributors
- Genevieve Wescott (Interviewer)
Live Broadcast
- Yes
Commercials
- No
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3A report on serial killers in the United States following the trial of Randy Kraft in Los Angeles.
- Start 00 : 20 : 51
- Finish 00 : 24 : 55
- Duration 04 : 04
Reporters
- Ken Burslem (Foreign Correspondent, Channel 10)
Speakers
- Lieutenant Bill Baxter (Spokesman, San Diego Police)
- Captain Bob Evans (Chief of Homicide, San Diego Police)
- voxpop
Contributors
- Randy Kraft (Convicted Serial Killer)
Locations
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Notes
- Randy Steven Kraft is an American serial killer and rapist known as the Scorecard Killer, the Southern California Strangler, and the Freeway Killer, who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of sixteen young men between 1972 and 1983, the majority of whom he killed in California. Kraft is also believed to have committed the rape and murder of up to fifty-one other young men and boys.
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4Rock group The Rolling Stones are coming to the end of a 60-show tour of the United States, and they have become a money-making music machine.
- Start 00 : 24 : 55
- Finish 00 : 28 : 26
- Duration 03 : 31
Reporters
- Mike Jansen (Financial Editor, ABC)
Speakers
- Michael Cohl (Show Producer, Rolling Stones)
- Mick Jagger (Musician, Rolling Stones)
- Steve Howard (Production Manager, Rolling Stones)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- A Current Affair
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 12 December 1989
Start Time
- 18 : 30
Finish Time
- 19 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- TV3
Broadcaster
- TV3 Network Services
Programme Description
- Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- Yes
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Genevieve Westcott (Presenter)
Reporters
- Bill Ralston (Reporter, TV3)
- Genevieve Westcott (Interviewer)
- Keith Davies (Reporter, TV3)
- Ken Burslem (Foreign Correspondent, Channel 10)
- Mike Jansen (Financial Editor, ABC)
Speakers
- Captain Bob Evans (Chief of Homicide, San Diego Police)
- Dr Tony Edwards (Spokesman, Drugs Testing Sub-Committee)
- Lieutenant Bill Baxter (Spokesman, San Diego Police)
- Michael Cohl (Show Producer, Rolling Stones)
- Mick Jagger (Musician, Rolling Stones)
- Nerida Morris (Discus Thrower)
- Steve Howard (Production Manager, Rolling Stones)
- Tania (Teenage Prostitute)
- voxpop
- Walter Gill (Discus Thrower)
Locations
- Wellington, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
Contributors
- Genevieve Wescott (Interviewer)
- Randy Kraft (Convicted Serial Killer)