A Current Affair
Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show.
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1Vince Gason is now back in New Zealand after a 10 month ordeal in Somalia, where he was shot and wounded, and imprisoned, and escaped. He went to Somalia to start a prawn fishing business with an Australian boat owner and a Somalian diplomat and then it went wrong.
- Start 00 : 00 : 52
- Finish 00 : 11 : 10
- Duration 10 : 18
Reporters
- Bill Ralston (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
- Vince Gason (Businessman)
Locations
- Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2The Government is considering licensing casinos, with the first one hoped to be in Auckland. This story outlines that the interested parties are; Fletcher Construction, Conrad Hotels and Jupiter's Casino, who run casinos on the Gold Coast. Also the Sheraton Hotel chain, Magnum Corporation and construction company Mainzeal. The third consortium is the New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) in association with Casinos Austria.
- Start 00 : 14 : 20
- Finish 00 : 19 : 42
- Duration 05 : 22
Reporters
- David Nicholson (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
- Richard Barnes (Spokesman, Jupiter's Consortium)
- Jock Lee (Rail Properties Spokesman, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
Locations
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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3The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) plans to tax unborn foals on the value of the stud service fee, backdated to 1987. Thoroughbred breeders say this could destroy the industry.
- Start 00 : 23 : 07
- Finish 00 : 29 : 09
- Duration 06 : 02
Reporters
- Louise Wallace (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
- Patrick Hogan (Horse Breeder, Cambridge Stud)
- Brian O'Flaherty (Spokesman, Thoroughbred Breeders Association)
Locations
- Cambridge, New Zealand (Waikato)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- A Current Affair
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 19 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)
- David Nicholson (Reporter, TV3)
- Louise Wallace (Reporter, TV3)
Speakers
- Brian O'Flaherty (Spokesman, Thoroughbred Breeders Association)
- Jock Lee (Rail Properties Spokesman, New Zealand Railways Corporation [NZRC])
- Patrick Hogan (Horse Breeder, Cambridge Stud)
- Richard Barnes (Spokesman, Jupiter's Consortium)
- Vince Gason (Businessman)
Locations
- Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury)
- Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland)
- Cambridge, New Zealand (Waikato)