Morning Report Essentials for Friday 10 May

On today's episode, Energy Minister Simeon Brown has laid the blame for this morning's nationwide warning about power usage squarely with the former Labour Government, Brown joins us, we also hear from Labour's energy spokesperson Megan Woods, there are going to be two more Lord of the Rings movies, entertainment writer Sandro Monetti shares the details, we have our weekly political panel and we cross the Tasman to catch up on the latest with Kerry-Anne Walsh.