Ira Spitzer
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 10th January
On today's episode, the latest on the devastating fires in California, further questions are raised about the Treaty Principles Bill submissions and a close friend of out-going Warrior's captain Tohu… Audio
More on Los Angeles' fire
Ferocious winds are fuelling the fires in California and there are now multiple fires burning in different parts of Los Angeles Residents say it's like nothing they have ever seen. LA correspondent… Audio
Pennsylvania tipping Trumps way in votes
Correspondent Ira Spitzer was in Philadelphia at a Donald Trump watch party and spoke to Lisa Owen about how despite comments at the Trump rally about Puerto Rico - the exit poll is showing Trump is… Audio
New Zealander killed in the US after gunpoint robbery
A 68 year-old-New Zealand woman named as Patricia Mckay has been run down and killed during a gunpoint robbery in Southern California. The police in Newport Beach in LA say two men, one armed with a… Audio
New Zealander killed during a gunpoint robbery in California
A New Zealand woman named as Patricia Mckay aged 68 has been run down and killed during a gunpoint robbery in California. The police in Newport Beach in LA say two men tried to rob two victims as they… Audio
Trump faces prospect of additional sanctions due to comments
It is day 10 of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York, and the former president is facing the prospect of additional sanctions due to more comments he made about individuals involved… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 1 May
On today's episode, the Remuneration Authority has determined that MPs will get a 10.5 percent pay rise, we get reaction from Labour leader Chris Hipkins as well as from the Taxpayers' Union… Audio
Protests against war in Gaza escalate at Columbia University
A number of student protestors at New York's Columbia University have escalated their protest over against the war in Gaza, by breaching and barricading themselves inside one of the institution's main… Audio
Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction has been overturned
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has had his 2020 rape conviction overturned in a stunning reversal of the foundational case in the #MeToo movement. Correspondent Ira Spitzer spoke to Ben… Audio
OJ Simpson dies of cancer aged 76
OJ Simpson, the US football star has died aged 76. His family say Simpson succumbed to his battle with cancer, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Correspondent Ira Spitzer spoke to Ingrid… Audio
Leaders gathering in San Francisco for APEC summit
Leaders of APEC's member states are coming to San Francisco this week, but protestors are already there.
The annual summit between the group's 21 Asian and Pacific nations will to focus on… Audio
Tropical storm Hilary makes landfall in Mexico, moving
A major tropical storm has brought strong winds and heavy rain to Mexico's Baja California region, and is now barrelling towards the southwest of the United States. Forecasters are warning the storm… Audio
Hollywood writers considering industry-wide strike
The usual buffet of new TV shows available to watch could soon come to a halt, as Hollywood writers consider an industry-wide strike. Last-minute talks are underway between the Writers Guild of… Audio
Santa Fe police not ruling out charges after Rust death
Santa Fe police have addressed media for the first time since the shooting death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
Santa Fe County Sherriff Adan Mendoza said… Audio
Alec Baldwin 'heartbroken' after fatal on-set accident
Alec Baldwin says he is heart-broken over firing a live round from a prop gun that fatally wounded his film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Film director Joel Souza who was standing behind her was… Audio
Vaccine boosters coming in the US
US regulators have approved booster shots for both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines.
Those, along with Pfizer, are the three approved boosters in the country.
The Food and Drug… Audio
Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp go down
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all offline in a global outage.
The popular social media apps all went down at about 4.45am (NZT), with both Facebook and Instagram using rival platform Twitter… Audio
Death toll expected to rise after Ida sweeps through Louisiana
To the southern United States now where former Hurricane Ida has cut a violent swathe across large parts of Louisiana.. Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent in the US, Ira Spitzer. Audio
Cloud service provider's troubles break the internet
A huge internet outage last night resulted in websites and apps around the world going dark for an hour after a major content delivery network failed.
News websites and apps affected included CNN… Audio
2021 Oscars: most diverse in history
This year's Oscars were the most diverse yet.
After increasing criticism, Hollywood made significant strides in 2020 by having more women and people of colour on screen and behind the scenes.
For… Audio
