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Oriini Kairpara: "On Christmas Day I’ll be reading the 6pm news for Newshub. It will be the first of many nights I will have the honour of presenting our prime news to audiences around the country and globe"
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1 News to Newshub .. "it takes a village to make the fucking news and your village rocks"
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Former Today FM boss Dallas Gurney responds to National MP Chris Penk who tweeted that Tova O'Brien's "poor ratings crashed an entire radio station"
Sorry but your poor ratings crashed an entire radio station
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Mary Lambie to Mark Richardson - "Shut up Mark" "Oh Mark, grow up"
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E Tū launches 'Save Our Stories' campaign to oppose the proposed changes at TVNZ.
"People can help by signing the open letter, sharing our video, and sending the message to decision-makers that our media is worth protecting"
Sign the open letter here:
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Les Mills &
@TVNZ
to offer free-to-air access to renowned Les Mills Group Fitness classes daily, from Monday 30th March. 9am on TVNZ 1 + workouts designed specifically for young children and teenagers at 3pm on TVNZ 2.
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.
@Alisonmau
was asked if she has been in any really terrible jobs. Her reply: "I hosted Seven Sharp once"
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Oriini Kaipara and
@Mihi_Forbes
to host Waitangi Day special broadcast on
@ThreeNewZealand
. "Discussions with national broadcasters and Te Hiku Media resulted in a partnership with TV3 to broadcast a three hour programme [7 - 10am] on the morning of 6 February"
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Jesse Mulligan: It is daylight saving, not savings
Jeremy Corbett: I do get confused with s's on the end of things. Is it Mike Hoskings or Tosser?
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Tova O'Brien wins Broadcast Reporter of the Year – News at Voyager Media Awards.
"To my Today FM whanau, what I wouldn't do for one more year with you guys"
"They fucked us, but they cannot grind us down"
#VMA2023NZ
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Jenny-May Clarkson reveals her moko kauae: 'This is still me'
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Reality Check Radio has ended its broadcasts, with Peter Williams stating in a video "Hopefully it's just a temporary closure. The only way we're going to get back on air is by raising funds now."
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Sean Plunket has admitted that his online radio station, The Platform, is facing tough times:
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The Newshub journos who worked on a proposal to save the 6pm bulletin. Michael Morrah, Simon Shepherd, Amanda Gillies, Janika ter Ellen, Nick Truebridge, Karen Rutherford, Paddy Gower
📷:
@Amanda_Gillies
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As RNZ bosses mull over who to replace Campbell on RNZ - surely
@Alisonmau
is the most qualified? TV 🗸 (drive-time) radio 🗸 TV-radio simulcasts 🗸
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Sean Plunket to host Breakfast on his new online talk station The Platform. Michael Laws 9am-12pm, Leanne Malcolm 12-3pm, Martin Devlin 3-6pm. Digital editor: Ani O'Brien. Site to feature opinion from Chris Trotter, Martyn Bradbury, Don Brash, Michael Bassett & Karl du Fresne.
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Amanda Gillies' facial expressions when Mark Richardson rants
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Duncan Garner reads viewer feedback: “I hear there’s a vitamin you can take called Campbell’s which helps with spiteful, vindictive behaviour and brings balance back to journalism”
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TVNZ's Barbara Dreaver named Reporter of the Year at 2022 New Zealand Television Awards. Lisette Reymer and Patrick Gower were finalists.
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Maiki Sherman has been appointed TVNZ’s newest Political Editor. “This is a huge milestone for me and one I’ve worked hard for. I’m proud to be the first wahine Māori appointed as the Political Editor of a mainstream broadcast newsroom. That is something to be celebrated.”
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.
@FairGoNZ
reporter Anna Burns-Francis has been named as TVNZ's new US correspondent: "This is the most exciting opportunity I’ve ever had in my career and I can’t wait to get over there and hit the ground running"
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Lloyd Burr is returning to
@NewshubNZ
as a political reporter based in Wellington following the axing of Today FM. "It's been a tough few months for me and I'd like to thank the Newshub team for welcoming me back with open arms."
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Mike McRoberts to join
@TheNBR
as Te Ao Māori Editor:
"It’s an opportunity to shape the narrative around key developments within the Māori economy and to ensure these stories receive the national attention they deserve."
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"Bruce Russell, one of our long-time Newstalk ZB hosts, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully last night."
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Jason Walls will take over from Barry Soper as
@NewstalkZB
's Political Editor at the start of next year
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Lloyd Burr makes his first appearance as a fill-in presenter for the new Three News bulletin, covering for Samantha Hayes.
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My friend Greg would have turned 53 today. Will try very hard to be silly in his honour.
#silly
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Paddy on Breakfast this morning pleading with NZME, Stuff, Sky or even someone entrepreneurial to take on the Newshub 6pm bulletin and save some jobs
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Simon Mercep reminisces about the early days at 1News when the newsroom would gather around the TV sets at 6 to watch the bulletins go out. "If your editor thought that Three had done a better job, you'd get a bollocking"
"That sense of competition has always kept us on our toes"
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Garner says goodbye to the "awfully angry, abusive and ultimately sad little hangout from hell" he calls Twitter
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In other Discovery NZ news,
@lisettereymer
is to replace
@LloydBurr
as Newshub's Europe Correspondent
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Quote of the night-
@1stanwalker
to Natalia Kills talking about originality-"but didn't you copy Cleopatra?"
#xfactornz
http://t.co/9Q2Vntvb57
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Leah Panapa, formerly of MediaWorks' Magic Talk and Today FM, is set to join The Platform as host of the new 4-6pm slot.
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TVNZ set to cut more jobs due to media downturn, expanding cost-cutting efforts. Last November, 24 general manager roles were disestablished, 15 new roles created, with nine departures. Content and programming divisions facing further cuts.
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Exclusive: On April 15th, Warner Bros Discovery applied to register 'Three News' as a trademark with the NZ Intellectual Property Office. This move hints that 'Three News' might be the chosen name for the upcoming bulletin produced by Stuff.
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"Here at Newshub/Mediaworks this week we lost a very special friend & colleague"
@TheAMShowNZ
pays tribute to "kick arse" camera operator Cushla Lewis
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"Maybe we'll meet again some day. From 1 News, goodnight" Peter Williams signs off
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@SamHayes_
: "I felt quite lucky that I got in first, I could just sit back and watch the bosses' reactions as one full-time presenter after another announced their news."
#Newsbub
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Former TV3 and 60 Minutes journalist
@AlistairWilk
is joining TVNZ as the new executive producer for
@SevenSharp
.
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Last night’s
@TheStoryNZ
investigation into
#Moko
's death
reached more than 492,000 people-highest audience to date
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Newshub wins Best News Coverage at NZ TV Awards for the fourth year running - this year for Russian invasion of Ukraine led by the brilliant Lisette Reymer
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@DuncanGarnerNZ
pays tribute to "absolute legend" of TV3 & TVNZ Keith Slater, who is "quite unwell"
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NZME announced today Jason Pine
@pineynz
is Newstalk ZB's permanent host of its weekend sport and Monday night Sportstalk programmes.
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@EmmaRoseCropper
has been appointed as Newshub's new Australia Correspondent, replacing
@ConorWhittenTV
who is now a senior reporter for Newshub Nation.
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TVNZ partnering with the Ministry of Education to provide education-related content on 2 channels - one for English medium and one for Māori medium - from April 15.
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"Tova had the choice of probably the biggest parliamentary story possible, or a member's mental health, and she chose not to go for the hits and the sound bites" House Speaker Trevor Mallard's tribute to
@TovaOBrien
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Kristin Hall (
@SundayTVNZ
) wins Broadcast Reporter of the Year – Current Affairs at Voyager Media Awards.
#VMA2023NZ
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MediaWorks is NZ's first media company to introduce mandatory vaccination - will require anyone entering its offices across the country to be fully vaccinated, including staff, visitors and on-air guests from Dec 1.
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.
@TheAMShowNZ
continues to perform for Three.
From Mediaworks' latest ratings highlights report
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Newshub's brilliant Europe Correspondent Lisette Reymer to join Stuff as Senior Correspondent - International & National Affairs from September
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Highlight of
#xfactornz
for me has definitely been the
#xtrafactornz
..
@guywilliamsguy
@ShakefieldCasey
@kiaoraclint
http://t.co/x0EQTqtDmm
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Friend Rachel Grunwell writes that Greg Boyed "was fighting hard to keep that black dog away. He reached out to me for help and now my heart is free-falling because I couldn't catch him at that moment he fell the hardest."
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"Bear in mind Newshub is the news wing of the loss making TV arm of MediaWorks, which was put up for sale last year ... So quite an achievement that it produced the most extensive live coverage on Saturday morning."
#COVID
ー19
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MediaWorks' interim CEO Wendy Palmer has taken two weeks leave after four weeks at the helm. Palmer delivered the news to Today FM staff of the board's decision to axe Today FM. Commercial director Liz Fraser steps in as Acting CEO.
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Mark Richardson on Deborah Hill Cone's Herald column - "This is one particularly bitter person writing for a publication that desperately needs this crap to stay afloat"
Yes, Mark Richardson said that.
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MediaWorks today announced that Duncan Garner's Editor-in-Chief podcast will relaunch next week as a 7:30am live breakfast news show. Miranda Fisher Executive Producer.
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NZ Herald's Media Insider column reports that MediaWorks is set to face legal action from various staff (including hosts, producers and journalists) over the way it handled the closure of its news and talk station Today FM.
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BSA finds HDPA / Newstalk ZB interview with teenage climate activist Izzy Cook was unfair “The interview went further than simply critiquing and questioning SS4C’s policies .. and instead amounted to ridicule, which was unfair”
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NZ Herald's Media Insider: "Stuff and Warner Bros Discovery will have every right to be pleased about opening night - a smooth debut, the half-hour weekend format ensuring a compact and engaging menu"
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Newshub Sport presenter Andrew Gourdie not staying on for Stuff's Three News bulletin
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Understand a meeting is underway with Newshub staff to brief on proposed changes to its newsroom...
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A brief promo for Three News, Three's new 6pm bulletin produced by Stuff, aired tonight. 🎥
@NaruTVMock
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MediaWorks are understood to be soon launching a new radio station (teaser suggests 90's/2000's music) named Channel X. The station will air on the frequencies formerly occupied by Today FM that have not been already switched to existing MW brands. Source:
@theradiovault
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NZ Media News understands that some of Mediaworks’ newsreaders and journalists have been made redundant today following a newsroom review after the shutdown of Today FM
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#Discovery
NZ has secured broadcast rights to Oprah with Meghan and Harry - 2 hour special to air next Tues March 9th 7.30pm on
@ThreeNewZealand
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