Tag: News media cuts

This week the two biggest TV broadcasters in Aotearoa New Zealand confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear - and the jobs of...

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The day the news axe fell: Presenters, insiders fear ‘huge blow for democracy’ The future of New...

RNZ News Warner Bros Discovery will struggle to retain viewers in New Zealand if it has no news operation, Newshub journalist Paddy Gower predicts, as...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed its plans to shut down Newshub in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its website and...

Pacific Media Watch Just a third of New Zealanders now say they trust the news. That is the major finding of Auckland University of Technology's...

RNZ News New Zealand's media and communications minister is defending pulling out of pre-booked interviews about her portfolio, saying they would have been "boring" for...

RNZ Pacific The union representing Television New Zealand staff is calling on the public to join a campaign protesting the broadcaster's plans to axe programmes...

Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand’s chief executive has been challenged by the public broadcaster’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver at a fiery staff meeting over...

RNZ News Television New Zealand is proposing to axe its long-running and award-winning current affairs programme Sunday, hosted by veteran broadcaster Miriama Kamo. It is part...

RNZ News Television New Zealand will start talks from tomorrow with staff who will lose their jobs in the state broadcaster's bid to stay "sustainable". It...