Changes to Newshub’s weekend presenters team are underway, with the broadcast moving to a single person rather than a dual-presenter team.
Laura Tupou has been announced as the sole anchor and will start her solo gig on December 3 when she returns from a break.
However, the lone presenter model is due to start this weekend.
“The move to a single presenter on weekends reflects our changing needs as a newsroom as we allocate resources to best achieve our goals across the business - particularly given the weekend news bulletin has a sports heavy focus,” a Warner Bros Discovery spokesperson said.
It is unsure what will happen to Michael O’Keefe, a freelancer who has filled in on several of the show’s roles including co-anchor, who is also the goalkeeper for the Team Wellington football team and represented New Zealand in the Olympics in 2012 in the same sport.
