An inquiry is being considered after a flight to Auckland lost altitude and King Charles releases his first video address since his cancer diagnosis in the latest NZ Herald headlines.
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He said the lack of a sale would not affect his legal action against TVNZ - rather, it freed him to devote time and energy to it, he told the Herald.
“Anyone who’s put their house on the market knows it is a process which takes up both of those,” he said.
It comes after it was confirmed earlier this month mediation between Santamaria and TVNZ - which the Employment Relations Authority had directed them to take - had also failed to find a resolution.
He said he had been using the Privacy Act to request personal information which TVNZ holds about him.
The Emmy-winning presenter (left) was fired from TVNZ's Breakfast last year after 32 days on the job.
This had been “enlightening” and was the reason why he believed it was necessary to fight for “transparency and accountability” in how TVNZ handled his sacking, Santamaria said.
He also said recent job losses and cuts to news and current affairs programmes at TVNZ would not affect his legal action.
However, having worked at both TVNZ and Newshub, he sympathised with those losing their jobs, saying he appreciated the work they have done in “holding power to account”.
He also knew what it was like to be “publicly” out of a job, he said.
Talking to Duncan Garner for the podcast Duncan Garner: Editor-in-Chief last year, Santamaria discussed his interactions with former colleagues, his mental health and the impending legal action.
He had tried to find a new job but had only received a “generic email back saying a ‘Not at this time’ kind of thing”.
Santamaria said at the time he wanted to stay in the media industry but acknowledged he faced a challenge: “I do believe I’ve got plenty to offer, but in that sense, it’s not up to me.”
