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Party pooper: Is RNZ facing a funding cut?; Polkinghorne TV doco - guards to monitor theatre
NBR owner coming home for new venture; TVNZ redundancy costs; A bizarre newsprint tiff.

Sudden departure: Tearful RNZ host signs off from show with immediate effect
Charlotte Ryan's sudden departure follows the resignation of her producer.

TV star's drugs charges - TVNZ's PR move; Has the advertising industry let down over-50s?
Collapse of TV firm: 'Director has not been located'; Is a new NZME power play in wind?

Hayley Holt on life after TVNZ: ‘The start of a whole new chapter’
The broadcaster opens up on her choice to step back from her television career.

Jenny-May and Chris: ‘We feel very lucky’
Jenny-May Clarkson and Chris Chang on co-hosting TVNZ's Breakfast as a duo in 2025.

Niu FM parts ways with under-fire radio personality after Destiny library protest
Concerns were raised about Bailey Palala's appearance at the protest.

Niu FM hosts speak out after radio co-worker seen at violent protest of library pride event
Concerns are being raised about people linked to Destiny Church and the violent protest.

Radio personality among Destiny Church protesters
Concerns are being raised about people linked to Destiny Church and the violent protest.

TV shake-up: Plans for a new regulator, funding agency and demands on Netflix, streamers to pay for more NZ content
New document also reveals plans for an overhaul of media regulation and funding agencies.

The $6m gap and a political 'betrayal': Why Sunday TV advertising laws are an unholy mess
The govt promised changes by the end of 2024; why are media and advertisers still waiting?

‘I nearly died’: Broadcaster Pam Corkery on battling back from alcohol addiction
'My children said, ‘Mum, this is not funny’ and I'd said, ‘I'll stop now’. I was lying.'

A$3.4 billion Foxtel deal puts Sky in da zone
DAZN is buying Foxtel for A$3.4b, sparking Sky TV takeover rumours.

TV rights upheaval: Sky in line for critical All Blacks deal and then a possible takeover
NZ rugby TV rights are now open to negotiation for global streamers: What are fans in for?

‘Greatest storyteller ever’: Daughter, former colleagues pay tribute to legendary Kiwi journo Bob McNeil
Friends and family are remembering the award-winning reporter.

Melissa Chan-Green opens up on past abusive relationship
'Going to work was my happy place,' the AM host tells Steve Braunias.

Final decisions on TVNZ restructure to be announced in coming days
TVNZ chief executive Jodi O'Donnell appeared before MPs at the select committee.

'Freaked out a bit': TVNZ star reveals why she quit and reaction; RNZ salaries jump $5m in a year
Community editors consider ways to save titles; Former leader takes Whakaata Māori to ERA.

'All the best': TV presenters Hayley Holt and Anna Burns-Francis to leave TVNZ
It follows the state broadcaster announcing major cost-saving cuts.

‘I’m voting for the convicted felon’: Trump supporter Paul Henry sends clear message
'The United States is a true democracy - God bless America'.

Email angst: TVNZ staff start learning fate - 'this will knock the wind out of people'
Broadcaster's big cuts: Email invites to be sent to affected workers by 11am Wednesday.

TVNZ backtracks on proposal to scrap 1News website, but says it is to be ‘reduced’
Bosses held an all-staff meeting at 1pm.