Forty years in a blokey, sometimes unkind profession hasn't left a dent in the genial exterior of rugby's 'old bear'

Jason Paris is stepping down as chief executive of the MediaWorks television, after just one year in the job.

TVNZ's Breakfast made an unfortunate song choice while covering the Loafers Lodge fire in central Wellington. Video / TVNZ

The $43.3m lifeline thrown to MediaWorks has put the Government in an interesting position, should the media company ever be sold.

New Zealand's latest in flight safety video stars Richard Simmons - and includes cameos from Paul Henry and Phil Keoghan.

Free-to-air high definition digital television, will be available by UHF aerial to an extra 160,000 homes in time for the Rugby World Cup.

New hosts Anna Burns-Francis and Chris Chang make their debut on the Breakfast couch. Video / TVNZ

A TV news reporter went live to air slurring her words and then almost collapsed as she was overcome by a medical incident. Video / CTV

TVNZ workers' days of splurging on company plastic have ended, as the state broadcaster cuts up hundreds of credit cards to avoid "misleading" publicity, with nearly all staff affected.

An outraged gay community has lashed out at a Tauranga radio station for using the word "poofter" live on air.

The television finalists have been announced for this year's Qantas Film & Television awards. Both film and television awards will be presented together at a red-carpet event on September 18.

Television New Zealand boss Rick Ellis's $140,000 credit card spending in two years sounds high, Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman says, but he will reserve judgment until he hears from the state broadcaster's board today.

New Zealand's top broadcasting bureaucrat is tuning out of the sector to be Climate Change Ambassador.