''1 News'' (stylised as ''1News'') is the news division of New Zealand television network
TVNZ
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, num_locations = New Zealand
, location = Auckland, New Zealand
, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the So ...
. The service is
broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in
Auckland
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. The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6 pm news hour, but ''1 News'' also has midday and late night news bulletins, as well as
current affairs shows such as ''Breakfast'' and ''Seven Sharp''.
The 6 pm programme is New Zealand's most-watched news programme. As of July 2008, it has a market share of 44% (651,400+ each night).
TVNZ's Executive Editor, News and Current Affairs (formerly known as Head of News and Current Affairs) is Phil O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan had previously been in the role in an acting capacity since June 2022. His predecessors include John Gillespie who departed TVNZ in 2020, and Paul Yurisich who was appointed to the role of Head of News and Current Affairs until he resigned from TVNZ in 2022 after a review into the hiring of former
Al Jazeera
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presenter
Kamahl Santamaria.
''1 News'' was awarded Best News in the
Qantas Media Awards
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from 2008 through 2011 and won Best Breaking News in the
New Zealand Film and Television Awards 2012.
History
Television news in New Zealand started in 1960 with the introduction of television. These bulletins were broadcast from New Zealand's four main cities (Auckland,
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
,
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
and
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
) operating independently of each other due to technical constraints. The
''Wahine'' disaster in April 1968 highlighted the need for a nationwide news network; footage shot in Wellington could not be broadcast in other centres around the country at the same time, and the extra-tropical cyclone which contributed to the disaster also grounded air traffic preventing the film being flown to other centres.
In October 1969 the nationwide TV network was completed. The first network news broadcast was live on 3 November 1969 at 7:35 pm, read by
Dougal Stevenson
John Dougal Stevenson (born 1942) is a former New Zealand television news presenter.
Early life
Born in Dunedin in 1942 to a young unmarried mother, Stevenson was adopted out while still a young infant to a family living near Wānaka in Central ...
. This bulletin was possible due to microwave links being established between the four main centres; the programme was called the ''
NZBC
The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) was a publicly owned company of the New Zealand Government founded in 1962. The Broadcasting Act 1976 then reformed NZBC as the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ). The corporation was ...
Network News''. Initially, it was read by
Philip Sherry, Dougal Stevenson or
Bill Toft
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Common meanings
* Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States)
* Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature
* Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer
* Bill, a bird or animal's beak
Plac ...
on a rotating roster.
Prior to the building of the
Warkworth satellite communications station in 1971, international programmes could not be received live – the footage had to be flown into New Zealand and was often days old.
The ''NZBC Network News'' featured many other newsreaders until the NZBC was dissolved in 1975. The programme was then renamed as simply ''News''.
TV One and TV2/South Pacific Television (SPTV) era (1975-80)
TV One began broadcasting on 1 April 1975 and moved its evening news bulletin to 6:30 pm, with Dougal Stevenson or Bill McCarthy reading the news on a rotating roster until 15 February 1980.
TV2 followed suit on 30 June 1975 and its main evening news was initially broadcast at 7 pm before moving to the earlier timeslot of 6 pm by the end of 1975.
Jennie Goodwin
Jennifer Goodwin (born ) is a New Zealand journalist, television newsreader and continuity announcer. On Monday 30 June 1975 she became a news presenter on the newly launched TV-2, making her New Zealand's first female television newsreader, an ...
was the first female newsreader in New Zealand to anchor a nightly television news programme, although
Angela D'Audney
Angela Louise D'Audney (née Cerdan, 26 August 1944 – 6 February 2002) was a New Zealand television news anchor and actress. She was the first woman to regularly anchor nationwide news bulletins on New Zealand television in 1973, and continued ...
was the first two years earlier. TV2 was rebranded as
South Pacific Television
South Pacific Television (SPTV) was a television channel in New Zealand, which operated between 1976 and 1980.
History
The channel, then known as TV2, first went to air on 30 June 1975. It was the second national government television channel ...
in December 1976 to distinguish itself from the former NZBC channel and within the next year, its main evening news was read by Tom Bradley and Philip Sherry (later replaced by
John Hawkesby
John Langley Hawkesby (born 1947) is a former news presenter for ONE News and THREE News in New Zealand.
Hawkesby attended Auckland Grammar School in 1964. His started his broadcasting career in 1972 when he researched and presented Radio Ne ...
) until South Pacific Television ceased transmission on 15 February 1980.
TVNZ era (1980-present)
TV One and South Pacific Television were amalgamated into
Television New Zealand
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, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solom ...
on 16 February 1980 and its main evening news continued to broadcast at 6:30 pm on TV One. From 31 March 1980, four regional news programmes were broadcast – one in each of the four main regions: ''Top Half'' (Auckland and the upper
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
), ''Today Tonight'' (Wellington and the lower North Island and originally the upper South Island), ''The Mainland Touch'' (Christchurch,
Canterbury
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...
and later the upper
South Island
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) and ''7:30 South'' (Dunedin,
Otago
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and
Southland Southland may refer to:
Places Canada
* Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia
New Zealand
* Southland Region, a region of New Zealand
* Southland County, a former New Zealand county
* Southland District, part of the wider Southland Re ...
). Initially, these programmes aired at 7:30 pm and ran for half an hour in duration.
In February 1982, the main bulletin was revamped and broadcast from 6:30-7:30 pm; the one-hour package incorporated the day's national and international news, regional news programmes and the weather forecast. At the same time, Dunedin's ''7:30 South'' was rebranded as ''The South Tonight'' and TVNZ introduced a feature segment called ''Nationwide''; it contained regional items of national interest, as well as "sidebars" – items which, for example, focused on the human interest element of an event outlined in the network news.
In late 1983, ''Nationwide'' was dropped, with the main bulletin extended to fill the time and give greater sports news coverage.
During the mid-1980s, Philip Sherry and Tom Bradley shared the role of newsreader on a rotating roster with
Richard Long and Tony Ciprian alternately presenting sports news. Weather was presented on alternate nights by Veronica Allum and Sue Scott.
The main bulletin was revamped in November 1986 and renamed as the ''Network News'', with
Judy Bailey
Judy Ann Bailey (born ) is a former news presenter for ONE News, the highest rated evening television news programme in New Zealand.
Bailey joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (now Television New Zealand) in 1971 and worked as a re ...
and Neil Billington initially co-presenting in a double-headed format and replacing Philip Sherry. Tom Bradley moved to weekends, where he alternated with Angela D'Audney as weekend anchor.
In February 1988, sports anchor Richard Long took over from Neil Billington as co-anchor of the ''Network News'', the beginning of a partnership that would continue for much of the next 15 years. Tony Ciprian moved to the new commercial network
TV3, the network's first sports producer. He was with ''
3 News'' for almost 20 years.
In July 1988, the ''Network News'' was moved to 6 pm and renamed as the ''Network News at Six'' but the weekend bulletin remained at 6:30 pm (as the ''Network News and Sport''). The moving of the ''Network News'' to 6 pm also marked the introduction of computer-generated weather graphics and the arrival of Jim Hickey and Penelope Barr, who replaced Veronica Allum and Sue Scott as weather presenters.
On 3 April 1989 TVNZ launched a new nightly current affairs programme, ''
Holmes
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* Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer
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'', which was presented by
Paul Holmes. ''Holmes'' began screening at 6:30 pm. At the same time, the duration of the ''Network News at Six'' was reduced back to 30 minutes and the regional news programmes were transferred to around 5:45 pm on TV2. The year saw the introduction of TVNZ's first foreign correspondents – Liam Jeory in London and
Susan Wood in Sydney.
In October 1989, the weekend ''Network News and Sport'' was moved from 6:30 pm to 6 pm.
In November 1989, the ''Network News'' was relaunched as ''One Network News''; its renaming due to competition from new broadcasting station TV3's news programme ''3 National News''.
In December 1989, both ''Top Half'' and ''Today Tonight'' were axed by TVNZ but ''The Mainland Touch'' and ''The South Tonight'' continued for another year and screened on TV One at 5:45 pm as a lead-in to ''One Network News'' at 6 pm, with support from
NZ On Air
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. The Christchurch and Dunedin based regional news programmes were axed at the end of 1990.
In February 1995, the main bulletin was again extended from 30 minutes to a full hour, screening from the now familiar 6 pm timeslot, followed by ''Holmes'' at 7 pm. The change coincided with the unveiling of a new studio set which was used until 2003. On 2 January 1995, the main ''One Network News'' bulletin was delayed for 10 minutes after protesters occupied the studio and protested about the Māori language bulletin ''Te Karere'' which was off air over the Christmas and New Year period.
July 1997 saw the replacement of weekend news presenters
Angela D'Audney
Angela Louise D'Audney (née Cerdan, 26 August 1944 – 6 February 2002) was a New Zealand television news anchor and actress. She was the first woman to regularly anchor nationwide news bulletins on New Zealand television in 1973, and continued ...
and Tom Bradley with husband and wife
Simon Dallow
Simon Dallow (born 18 June 1964) is a New Zealand journalist, former barrister and television personality.
Early years
Dallow, who is the son of Ross Dallow, was educated at Liston College and St Peter's College. He completed his tertiary e ...
and
Alison Mau
Alison Mau () (born 14 February 1965), known professionally as Ali Mau, is an Australian-born New Zealand journalist and broadcaster. She is a former television news anchor, former co-host of the TVNZ current affairs show '' Seven Sharp'', form ...
. Bradley resigned, but D'Audney stayed as a backup presenter for other bulletins until her death in 2002.
On 11 August 1997, the early morning ''Telstra Business'' and ''Breakfast'' shows were first aired; Telstra Business was hosted by Michael Wilson; Breakfast hosted by
Susan Wood and
Mike Hosking
Michael Noel James Hosking IV is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster who has worked for Radio New Zealand and TVNZ and from 2008 has been the weekday breakfast host on Newstalk ZB with "The Mike Hosking Breakfast". He is a supporter ...
.
In 1998, TVNZ signed ''
3 National News'' anchor John Hawkesby to replace Richard Long from the start of 1999. But when Haweskby began presenting ''One Network News'' at 6 pm alongside Judy Bailey, there was a public outcry over the separation of Bailey and Long, that lead to Long reinstated as co-anchor at 6 pm three weeks later. Hawkesby later took
TVNZ
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, location = Auckland, New Zealand
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to court, a dispute that he subsequently won.
The programme was renamed again on 31 December 1999 to ''One News''.
2003 saw a major shake up of TVNZ's news and current affairs programming with entering head
Bill Ralston
Bill Ralston (born 1953) is a New Zealand journalist, broadcaster, and media personality, active in television, radio and print. He has worked as a political correspondent, fronted the television arts show Backch@t, and was the head of news an ...
making sweeping changes to the formats of many programmes. A new state-of-the-art studio came into use for ''One News'' programmes, but many presenters were culled. The changes saw the end of Long and Bailey's 15-year partnership; from January 2004, the main 6 pm bulletin reverted to a single-headed broadcast with Judy Bailey as anchor.
Jim Hickey, TVNZ's most popular weather presenter, and sports presenter
April Bruce (née Ieremia) also left in 2003. Hickey returned to ''One News'' in 2007.
''
Close Up
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'' was launched in November 2004, when
Paul Holmes, host of the ''Holmes'' programme, resigned following failed contract negotiations. ''Close Up'' followed the same format as ''Holmes'', but was hosted by
Susan Wood until her sudden resignation in 2006.
Mark Sainsbury became the main host following her resignation.
In October 2005, TVNZ announced that it would not be renewing long-standing flagship broadcaster
Judy Bailey
Judy Ann Bailey (born ) is a former news presenter for ONE News, the highest rated evening television news programme in New Zealand.
Bailey joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (now Television New Zealand) in 1971 and worked as a re ...
's contract; some observers believe this was a direct reaction to the programme's market share decline in
Auckland
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to ''
3 News''. An emotional Bailey signed off for the final time at the end of the 6 pm ''One News'' bulletin on 23 December 2005. She was TVNZ's longest serving newsreader and had been reporting and presenting with both NZBC and TVNZ for 34 years. When the 6 pm edition of ''One News'' returned after the Christmas break of 2005–2006, it reverted to double-headed presentation with
Wendy Petrie
Wendy Petrie (born August 1971) is a New Zealand journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting '' 1 News at Six'' alongside Simon Dallow, a role she held for fourteen years from 2006 to 2020.
Career
Petrie began her journalism ...
and
Simon Dallow
Simon Dallow (born 18 June 1964) is a New Zealand journalist, former barrister and television personality.
Early years
Dallow, who is the son of Ross Dallow, was educated at Liston College and St Peter's College. He completed his tertiary e ...
taking over from Bailey. The weekend 6 pm bulletin remained single-headed until September 2008, when popular presenter
Peter Williams joined Bernadine Oliver-Kerby as co-anchor.
Sir Paul Holmes returned to TVNZ as the host on the new political programme ''Q+A'' in 2009. He hosted the programme until late 2012, when illness prevented him from continuing his duties. He died on 1 February 2013.
TVNZ celebrated One News' 40th birthday on 3 November 2009 with some archival footage available on their website. Later that year,
Jennie Goodwin
Jennifer Goodwin (born ) is a New Zealand journalist, television newsreader and continuity announcer. On Monday 30 June 1975 she became a news presenter on the newly launched TV-2, making her New Zealand's first female television newsreader, an ...
,
David Beatson
David Colin Beatson (14 April 1944 – 21 September 2017) was a New Zealand journalist, media analyst and broadcast presenter. He was editor of the ''New Zealand Listener'' in the 1980s. He worked as Chief Press Secretary to 1990s New Zealand Prim ...
,
Dougal Stevenson
John Dougal Stevenson (born 1942) is a former New Zealand television news presenter.
Early life
Born in Dunedin in 1942 to a young unmarried mother, Stevenson was adopted out while still a young infant to a family living near Wānaka in Central ...
and
Lindsay Perigo returned to read one ''Breakfast'' news segment each.
A Saturday edition of ''Breakfast'', called ''Saturday Breakfast'', was broadcast from 3 September 2011, hosted by
Rawdon Christie and
Toni Street
Toni Street (born 8 September 1983) is a New Zealand television presenter and sports commentator. She is best known for co-hosting the New Zealand current affairs programme '' Seven Sharp'' alongside Mike Hosking, as well as presenting morning ...
, and ran until the end of 2012, when it and ''One News at 4:30'' were cancelled for financial reasons.
In September 2012 an announcement was made that TVNZ would discontinue ''Close Up'' at the end of 2012. The final ''Close Up'' programme screened on 30 November 2012 and in early 2013, an announcement was made of the replacement show, named ''
Seven Sharp''. The first show screened on 4 February 2013.
1 News has reporters and correspondents based around New Zealand and internationally, with bureaus in Australia, Europe, USA, and in the Pacific.
Former BBC meteorologist
Daniel Corbett
Daniel Corbett is an English broadcast meteorologist, who worked for the Met Office and the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC for many years until May 2011. He joined the Met Office and BBC Weather Centre in 1997, after beginning his career ...
joined the weather team in September 2014. In December 2014,
Jim Hickey left his position as head weather forecaster. Nearly a year later Karen Olsen left the weathercaster position, making her final broadcast on 16 November 2015.
The programme was renamed ''1 News'' in 2016, when TV One was renamed TVNZ 1.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
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as part of cost-cutting measures, 1 News reverted to a single news presenter for its 6pm bulletin. Simon Dallow remained as the sole newsreader while Wendy Petrie lost her role. Petrie would remain at TVNZ as a backup presenter across other 1 News programmes.
In 2020, ''1 News'' was named as the most trusted news source during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In late 2021, the organisation changed its formatting from "1 News" to "1News".
News bulletins
''Breakfast''
''Breakfast'' airs short news, sports and weather updates every half-hour, from 6 am until 8:30 am, hosted by Indira Stewart. Prior to January 2022, the weather was presented by Matty McLean.
''1 News at Midday''
''1 News at Midday'' is a half-hour long bulletin that airs at midday each weekday, and is hosted by Jenny Suo. It airs every weekday at 12:00pm on
TVNZ 1
TVNZ 1 ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Tahi) is the first national television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It is the oldest television broadcaster in New Zealand, starting out from 1960 as indep ...
and competed with
Three
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* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
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's ''
Newshub Midday'' until ''Newshub'' discontinued its midday bulletin in July 2016, making ''1 News at Midday'' the only midday television news bulletin in New Zealand. ''Newshub'' reintroduced its midday bulletin in February 2021, although it is styled as ''Newshub Live at 11:30am'' and aired 30 minutes earlier than ''1 News at Midday''.
''1 News at Six''
''1 News at Six'' is ''1 News'' flagship hour-long bulletin, airing nightly at 6 pm; it is hosted by
Simon Dallow
Simon Dallow (born 18 June 1964) is a New Zealand journalist, former barrister and television personality.
Early years
Dallow, who is the son of Ross Dallow, was educated at Liston College and St Peter's College. He completed his tertiary e ...
on weekdays and Melissa Stokes at weekends. Sport is presented by
Hayley Holt
Hayley Doreen Holt (born 3 July 1980) is a New Zealand television presenter and former snowboarder and ballroom dancer, who presents sports news on 1 News At 6pm. She co-presented TVNZ ''Breakfast'' from 2018 to 2020 alongside Jack Tame and l ...
or Andrew Saville, and weather by
Daniel Corbett
Daniel Corbett is an English broadcast meteorologist, who worked for the Met Office and the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC for many years until May 2011. He joined the Met Office and BBC Weather Centre in 1997, after beginning his career ...
or Renee Wright.
The bulletin usually commences with national and international news stories for the first 40 minutes, followed by sports news for around 15 minutes. At the conclusion of the bulletin, weather is presented.
''1 News Tonight''
''1 News Tonight'' is a half-hour long bulletin that airs at approximately 10:30 pm on
TVNZ 1
TVNZ 1 ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Tahi) is the first national television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It is the oldest television broadcaster in New Zealand, starting out from 1960 as indep ...
each weeknight, and is usually hosted by Daniel Faitaua. It competes with
Three
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3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
's ''
Newshub Late''.
Current affairs programmes
''Seven Sharp''
''Seven Sharp'' is a half-hour current affairs programme which airs at 7 pm each weekday. Presented by
Hilary Barry
Hilary Ann Barry (née Pankhurst, born 4 December 1969) is a New Zealand journalist and television personality who co-hosts '' Seven Sharp'' with Jeremy Wells on TVNZ 1. She was a newsreader on TV3 for many years and until 2016, presented the 6 ...
and
Jeremy Wells
Jeremy Wells (born 7 June 1977) is a New Zealand media personality who hosts the Radio Hauraki breakfast show with Matt Heath, ''Seven Sharp'' alongside Hilary Barry, and the NZ version of '' Taskmaster''.
Career
Wells first appeared on tel ...
, it features mostly current event or local
human interest
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stories. It was launched in 2013, replacing ''
Close Up
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'' and long serving broadcaster
Mark Sainsbury.
''Te Karere''
''Te Karere'' is a half-hour news programme broadcast at 4 pm weekdays entirely in
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
. It is presented by
Scotty Morrison. The weather is also broadcast in Māori. Te Karere regularly attracts between 50,000 – 80,000 viewers a day.
''Q+A''
''Q+A'' is an hour-long political show that airs at 9 am on Sundays. Presented by
Jack Tame
Jack Renfrey Tame (born March 1987) is a television and radio journalist and presenter. He is the host of TVNZ’s political show Q+A, and a presenter at Newstalk ZB''.
Early life
Tame was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of Golden Ba ...
, it consists of an interview with a politician that has been in the news during the previous week and a panel debate on a political hot topic. ''Q+A'' has been screening since March 2009, originally on Sunday mornings; since July 2018, it has been broadcast in primetime. By mid-2020, it returned to its traditional Sunday morning timeslot.
''Q+A'' won ''Best News/Current Affairs Programme'' in the 2009
Qantas Media Awards
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.
''20/20''
''20/20'' is an investigative news and current affairs magazine style show presented by Carolyn Robinson. The show has a similar format to that of its
US namesake. It airs on
TVNZ 1
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and consists of both local content and international stories (often produced by partner networks, such as
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
). ''20/20''s set is the shared TVNZ News and Current Affairs studio in the TVNZ Television Centre in central Auckland.
Discontinued
''TVNZ News at 8'' and ''TVNZ News Now''
Discontinued in July 2012, when
TVNZ 7
TVNZ 7 was a commercial-free New Zealand 24-hour news and information channel on Freeview digital television platform and on Sky Television from 1 July 2009. It was produced by Television New Zealand, which received Government funding to launc ...
closed down.
''Business''
Amalgamated into ''Breakfast'' in 2013.
''Close Up''
Replaced with ''Seven Sharp'' in 2013.
''One News at 4.30 pm''
Discontinued in November 2012 due to lack of funding.
''Saturday Breakfast''
Discontinued in November 2012.
''1 News Special''
''1 News Special'' episodes are often aired during international, one-off and breaking news events. For international breaking news stories, 1 News often airs a video feed from other news organisations. 1 News has aired specials for the following events:
During the
COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2 ...
a 1 News Special was broadcast most days at 1pm. During the 1pm broadcast Director-General of Health
Ashley Bloomfield
Sir Ashley Robin Bloomfield (born March 1966) is a New Zealand public health official. He served as the chief executive of the Ministry of Health and the country's Director-General of Health from 2018 to 2022. He was the public-facing health s ...
would announce how many new cases of coronavirus were in New Zealand.
Annual specials
Annual specials are aired for the following events:
* Annual Government Budget announcements.
* Annual special reports such as ''The Year in Review'' (which airs on the first Sunday of the year and looks at the previous year).
* Annual New Year fireworks in Auckland.
Presenters
''1 News at Midday''
''1 News at Six''
Weekdays
Weekends
''1 News Tonight''
Backup presenters
''1 News'' Reporters
The following is a list of ''1 News'' reporters.
This list does not include reporters from ''20/20'', ''Q+A'', ''
Fair Go
''Fair Go'' is a New Zealand consumer affairs television programme hosted by Pippa Wetzell and Hadyn Jones. First aired in 1977, it is New Zealand's second longest-running local programme (after '' Country Calendar''). It is also highest-rate ...
'', ''Sunday'', ''Te Karere'', ''Marae'', ''Breakfast'' and ''Seven Sharp''.
TVNZ has one of the largest news gathering teams in the country - based in New Zealand and in TVNZ bureaus around the world.
Developers
Reef
News resources on ''1 News''
* ''
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...
''
* ''
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs.
The division of ...
''
* ''
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...
''
* ''
Nine News''
See also
*
List of New Zealand television personalities
This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journalists. It includes those who left the profession, retired, or died.
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* Suzy Aiken – television personality and Prime News presenter
* Peter Arnett – te ...
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