Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner.
48-609: Seven Sharp is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand . The programme was created after the discontinuation of Close Up . It broadcasts at 7 pm (straight after 1 News at Six ) every weekday on TVNZ 1 . Seven Sharp typically presents 3 stories within a 30-minute timeslot every weeknight, and is designed to be more integrated with social media and real time opinions than its predecessor. Seven Sharp also shares its time slot with sister channel TVNZ 2 's drama Shortland Street , and Prime 's The Crowd Goes Wild . The show
96-472: A web portal . The website was closed in 2003, and replaced by a more basic offering that was designed to extend television programming. At the time of its closure, it ranked second amongst local online news providers - behind the New Zealand Herald and ahead of Stuff . 2003 saw a major shake up of TVNZ's news and current affairs programming with entering head Bill Ralston making sweeping changes to
144-460: A NZ$ 30 million cost-saving measure. On 29 October, TVNZ abandoned plans to shut down its 1News website but proposed expanding the news content of its TVNZ+ streaming service. Breakfast airs short news, sports and weather updates every half-hour, from 6 am until 8:30 am, hosted by Chris Chang. Te Karere is a half-hour news programme broadcast at 4 pm weekdays entirely in Māori . It
192-469: 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 . 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
240-531: A focus the radio network developed in the 1970s as a way to recapture audience from television. In Australia, the aptly named A Current Affair developed by the Nine Network in the 1970s focuses on community issues not usually discussed by major news bulletins. Recurring stories include: hoons , dodgy tradies , neighbours from hell, and corruption. They also run numerous stories about local legends as well as various lifestyle tips. Today Tonight produced by
288-408: A lead-in to One Network News at 6 pm, with support from NZ On Air . 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
336-535: A minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine show format in that the events are discussed immediately. The UK's BBC programmes such as This World , Panorama , Real Story , BBC Scotland Investigates , Spotlight , Week In Week Out , and Inside Out fit the definition. In Canada, CBC Radio produces a number of current affairs show both nationally such as The Current and As It Happens as well as regionally with morning current affairs shows such as Information Morning ,
384-724: A nightly television news programme, although Angela D'Audney was the first two years earlier. TV2 was rebranded as South Pacific Television 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 ) until South Pacific Television ceased transmission on 15 February 1980. TV One and South Pacific Television were amalgamated into Television New Zealand 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
432-453: 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
480-402: Is ASB Bank . Seven Sharp premiered on 4 February 2013, with Alison Mau , Jesse Mulligan and Greg Boyed at the desk. The episode featured an interview with Josh Groban and a tour of Prime Minister John Key's office. There are 230 episodes in the first series. Ratings fell to just under 401,000 viewers for the second episode on 5 February, and hovered between 300,000 and 400,000 for
528-412: Is New Zealand's most-watched news programme. As of July 2008, it had 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
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#1732898883218576-463: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1News 1News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ . The programme is broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in Auckland . The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6 pm news hour, but 1News also has late night news bulletins, as well as current affairs shows such as Breakfast and Seven Sharp . The 6 pm programme
624-563: Is currently presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells . Toni Street and Mike Hosking left the show in December 2017. Previous fill-in presenters have included Pippa Wetzell , Melissa Stokes, Sam Wallace, Tim Wilson , Carolyn Robinson, Erin Conroy, Stacey Morrison , Heather du Plessis-Allan, Te Radar , Clarke Gayford , Tāmati Coffey , Matt Gibb , Chris Cairns , Brendon Pongia and Rose Matafeo . On one occasion, American actor Rob Schneider appeared as co-host. The show's primary sponsor
672-584: Is presented by Scotty Morrison . The weather is also broadcast in Māori. Te Karere regularly attracts between 50,000 – 80,000 viewers a day. 1News at Six is 1News ' flagship hour-long bulletin, airing nightly at 6 pm; it is hosted by Simon Dallow on weekdays and Melissa Stokes at weekends. Sport is hosted by Hayley Holt or Andrew Saville, and weather by Daniel Corbett , Erin Conroy or Renee Wright. The bulletin has five segments separated by advertisement breaks. National and international news stories for
720-412: 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 , which was presented by Paul Holmes . Holmes began screening at 6:30 pm. At the same time, the duration of
768-824: 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
816-597: The Seven Network from 1995 to 2019 was also similar in format, covering stories comparable to that of ACA. Additionally, newspapers such as the Private Eye , The Economist , Monocle , The Spectator , The Week , The Oldie , Investors Chronicle , Prospect , MoneyWeek , New Statesman , Time , Fortune , BBC History Magazine , and History Today are all sometimes referred to as current affairs magazines. This journalism -related article
864-743: The NZBC was dissolved in 1975. The programme was then renamed as simply News . While the NZBC began broadcasting in colour on 31 October 1973, Network News continued to primarily broadcast in black-and-white until the NZBC was dissolved on 31 March 1975. This was to avoid refitting the Wellington studio in Waring Taylor Street with colour equipment while awaiting the move to the new purpose-built Avalon television centre . 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
912-575: The Opposition Jacinda Ardern , the second between the leaders of minor parties, and the third between English and Ardern. Hoskings' appointment as the moderator was controversial; a 76,000 petition to remove him as moderator was signed and delivered to TVNZ's head of news and current affairs John Gillespie. Due to Hosking's illness, Corin Dann moderated the minor party debate. There was no episode on 23 October for Labour Day. On 14 December (during
960-687: The TVNZ.co.nz domain. The broadcaster said it was "upping the ante" for digital offerings. 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. On 3 November 2009, TVNZ celebrated One News' 40th birthday with some archival footage available on their website. Later that year, Jennie Goodwin , David Beatson , Dougal Stevenson and Lindsay Perigo returned to read one Breakfast news segment each. A Saturday edition of Breakfast , called Saturday Breakfast ,
1008-473: The final episode of the series, to host a show on Radio Live with Willie Jackson from noon to 3 pm on weekdays. The second series of Seven Sharp premiered on 27 January 2014 with Mike Hosking, Toni Street, and Jesse Mulligan at the desk, and has 230 episodes. On 7 February, there was no episode because the IRB Sevens was aired in the timeslot. On 8 April, the show gained just over 500,000 viewers –
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#17328988832181056-427: The fire was lit. The seventh series of Seven Sharp premiered on 21 January 2019, and has 197 episodes (as of 30 October 2019). On the episode of 15 August 2023 in collaboration with Fire and Emergency New Zealand , a controlled house fire was carried with the purpose of teaching viewers about dangers of lithium-ion batteries and how quickly fires spread, it was started from an electric scooter. The house
1104-485: The first three segments (approximately 35 minutes), sport news in the fourth segment (approximately 10–15 minutes), and weather and light-hearted news in the last segment. Seven Sharp is a half-hour current affairs programme which airs at 7 pm each weekday. Presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells , it features mostly current event or local human interest stories. It was launched in 2013, replacing Close Up and long serving broadcaster Mark Sainsbury . Q+A
1152-537: The first time the audience number has gone above that of the debut episode. Jesse Mulligan left the Seven Sharp panel on 17 April, and TVNZ announced that it wouldn't hire another host. This changed the show from the three-presenter format it had held since its inception to a two-presenter format. On 18 April there was no episode because it was Good Friday (despite an episode being aired on Good Friday in 2013). On 28 August, 5 September, and 17 September, Seven Sharp
1200-490: 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
1248-415: The four main regions: Top Half (Auckland and the upper North Island ), Today Tonight (Wellington and the lower North Island and originally the upper South Island), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch, Canterbury and later the upper South Island ) and 7:30 South (Dunedin, Otago and Southland ). Initially, these programmes aired at 7:30 pm and ran for half an hour in duration. In February 1982,
1296-471: 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
1344-448: The introduction of television. These bulletins were broadcast from New Zealand's four main cities (Auckland, Wellington , Christchurch and Dunedin ) 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
1392-444: 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
1440-654: The name and job to the left side. In early March 2024, TVNZ proposed ending several television programmes including "1News at Midday" and "1News Tonight" due to a decline in advertisement revenue and competition from digital competitors such as Netflix and YouTube . In addition, TVNZ has proposed 68 job cuts, amounting to about 9 percent of its staff. On 9 April, TVNZ confirmed that 1News' Midday and late night bulletins would be axed by mid-May 2024. Midday broadcast its final bulletin on Friday 3 May 2024, hosted by Indira Stewart. On 7 October 2024, TVNZ's management proposed closing down 1News' website by February 2025 as part of
1488-540: The news on a rotating roster until 15 February 1980. The launch of TV One also coincided with the opening of the Avalon television centre, allowing the news to broadcast primarily in colour. 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 was the first female newsreader in New Zealand to anchor
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1536-409: The next week. On 12 February, Campbell Live beat Seven Sharp in the ratings with Campbell Live gaining 346,850 viewers compared to Seven Sharp only gaining 290,710 viewers. This was the first time Campbell Live had ever gained a higher audience than TV One for the 7 pm–7:30 pm timeslot. Greg Boyed left the show on 6 September, and returned to hosting Tonight . Alison Mau left on
1584-529: The programme was called the NZBC Network News . Initially, it was read by Philip Sherry , Dougal Stevenson or Bill Toft 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
1632-413: 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 7:35pm, read by Dougal Stevenson . This bulletin was possible due to microwave links being established between the four main centres;
1680-669: 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. In July 2015, TVNZ rebranded its news website to One News Now, focused specifically on breaking news and video content. The change was expected to double the website's number of video views. Some changes were criticised for an apparent pivot towards "clickbait". In May 2016, TVNZ began syndicating news video with Stuff. One News programmes were renamed 1News in 2016, when TV One
1728-459: The year's penultimate episode), Street and Hosking announced that they would be leaving Seven Sharp at the end of year due to their breakfast radio commitments. The sixth series of Seven Sharp premiered on 5 February 2018, with new hosts Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells , and has 226 episodes. In April 2018, a house was burnt down live on air with the goal of teaching people about fire safety. Lucas de Jong and camera operators remained inside when
1776-801: Was a direct reaction to the programme's market share decline in Auckland 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 and Simon Dallow 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. In December 2008, One News relaunched online news product under
1824-477: 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. Hawkes'bay later took TVNZ to court, a dispute that he subsequently won. The programme was renamed again on 31 December 1999 to One News . On 19 March 2000, TVNZ launched its first digital initiative nzoom.co.nz. Staffed by 20 journalists, nzoom included news, sports, entertainment and home and garden sections, in additional to being
1872-399: Was also no episode on 5 June due to Queen's Birthday. On 31 August, 8 September, and 20 September, Seven Sharp was not aired, instead, the 7 pm timeslot will be used to broadcast the 1 News leaders' debates regarding the 2017 New Zealand general election , moderated by Seven Sharp host Mike Hosking. The first debate was between current Prime Minister Bill English and Leader of
1920-523: 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 presenter Kamahl Santamaria . 1News was awarded Best News in the Qantas Media Awards from 2008 through 2011 and won Best Breaking News in the New Zealand Film and Television Awards 2012 . Television news in New Zealand started in 1960 with
1968-537: Was broadcast from 3 September 2011, hosted by Rawdon Christie and Toni Street , 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. Former BBC meteorologist Daniel Corbett joined
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2016-502: Was in Levin , and was designated for demolition before the broadcast. Seven Sharp was criticised around its inception for its new format, with some media commentators saying that "TVNZ [had exchanged Close Up ' s] current affairs for a mess of pottage". Current affairs (news format) This differs from regular news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with
2064-566: 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 's contract; some observers believe this
2112-581: Was no episode because the IRB Sevens was aired in the timeslot. While Street was on maternity leave in mid-2015, her position was filled by Pippa Wetzell on Mondays–Thursdays and Nadine Chalmers-Ross (now Higgins) on Fridays. The fourth series of Seven Sharp premiered on 1 February 2016, and has 231 episodes. On 25 March, there was no episode because it was Good Friday. The fifth series of Seven Sharp premiered on 7 February 2017, and has 217 episodes. No episodes aired on 14 or 17 April due to Easter. There
2160-633: Was not aired, instead, the 7 pm timeslot was used to broadcast the One News leaders' debates regarding the 2014 New Zealand general election , moderated by Seven Sharp host Mike Hosking. The first debate was between current Prime Minister John Key and Leader of the Opposition David Cunliffe , the second between the leaders of eight minor parties, and the third between Key and Cunliffe. The third series of Seven Sharp premiered on 2 February 2015, and has 229 episodes. On 6 February, there
2208-490: Was renamed TVNZ 1. During the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand as part of cost-cutting measures, 1News reverted to a single news presenter for its 6 pm 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 1News programmes. In late July 2023, 1News revamped its intro and banner, by changing the colour from blue to black, and moving
2256-404: Was revamped in November 1986 and renamed as the Network News , with Judy Bailey 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
2304-557: 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 and Tom Bradley with husband and wife Simon Dallow and Alison Mau . Bradley resigned, but D'Audney stayed as
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