95-609: Newshub (stylised as Newshub. ) was a New Zealand news service that aired on the television channel Three , and on digital platforms, until July 2024. It also operated on radio stations run by MediaWorks Radio until December 2021. The Newshub brand replaced 3 News service on the TV3 network and the Radio Live news service broadcast on MediaWorks Radio stations on 1 February 2016. MediaWorks sold Newshub to US multimedia company Discovery, Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery ), with
190-457: A climate of economic recession, the government liberalised the rules on foreign ownership of television stations (raising the 15 percent cap to 49 percent and later removing all restrictions), allowing TV3 to search for an investor overseas. In December 1991, Canwest took a 20 percent shareholding in TV3 and secured a management agreement allowing it full control to operate the station. Canwest introduced tighter controls on budgets while targeting
285-629: A council flat. Olive worked triple shifts in a plastic bag factory to make ends meet. Henry says that when he was 25 he discovered that his grandmother was a " Gypsy ". Henry commenced his broadcasting career working for the BBC , as a studio assistant and in the mail room. He worked as a projectionist in the Natural History Unit , where, according to the Sunday Star Times , " David Attenborough would come in and Henry would play
380-580: A derivative of the 'Come Home to the Best, Only on NBC' slogan used by NBC in the United States at the time. At launch, TV3 could be received by an estimated 55 percent of the population, in Auckland, Waikato, Western Bay of Plenty, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Regular broadcasts began the following day, Monday 27 November 1989, at 7:00 am. The first day's programme schedule
475-430: A first-option contract with CBS Television Distribution (which included films under the brands Paramount Pictures and non-animated DreamWorks Pictures ) with select HD material from the end of 2012, this deal came to an end for new content from the start of 2013. From mid-2013, TV3 secured a first option deal with Sony Pictures Television for new content for TV series and movies that will be scheduled for late 2013 and
570-474: A first-run and re-run contract with HD sourced material for 20th Century Fox Television content (which includes films under the brands 20th Century Fox , DreamWorks Animation – 2008 to present, Fox Atomic , Fox Searchlight Pictures , Icon Films – 2007 to 2012, now belongs to Prime Television New Zealand and Regency Enterprises ), which was previously held by TVNZ. When TVNZ outbid them for their previous Disney Media Distribution contract. In 2015, they had
665-432: A focus on producing online news video content. On 16 April 2024, it was announced that Stuff will provide news for Three and Warner Bros. Discovery starting 6 July. Stuff will provide an 1 hour bulletin at 6 pm on weekdays and will provide a 30 minute bulletin at 6 pm on weekends. Stuff publisher Sinead Boucher also confirmed that Stuff would hire several former Newshub staff (less than 40–50) to produce
760-470: A green screen studio placed in the Paul Henry show set during the summer off-air time. The last 3 News broadcast occurred on 31 January 2016 before the news brand renamed to Newshub. The new look Studio 1 launched on 1 February 2016 designed by Jago Design, who also designed Studio 3, which is used for Paul Henry. MediaWorks launched Newshub on 1 February 2016 as a multi-platform news service to replace
855-432: A green/blue screen set. In 2014, MediaWorks recruited broadcaster Paul Henry to TV3 as part of its plan to replace Nightline, the channel's late-night programme. Henry lated hosted TV3's new breakfast programme. In early April 2015, it was announced that 3 News' Sunday bulletin would be reduced to half an hour and would be followed by a shortened version of the network's midweek current affairs programme 3rd Degree, which
950-493: A late night current affairs show called The Paul Henry Show , which would replace the long-running Nightline . The Paul Henry Show lasted one year; in early October 2014 Henry was announced as the presenter for Mediaworks' new breakfast show to air simultaneously on TV3 and Radio Live. This new venture, entitled Paul Henry , replaces both TV3's Firstline and Marcus Lush 's morning segment on Radio Live. In 2016, Henry departed Mediaworks and announced he would be entering
1045-571: A less formal chat / entertainment show on Friday evenings at 7 pm. Story was first launched on 10 August 2015 and replaced Campbell Live . On 16 December 2016, Story had its final show. Story ' s frontman, Duncan Garner , and co-host, Amanda Gillies , moved to the breakfast timeslot, for The AM Show . The Project was a New Zealand current affairs show presented by Jesse Mulligan , Kanoa Lloyd , and Jeremy Corbett . It premiered on Three on 20 February 2017, and aired at 7 pm for half an hour. The show replaced Story . Its format
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#17327799111191140-467: A new cross-platform three-hour breakfast show Monday to Friday on TV3, RadioLive and online. Paul Henry launched on 7 April 2015 and initially had an audience larger than the two shows it replaced on radio and TV. For nine months in 2012, he also co-hosted an Australian television show, Breakfast , which ceased production on 30 November 2012, due to low ratings. Henry is host of The Traitors NZ series 1 & 2. He won Bronze as Best Host for series 1 at
1235-520: A period of "semi-retirement", splitting his time between New Zealand and the United States, and producing wine. Following the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand , MediaWorks announced a new show hosted by Henry titled Rebuilding Paradise with Paul Henry . The show ran over four weeks in April 2020 and featured live interviews in regards to the country's response to COVID-19 . This
1330-577: A recently revitalised TVNZ and was placed into receivership on 2 May 1990. TV3 continued to broadcast with the major creditor , Westpac , supporting the network by taking a large shareholding. TV3 was delisted from the New Zealand Stock Exchange in December 1990 because it could afford to meet listing requirements. Its board of directors had lost their confidence when TV3 was into receivership. As TV3 needed investment during
1425-505: A replacement current affairs show helmed by AM presenter Ryan Bridge. That same month, Senior news head Sara Bristow was replaced by interim news head Richard Sutherland. Newshub also instituted a "sinking lid" policy limiting new hires. On 28 February 2024, parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced a proposal to close Newshub on 30 June that year. The head of Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific , James Gibbons, stated "We simply cannot afford to produce news in-house". The proposed closure
1520-635: A reshuffling of its broadcast frequencies to enable it to launch a new network, to be called TV4 Network Limited, on the VHF band. TV4 , which started on 29 June 1997, is a free-to-air network aimed at a younger audience than TV3. The launch was considered successful, with high brand recognition and ratings significantly higher than MTV, TV4's television rival. TV4's opening broadcast was the controversial Tyson–Holyfield boxing rematch . In April 1997 Canwest purchased Westpac's 48 percent shareholding in TV3, taking Canwest's stake to 68 percent. In June Canwest picked up
1615-587: A way of listing 30 percent of the Canadian company's New Zealand assets on the New Zealand share market. TV3's parent company TVWorks announced its annual revenue at $ 124 million in October 2004, which was $ 13 million up from the previous financial year. In May 2007 it was announced that Ironbridge Capital, an Australian private equity firm, was paying $ 386 million or $ 2.43 a share for the 70 percent of CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) owned by CanWest Global Communications. It
1710-557: Is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3 , it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on terrestrial and satellite. Vodafone also carries the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that
1805-698: Is a free ad -supported New Zealand streaming platform owned by Warner Bros. Discovery . It is available on Apple , Android , LG , Panasonic and Sony devices and smart TVs. The streaming service hosts content from Three and its sister channels Bravo , eden , Rush and HGTV . It also hosts content from Warner Bros. Discovery's content library including the live-streaming channels WBTV Paranormal , WBTV Reality , WBTV House Hunters International , WBTV True Crime and WBTV 90 Day Fiancé . Notable New Zealand and international programmes including Law & Order: SVU , Blue Bloods , Come Dine with Me New Zealand , Below Deck Mediterranean , Dancing with
1900-413: Is expected to lead to the loss of about 200 jobs including journalists, producers, editors, camera operators and associated staff. Several days before the announcement, Warner Bros proposed merging the news gathering divisions of 1News and Newshub, which was rejected by TVNZ. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that government intervention would be "highly unlikely". ACT leader David Seymour said that
1995-488: Is the first project Henry has taken part in since the announcement of this period of "semi-retirement". In June 2024, Henry spoke as a guest speaker at the ACT Party 's 2024 "Change Makers" event. In his speech, he accused the previous Labour Government of saddling the country with "astonishing debt." Henry said that New Zealand was "broken and in desperate need of repair." He also said that he "believed that ACT could be
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#17327799111192090-544: The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) upheld a complaint over TV3's 20/20 story "Sex, Lies and Videotape" in June 1998. The story received twelve complaints and was upheld on the grounds of privacy, viewpoints on controversial Issues, accuracy, fairness and responsible programming. The BSA ordered TV3 to pay $ 100,000 in costs, to broadcast statements on-air regarding the upheld complaint, and
2185-610: The Governor-General , Sir Anand Satyanand , was "even a New Zealander". Henry went on to ask "Are you going to choose a New Zealander who looks and sounds like a New Zealander this time... are we going to go for someone who is more like a New Zealander this time?" Anand is of Indian descent but was born and raised in Auckland. Henry was criticised by Key, Labour leader Phil Goff and race relations commissioner Joris de Bres. Henry later apologised for his comments. After initially expressing its support for Henry, TVNZ announced
2280-548: The Gulf War but TV3 continued to screen a 1-hour bulletin following the war. TV3 used their 1-hour news bulletin of 3 National News as a selling point over One Network News which was still a 30-minute bulletin followed by the Holmes show, One Network News did not become a 1-hour bulletin until 1995. During the nine years that the bulletin was known as 3 National News it had three different hosts. Original presenter Philip Sherry
2375-570: The More FM Radio network, followed in November with the purchase of the remaining 32 percent of TV3. In April 1998, Canwest announced that it had made Can$ 22 million in the six months to February 1998 in New Zealand, up a third on the same period the year before. TV4 contributed positively to the result, with some of the increase due to the inclusion of More FM, while TV3 was continuing to experience strong revenue growth. In September 1999,
2470-548: The National Party candidate for the Wairarapa electorate in the 1999 general election . He lost to former radio colleague and New Zealand Labour Party candidate Georgina Beyer by 3,033 votes. In March 2009, Henry caused offence by pointing out the facial hair of female guest anti-nuclear campaigner and Greenpeace worker Stephanie Mills. TVNZ stated that it had received a "handful" of complaints. Henry stated to
2565-529: The South Island . Applicants for the warrants included Aotearoa Broadcasting System, Civic Enterprises (region 4 only), Energy Source Television Network, Impact Television, On-Shore Services (region 1 only), Southern Cross Television (except region 2), Tele-Vid Three group, and United Telecast Corporation (region 2 only). Hearings began in August 1985. The Broadcasting Tribunal announced in August 1987 that
2660-484: The Sunday Star Times : "I certainly have no intention of apologising to people who have written in and complained. The key thing to me is what a fortunate life they must have that they can afford time and energy to complain about such an insignificant thing." In August 2009, Henry referred to homosexuals as "unnatural", prompting a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority , which regulates broadcast radio and television content within New Zealand. In February 2010,
2755-435: The lowest common denominator . Henry later explained his resignation from TVNZ, saying, "there was a lot of stuff going down against Television New Zealand and I didn't want to put them through that anymore." India summoned New Zealand's high commissioner Rupert Holborow to protest against Henry's " racist and bigoted" comments, and Holborow expressed his regret for the "deep hurt" they had caused. On 16 May 2012, Henry
2850-759: The 2014 season. This deal signals a move away from the more expensive exclusive Fox deal, which is still under re-negotiation following the broadcaster's change in ownership. On 20 December 2013, MediaWorks re-signed a revised down scaled exclusive deal with Fox. As a result of their receivership, they lost their first-option rights over NBCUniversal shows, which resulted in TVNZ acquiring the rights to Brooklyn Nine-Nine in 2014. They also lost their rights to air 20th Television programmes, which resulted in Prime airing Sleepy Hollow , and TVNZ airing Empire . From launch in November 1989 until digital television transition
2945-492: The 6pm bulletins. Newshub 's website will be given to Stuff, but as of April, there have not been plans on what Stuff will do with it. On 7 May, Stuff announced that seven former Newshub journalists including Samantha Hayes , Jenna Lynch , Laura Tupou , Ollie Ritchie , Juliet Speedy , Zane Small and Heather Keats would join Stuff's 6pm news bulletin, named ThreeNews , and Stuff's " ecosystem of news products ." Following
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3040-516: The Broadcasting Standards Authority declined to uphold the complaint. In November 2009, Henry sparked controversy when he called singer Susan Boyle 'retarded'. His comments led to almost 200 complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Authority and an apology from Television New Zealand. In October 2010, Henry was again the subject of complaints after a live broadcast in which he asked Prime Minister John Key whether
3135-557: The Christmas party. Both Henry and the low ratings of the show were continually lampooned by the comedy show The Hamster Wheel . Henry returned to New Zealand after Breakfast ' s cancellation. While in Australia, Henry maintained work in New Zealand media as an Australian correspondent for Radio Live and as the host of Would I Lie to You? on TV3 . In late 2013 it was revealed that from 2014 Paul Henry would be hosting
3230-628: The New York Festivals in April 2024. Series 2 is set to air June 2024. Paul Henry Hopes was born in Auckland , New Zealand, to Brian and Olive Hopes, on 4 August 1960. He attended Cockle Bay Primary in Howick, Auckland. His parents separated when he was 11, and in 1971 he moved with his English-born mother to Bristol , United Kingdom, where he finished his education and won a drama school scholarship. Paul and his mother Olive lived in
3325-557: The Stars , Gogglebox , Chicago Med , Australia's Best Houses , and Hawaii Five-O . The streaming service also hosts content from Newshub . ThreePlus1 (previously called TV3 Plus 1 ) is a 1-hour timeshift channel. It was launched on 30 March 2009, as part of Three's contract with Freeview to provide at least four channels. It is a standard hour delayed timeshift channel of the Three broadcast taken from their Auckland feed that
3420-506: The Tele-Vid Three group (TV3) had been awarded all four warrants. The four channels would be based in Auckland, Tauranga , Wellington and Christchurch , with a jointly-owned national news and current affairs service and a national advertising service. TV3 was proposed to launch in early 1989, with broadcasts initially covering 80 percent of the population. There were numerous delays to the launch date of TV3. Litigation surrounded
3515-483: The acquisition completed on 1 December 2020. On 28 February 2024, it was announced that Newshub would shut down on 5 July 2024. On 10 April 2024, the closure was confirmed by Warner Bros. Discovery , with Newshub winding down on 5 July 2024. The TV3 6pm news bulletin was known as 3 News or 3 News at 6pm up until 31 January 2016. 3 News was originally known as 3 National News and first went on air on Monday 27 November 1989 when TV3 began broadcasting, which made it
3610-439: The channel was banned from showing advertising between 6:00pm and 8:30pm on 10 October 1999. Canwest's investments in New Zealand had developed considerably in New Zealand over the period that it had interests in the country. TV4 continued to be a source of concern for the broadcaster, but the position of TV3 was strengthened by alliances with Sky Television for sport and a series of high-profile mistakes by TVNZ as it dealt with
3705-444: The closure announcement was a "sad day for New Zealand's democracy which requires a competitive media market so that people can get a wide range of views about what's happening in their country." Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters described it as "disaster for [the] country's democracy". Journalist Peter Bale said that there was a "hideous inevitability" about the closure, believing that Warner Bros "most certainly doesn't care about
3800-512: The closure of sister channel Four , some of its programming, such as Sticky TV, moved over to TV3 in a new daytime lineup. On 9 February 2017, TV3 underwent a major re-branding, changing its name to Three and adopting a new logo and on-air imaging. The new brand was promoted as being "vibrant, playful, and inspiring"; chief content officer Andrew Szusterman explained that TV3 as a brand had not evolved with its programming, and that "a channel this strong, with content this strong, should be bigger than
3895-739: The closure of the Dunedin office, the network's South Island operations consist of its Christchurch–based bureau as well as freelancers. In early October 2021, Discovery NZ announced plans to launch a new Newshub Live at 8 pm bulletin in March 2022 on its upcoming TV channel eden . Around the same time, it was announced that former owner Mediaworks would end its content supply agreement with Newshub, and establish its own radio newsroom employing over 20 news and sports journalists, editors and correspondents. Following Discovery's merger with WarnerMedia to former Warner Bros. Discovery in April 2022,
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3990-517: The cropped version of TV3 for a couple of months due to non-widescreen customer complaints. TelstraClear resumed broadcasting the widescreen version of TV3 on 24 July 2007. In April 2008 TV3 commenced 1080i high definition broadcasts on the Freeview terrestrial platform and on Sky's HD satellite platform. Three also broadcasts a livestream of the Auckland feed on its ThreeNow website and app. ThreeNow (previously called TV3 On Demand and 3Now )
4085-478: The day's news with Henry's trademark take on events and also featured Janika ter Ellen as news presenter. Airing from 27 January to 19 December 2014, the show replaced the former Nightline in the late night weekday slot. It was replaced by Newsworthy . Newsworthy was the late night edition of 3 News in 2015 and broadcast live on TV3 at around 10:30 pm. It was presented by Samantha Hayes and David Farrier . The show started on 8 June 2015 with mixed reviews, and
4180-439: The day, the channel repeated programmes from the previous night. These aired from 9am on Monday through Friday, from 11:30am on Saturday, and from 6am on Sunday. From midnight to 6 am, a simulcast of Magic Talk was broadcast. ThreeLife was shut down at the end of 25 March 2020, and was replaced by the return of The Edge TV a little over an hour later. The final show to air on ThreeLife was Good Chef Bad Chef . ThreeLife + 1
4275-479: The dominance of Sky in pay television. The election of the Labour government in 1999 refocused TVNZ as a semi-non-commercial broadcaster, no longer ratings-driven and no longer attempting to dominate the free to air television market. As a commercial broadcaster, TV3 was in a position to take advantage of TVNZ's change of focus. During 2004 the station was transferred into the ownership of Canwest MediaWorks (NZ) as
4370-536: The early morning show of the time Firstline , to have the "floating tiles" look, which was in use up till the launch of Newshub on 1 February 2016. In November 2012, 3 News won the Best News award at the 2012 New Zealand Television Awards. On 27 January 2014, 3 News refreshed its split screen graphic, finance graphics and full frame graphics. At the same time, 3 News also updated their printed fake newsroom backdrop which they used while they temporarily broadcast from
4465-629: The end of 2000 for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, Hirschfeld and Campbell left their presenting positions to collaborate on current affairs show Campbell Live . They were replaced by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts . The same year, 3 News won the Best News Award at the Qantas Television Awards . In 2005, TV3's parent company Mediaworks New Zealand launched Radio Live . A standalone website launched in 2006. Before then, news items were posted to TV3's main website. When
4560-451: The end of the last Newshub bulletin, the website ceased updating, with plans to migrate its archived content to Stuff. The flagship 6pm bulletin of Newshub was co-anchored by Mike McRoberts and Samantha Hayes . Newshub Live at 6pm replaced the news bulletin at the same time, previously known as 3 News at 6pm . The final episode was aired on Friday 5 July 2024. A new breakfast television show began on Tuesday 8 February 2022, with
4655-421: The evening schedule. The show was anchored by Rebecca Wright This was Three's fourth late news programme with the original programme being Nightline between 1990 and 2013, The Paul Henry Show in 2014 and Newsworthy in 2015. On 21 March 2022, an in-programme graphics revamp took place changing its set and format similar to the 8pm bulletin. The final episode was aired on Friday 31 May 2024. Newshub Nation
4750-410: The final show was broadcast on 18 December 2015. Sports Tonight was a sports information programme, broadcast live on TV3 weeknights following Nightline . Sports Tonight was presented by 3 News sports journalist Howard Dobson. The show was cancelled at the end of 2012, and its last programme aired on 21 December 2012. Three (TV channel) Three ( Māori : Toru ), stylised as +HR=E ,
4845-448: The first serious challenger to TVNZ. For the first year of broadcast, 3 National News was a thirty-minute bulletin screening at 6:30 pm, which the same time slot as Holmes on TV1 . The original bulletin was presented by former BCNZ and TVNZ anchor Philip Sherry , joined by sportscaster Greg Clark and weathercaster Belinda Todd . In 1991 TV3 extended 3 National News to a 1-hour bulletin starting at 6 pm, this occurred during
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#17327799111194940-511: The following day that it had suspended the presenter for two weeks without pay. Following the decision to suspend Henry, TVNZ continued to air a clip in which Henry referred to Delhi 's chief minister Sheila Dikshit during the 2010 Commonwealth Games as "the dipshit woman" and pronouncing her surname as "Dick Shit" despite later being told it was "Dixit", going on to state that "it's so appropriate, because she's Indian, so she'd be dick-in-shit wouldn't she, do you know what I mean? Walking along
5035-543: The former 3 News service on its television channel Three and the Radio Live news service. Newshub was envisioned as an integrated television, online and radio newsroom. In March 2016, a Newshub journalist broke embargo and leaked sensitive information about a 25 basis point cut by the Reserve Bank to the Official Cash Rate (OCR). Newshub's parent company MediaWorks conducted their own investigation on
5130-427: The granting of the warrant, as did the share market crash in October 1987 , which wiped out a large proportion of the capital that TV3 required to establish the channel. These problems resulted in the ambitious regional plans being rationalised before being shelved completely. The network was to be based in Auckland with limited studios and news and sales teams in the other main centres. TV3 expected to take 30% of
5225-466: The jails could be smaller and you could put them in homestay situations. The mentally ill". He later suggested the asylum seekers could be housed in linen cupboards. His remarks were featured on Media Watch . Henry caused further controversy on 27 August 2012 by suggesting on the programme that asylum seekers should "starve to death" following reports that they would be conducting a hunger strike over plans to shift them to Nauru . He issued an apology
5320-417: The last cab left on the rank heading in the right difection." Henry is currently married to entrepreneur Diane Foreman . He was previously married to Rachael Hopes (née Orsman ), with whom he had three children. Henry was also previously married to radio producer Linzi Dryburgh. In 2014 it was reported in an interview that Henry was a nudist , which Henry has also stated on his show. Henry ran as
5415-657: The leak, and followed up with an apology from CEO Mark Weldon (former head of the New Zealand Stock exchange), although Weldon stopped short of naming the journalist involved. As a result of the loss of trust with the media, the Reserve Bank has elected to discontinue the media lockup prior to future releases of the OCR. In addition, the Reserve Bank banned MediaWorks journalists from all its future press conferences. On 7 September 2020, MediaWorks sold Newshub and its television arm to US multimedia company Discovery, Inc. At
5510-405: The lucrative 18- to 49-year-old audience. TV3's audience share and advertising revenue steadily increased, leading to significant profits. TV3 also steadily increased its coverage within New Zealand, adding dozens of transmitters and translators, often with the assistance of New Zealand On Air . By 1998 about 97 percent of the population could receive the channel. On 2 October 1996, TV3 announced
5605-400: The name changing to AM . The newly reformatted AM show was presented by Ryan Bridge , Melissa Chan-Green, Bernadine Oliver-Kerby and William Waiirua. AM broadcast weekdays from 6-9am. The final episode was aired on Friday 5 July 2024. Newshub Late was the late night edition of Newshub which usually aired weeknights around 9:30pm, but could run either earlier or later depending on
5700-402: The new entity acquired Discovery's New Zealand assets including Newshub and Three. By 2023, a recession and declining advertising revenue led Newshub to implement cuts. In August 2023, Newshub discontinued its 5:30 am and 12 pm news bulletins. In October 2023, Newshub ended its 7pm current affairs programme The Project , which led to the loss of 24 jobs. The company later scrapped plans for
5795-833: The new media company. The Edge TV and The Breeze TV were both discontinued in December 2022, to be replaced with Eden , Edent+1 and Rush . In late February 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery proposed eliminating Three's news service Newshub , effective 1 July 2024, citing declining advertising revenue. Newshub's closure was confirmed on 10 April 2024, with 5 July being its final airdate. On 16 April, Warner Bros. Discovery and newspaper company Stuff reached an agreement for Stuff to produce Three's 6pm news bulleting, commencing 6 July 2024. On 7 May, Stuff announced that seven former Newshub journalists including Samantha Hayes , Jenna Lynch , Laura Tupou , Ollie Ritchie , Juliet Speedy , Zane Small and Heather Keats would produce Stuff's 6pm news bulletin and other news content. Mediaworks acquired
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#17327799111195890-497: The new website started, it emphasised the use of video. In 2007, the Australian capital investment firm Ironbridge Capital acquired TV3 and established MediaWorks New Zealand, which became 3 News' parent company. A new 3 News studio set began use on 15 September 2008, this coincided with an updated graphics package using the 2005 – 2008 graphics as its base. On 4 July 2011, 3 News revamped its presentation package starting with
5985-669: The news market in New Zealand". On 10 April 2024, the Newshub closure was confirmed by Warner Bros. Discovery, leading to up to 300 job losses, with Newshub airing its final bulletin and winding down on 5 July 2024. On 10 May, the National Business Review confirmed that McRoberts would be taking up position as Te Ao Māori Editor, focusing on stories about Māori economic development in New Zealand. On 13 May, The New Zealand Herald confirmed it had recruited Newshub journalist Michael Morrah into its editorial team with
6080-504: The parent company of TV3 went into receivership, this being the second receivership for TV3. When TV3's parent company MediaWorks was purchased by Ironbridge Capital they took on $ 700 million of debt which could no longer be sustained. Following the receivership TV3 and the radio stations owned by MediaWorks remained on air and all staff have retained their jobs. Shares in the company were gradually and completely bought out by US hedge fund Oaktree Capital Management . Since 3 July 2016, with
6175-450: The return of The Edge TV and new channel Breeze TV . In early September 2020, MediaWorks confirmed that it would be selling its television media assets, which include Three, to U.S.-based Discovery, Inc . The acquisition was completed on 1 December 2020. In April 2022, Discovery merged with WarnerMedia to form Warner Bros. Discovery . As a result, Discovery New Zealand and its assets including Three and Newshub became part of
6270-455: The rights to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for more recent films. Exclusive contracts with CBS News , ITV News , and Seven News for international news coverage. Mediaworks has long held first-option contracts with NBC Universal (which includes films under the brands Focus Features and Universal Pictures ) with select HD material from February 2011. As well as until the start of the US 2012 season,
6365-455: The rushes". Henry returned to New Zealand when he was 19 and worked as a producer on National Radio . From 1986 to 1990, Henry worked as a breakfast host on 2ZD Wairarapa . In 1991, Henry left 2ZD to establish rival radio station Today FM , hosting the station's breakfast show. Other notable Today FM staff included Hilary Pankhurst , Georgina Beyer , local identity Rick Long, and former 2ZD station manager John Shearer. In 1992, Henry sold
6460-466: The same name . It was broadcast live on TV3 at approximately 10:30 pm and was presented by Sacha McNeil . The show concluded on 20 December 2013, being replaced on 27 January 2014 with The Paul Henry Show, of which the final show aired on 19 December 2014. However an interim replacement simply named 3 News was aired for several weeks at the beginning of 2014, and again in 2015 (before Newsworthy began) and 2016 (before Newshub Late began). Firstline
6555-406: The share was at 16.4%. Despite breaking TVNZ's monopoly, TV3 had found itself in an uphill struggle. Its current affairs programmes and sports programmes were axed due to disappointing ratings and poor advertising income. Its staff were also laid off. It also had to face competition with the then-new Sky Network Television . TV3 was ready for any ratings battle. TV3 failed to gain ground against
6650-480: The show had improved to around 150,000 viewers from a base of around 100,000. Between 2007 and 2008, Henry also presented episodes of This Is Your Life , and was a backup host for current affairs show Close Up . At the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards , Henry was awarded the People's Choice Award for Best Presenter. His acceptance speech attracted more than 300,000 views on YouTube. In October 2010, Henry
6745-441: The show's name to 3 News and adding another presenter. They initially planned for Hawkesby and ex-TVNZ journalist Carol Hirschfeld to co-present. The planned Hawkesby-Hirschfeld team never eventuated, with John Campbell taking the male presenter role when Hawkesby walked out of TV3 to host One News . TV3 later sued TVNZ for "interfering with the relationship" between Hawkesby and TV3 . The two parties settled out of court at
6840-456: The station to the owner of Port FM . Henry went on to be a foreign correspondent and weekend talkback host for Radio Pacific , later presenting breakfast programme The Morning Grill with Arch Tambakis , then Pam Corkery . He also presented the station's drive program, and was the inaugural drive presenter at Radio Live when the station launched in 2005. In 2004, Henry was appointed co-host of TV One 's Breakfast . In 2009, ratings for
6935-466: The street... it's just so funny." An interview with Sheila Dikshit confirmed Henry's pronunciation was correct. In an interview with Sunrise , Henry claimed people in India also find the name humorous and that he thinks the "biggest insult" is deliberately mispronouncing someone's name just because it sounds funny. New Zealand Indian Central Association president Paul Singh Bains said the fact that TVNZ
7030-465: The sum of its parts and it should represent the content itself whereas the pieces of content were living in isolation." The new imaging was widely criticised by viewers, particularly the unusual design and stylization of its new logo as "+HR=E". A second sister channel, ThreeLife, was launched on 15 April 2018. On 18 October 2019, MediaWorks announced Three was for sale. On 25 March 2020, ThreeLife and ThreeLife + 1 went off air, and were replaced by
7125-459: The television advertising revenue, rising to 36% by 1994. TV3 began broadcasting on Sunday 26 November 1989 at 8:00 pm with Governor-General Paul Reeves officially launching the station. This was followed by a two-hour special previewing the network's programmes, featuring comedians David McPhail and Jon Gadsby playing cameramen . TV3's initial slogan proclaimed 'Come Home to the Feeling';
7220-714: The time, Newshub was expected to continue providing bulletins to MediaWorks Radio , as well as producing the joint TV/radio programme The AM Show . The acquisition of MediaWorks' television arm was finalised on 1 December 2020, with the subsidiary being rebranded as Discovery New Zealand . Following Discovery's acquisition, Newshub re-launched its midday news bulletin, reformatted its morning show "AM" and launched an 8pm news bulletin. In mid-May 2021, Newshub closed its Dunedin office as part of parent company Discovery's restructuring of its business operations in Australia and New Zealand. The Dunedin newsroom consisted of reporter Dave Goosselink and camera operator Grant Findlay. Following
7315-505: Was Three's in-depth political current affairs show focusing on the major players and forces that shape New Zealand. The show was presented by Simon Shepherd and Rebecca Wright and aired on Saturdays at 9:30 am and Sundays at 10 am. Former co-host Emma Jolliff died on 6 February 2020. The final episode was aired on Saturday 2 December 2023. Paul Henry was a cross-platform, morning breakfast news programme broadcast live on TV3 and Radio Live on weekdays between 6:00am and 9:00am. It
7410-497: Was a 1-hour timeshift channel. It was launched on 1 July 2019, in the place of The Edge TV. The station was shut down at 1 am on 26 March 2020, and was replaced on 16 April by The Breeze TV . Paul Henry (broadcaster) Paul Henry Hopes (born 4 August 1960), known professionally as Paul Henry , is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster who was the host of the late night show The Paul Henry Show on New Zealand's TV3 which ended December 2014 so that Henry could host
7505-728: Was a bestseller upon release. In 2013, he released another book, Outraged , also a bestseller. In late 2020, Henry released his third bestseller. I'm in a United State . Henry has released three vintages of Central Otago Pinot Noir, the most recent in 2020. All sold out within weeks. In February 2012, Henry relocated to Sydney , Australia to co-host Network Ten 's morning show Breakfast . The show debuted on 23 February 2012 to low ratings. As in New Zealand, Henry's on-air comments caused controversy: in May 2012 he suggested asylum seekers could stay in people's linen cupboards, and implied they were "dirty". Due to low ratings, Henry's Breakfast
7600-428: Was a morning news programme produced by 3 News . The show was cancelled in April 2015 and was replaced by Paul Henry . It was presented by Rachel Smalley, with Sam Ackerman as the sports presenter. The show began on Monday 7 March 2011 off the back of ongoing Christchurch earthquake coverage. The Paul Henry Show was a weekday late night news & entertainment programme presented by Paul Henry . The show discussed
7695-420: Was also offering the same price to minority shareholders under a full takeover bid. On 1 April 2008, TV3 became the first New Zealand television network to introduce high-definition television , to coincide with the launch of Freeview HD and MySky HDi in New Zealand. The first programme to broadcast in true 1080i high definition (i.e. not upscaled) was that night's screening of Boston Legal . On 17 June 2013
7790-411: Was as follows: One of the financial supporters of TV3 in its early life was America's NBC (through NBC International Ltd), taking 14.9% of TV3's shares and had the biggest and effectively controlling interest. Existing laws forbade foreign ownership beyond the 15% level, what TV3 considers as "the main block to sell" itself. NBC sold the stake when TV3 was into receivership in May 1990; by this time
7885-407: Was cancelled on 30 November 2012 after less than one year on air. During the show's broadcast period, one of Henry's co-hosts and the show's executive producer quit, prompting speculation about whether the departures were due to tension with Henry. A newspaper reported other staff at the network resented Henry, claiming many wouldn't look at him when he walked in the room, and were planning to boycott
7980-630: Was completed on 1 December 2013, TV3 broadcast terrestrially using the analogue PAL -B&G. In some areas, TV3's analogue broadcast was on a different transmitter from TV One and TV2's analogue broadcasts, and viewers needed an additional antenna to pick up the channel; these included Hamilton, Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Kapiti, Masterton, and Nelson. Three is a broadcasting member of the Freeview platform as well as broadcasting on Sky. TV3 began screening widescreen transmissions on both platforms on 11 April 2007, although TelstraClear InHomeTV which got most of its content from Sky, switched back to screening
8075-545: Was created originally for the Sky platform, meaning the channel broadcasts Auckland regional advertising. ThreePlus1 is available on digital terrestrial and digital satellite. ThreeLife was a New Zealand nationwide television channel that was launched on 15 April 2018. It aired lifestyle shows. The content aired on ThreeLife was themed, as follows: Good Chef Bad Chef , Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield and The Home Team were aired from 6pm to 7:30pm every night. During
8170-472: Was criticised for comments made on Breakfast regarding asylum seekers. When commenting on a newspaper article, about the Australian Government offering families money to house asylum seekers, Henry suggested that the idea could be "broadened out" saying: "I mean if this is all about saving money you could broaden it out. Why not criminals? Not murderers, but low level criminals. You could -
8265-464: Was forced to apologise and later resigned from TVNZ after controversy over his pronunciation and ridicule of the name of Indian politician Sheila Dikshit , as well as comments made about the then- Governor-General of New Zealand , Sir Anand Satyanand . In an interview the following month, Henry claimed that TVNZ, in particular chief executive Rick Ellis, had "capitalised" on him by encouraging him to be controversial on-air, adding that he believed it
8360-435: Was later renamed "3D". The first of these shortened Sunday bulletins was broadcast on 24 May 2015. In April 2015, MediaWorks announced a review of Campbell Live due to declining ratings. In June 2015, "Campbell Live" was replaced with a new programme called "The Story." On 19 December 2015, Studio 1 was decommissioned temporarily to prepare the studio for the launch of Newshub. During the refit of Studio 1, they broadcast from
8455-405: Was presented by Paul Henry with Ingrid Hipkiss as news presenter, and Jim Kayes as sports presenter. The show began to air on 7 April 2015 (replacing Firstline ) and retained its name after other 3 News shows were renamed to Newshub . Story was a 30-minute current affairs show presented by Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis-Allan. The show aired Monday to Thursday nights at 7:00 pm, with
8550-457: Was presented by New Zealand television personality, John Campbell . It was first broadcast on 21 March 2005 and had its last show broadcast on Friday, 29 May 2015. It was replaced with Story that screened on Monday through Thursday nights, presented by Duncan Garner and Heather du-Plessis Allan. Nightline was the late night edition of 3 News broadcast, based on the American programme of
8645-502: Was replaced by Joanna Paul in mid-1990; Paul had previously been the presenter of the launch news update and weekend bulletins. When Paul opted not to renew her contract with the network, TV3 hired former TVNZ newsreader and It's in the Bag game show host, John Hawkesby . During the 1990s, Canadian media conglomerate CanWest acquired ownership of TV3 and 3 National News. On 16 February 1998, TV3 revamped its presentation, shortening
8740-422: Was still "promoting" the clip on its website showed it had "totally lost the plot" and was insensitive to the offence Henry had caused. Following at least four complaints against the video, TVNZ removed it from the "Video extras" section of their website. Henry's resignation polarised the New Zealand public, with supporters claiming he was a victim of political correctness , and critics accusing him of pandering to
8835-676: Was switched off on 1 December 2013. Three is a general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand , with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of ThreeNews . Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time. Applications to apply for warrants to operate New Zealand's third national television network opened in early 1985 and closed on 29 March 1985. There were four regional channel warrants - Region 1 serving Auckland and Northland , Region 2 serving Waikato , Bay of Plenty , and Hawke's Bay , Region 3 serving Wellington , Manawatu and Taranaki , and Region 4 serving
8930-472: Was taken from the Australian version , which is a ratings hit on Network 10 . In late October 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ confirmed they had commenced discussions to discontinue The Project by December 2023. The final episode aired on 1 December 2023. Campbell Live was a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme that was broadcast on weeknights on TV3 at 7:00 pm (following 3 News) and
9025-651: Was wrong for the New Zealand Government to apologise to India for his remarks. On 1 April 2011, MediaWorks New Zealand announced Henry would return to Radio Live in July, replacing Maggie Barry as the host of the station's drivetime show, a position he had held four years previously. His tenure in the role would this time last just over half a year; Henry moved to Australia the following year to host Network Ten 's new morning show. In 2011, Henry published an autobiography, What Was I Thinking . The book
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