7:09 pm today

As it happened: Stuff's new 6pm bulletin goes to air

7:09 pm today
Laura Tupou hosts the first edition of Stuff's news programme.

Laura Tupou hosts the first edition of Stuff's news programme. Photo: Screenshot

Branded as "a great marriage" of the Three brand and Stuff's reporting, a new-look 6pm news bulletin debuted tonight. RNZ's Mediawatch team followed along with their first thoughts.

Veteran broadcaster Samantha Hayes will take on the lone task of presenting the bulletin on weekdays, while Laura Tupou is presenting Saturday.

Here's how it all went down with Mediawatch's Colin Peacock and Hayden Donnell as they unpacked the new bulletin:

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