Media
Govt bailout off the cards for Newshub after closure
A government bailout is off the cards for one of the country's major news outlets which has announced it's shutting at the end of June.
Up to 300 people will lose their jobs.
Newshub says it has not… Audio
Sepuloni: Newshub's demise sad for media in Aotearoa
Time now for our weekly catch up with the deputy leader of the Opposition, Carmel Sepuloni. Audio
Journalist David Farrier reflects on Newshub closure
There's been a lot of troubling news for New Zealand's media in recent years. But yesterday there was the shock announcement that Newshub is to close all its newsroom operations in New Zealand from… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub's impending demise in a 'proposal' from the global… Audio
The end of Newshub: Slippery slope gets steeper for NZ journalism and democracy
Opinion - If journalism in Western democracies has been on a roller coaster of late, in Aotearoa this week it threatened to come right off the rails.
Midweek Mediawatch - Newshub's brutal 'proposal'
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub’s impending demise in a ‘proposal’ from the global… Audio
Recap: 'Amazing' staff should be proud - Paddy Gower on Newshub closure
TV host Paddy Gower says everyone at Newshub has upheld a legacy that started in 1989 and they can be proud of everything they've done.
Newshub closure plan: What's on the chopping block
Newshub's news operations and output, including its website and key programmes, have been proposed to stop from 30 June.
Newshub: 'If we can't make it work, who can?'
Mediawatch - The company has blamed an economic downturn and decline in advertising for the closure. Are all media 'clinging on by their fingertips'?
Newshub boss aware of proposal since January
A PR company was told weeks ago about a redundancy plan for hundreds of news staff, however, they were "blindsided" at a meeting today. Audio
Staff in shock and disbelief: Newshub plans to close
Newshub staff say they're in total shock and disbelief on learning the media company plans to close its newsroom in New Zealand at the end of June. The bombshell announcement came at an emergency… Audio
Government intervention for Newshub 'highly unlikely'
If a media global company can't make a success of Newshub, it's unlikely a government handout would help, the prime minister says.
Bosses at Newshub told PR company weeks ago of redundancies
Bosses at Three news told their PR company in January they were planning to make hundreds of news staff redundant but those staff were blind sided with the proposal at meeting called hurriedly this… Audio
Bookmarks with Dr Kurt Krause
We often have famous actors, authors, and media people sharing their favourite things on Bookmarks. But today our guest has a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. Professor Kurt Krause shares his… Audio
Collectors corner: Taxidermy collection in Taranaki
This week we meet John Ward who lives in Lepperton, Taranaki. For the past few decades he's been building up a mammoth taxidermy stockpile. His collection includes hundreds of animals ranging from… Audio
Podcast Critic: Jemima Huston
Today Jemima talks to Jesse about 'Just the Gist' and 'Escaping NXIVM'. Audio
Newshub to shut down in June
'If we can't make it work, who can?' presenter Mike McRoberts asks as Newshub announces it's closing in June.
Alice Snedden on the 'real but not immediate' danger of climate change
Comedian Alice Snedden explores our curiously apathetic response to climate change in a new two-part instalment of the doco series Bad News. Video, Audio
Newshub closure, what it means
There was a shock announcement this morning that Newshub on Three will be closing down, effective from the end of June. It means the loss of hundreds of jobs. Veteran journalist and television… Audio
Newshub staff told that newsroom will shut in June
Newshub, one of the key media companies in New Zealand, is to close its newsroom in New Zealand on 30 June.
Staff were told of the closure at an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning.
Reporter… Audio