1 News
1 News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ. The service is broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in Auckland. 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.
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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
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| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 3 November 1969 – present |
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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).[1]
The head of TVNZ News and Current Affairs is John Gillespie.
1 News 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.
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, 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 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. This bulletin was possible due to microwave links being established between the four main centres; the programme was called 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.
Angela D'Audney was the first female newsreader in New Zealand, from 1973. The Network News featured many other newsreaders until the NZBC was dissolved in 1975. The programme was then renamed simply News. The main bulletin was revamped in 1987. It was renamed Network News with Judy Bailey and Neil Billington initially co-presenting. Richard Long and Tony Ciprian alternately presented and produced sports news. Later that year Long took over from Billington as Network News news co-anchor, the beginning of a partnership that would continue for much of the next fifteen years. Ciprian moved to the new commercial channel TV3, the station's first sports news producer. He was with 3 News for almost 20 years.
From the 1970s, four regional news programmes were broadcast – one in each of 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 The South Tonight (Otago and Southland). Initially, these programmes ran for 20 minutes during the main news programme at 7 pm, between the sports and weather news. In 1988, the Network News was moved to 6 pm and regional news shows to 6:30 pm. On 11 April 1989 TVNZ launched a new nightly current affairs show, Holmes, which was presented by Paul Holmes. Holmes began screening at 6:30 pm and regional news shows were moved to 5:45 pm before the Network News bulletin before being axed at the end of 1990.
1989 saw the introduction of the first One News foreign correspondents – Liam Jeory in London and Susan Wood in Sydney. The 6:30 pm bulletin was reduced back to 30 minutes on weekdays.
In 1989, 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 1995, the main bulletin was again extended from 30 to 60 minutes, screening from the now familiar 6:00 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 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.
The end of 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 a backup presenter for other bulletins until her death in February 2002, from a brain tumour.
In 1998, TVNZ signed 3 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 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 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.[2][3] Hickey returned to One News in 2007.[4]
Close Up 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 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-Kirby 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, David Beatson, Dougal Stevenson 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, and ran until the end of 2012, when it and One News at 4:30 were cancelled for financial reasons.[5]
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 November 30, 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 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.[6]
The programme was renamed 1 News in 2016, when TV One was renamed TVNZ 1.
News bulletins
Breakfast
Breakfast airs 5- to 10-minute news updates every half hour, from 6 am until 8:30 am, hosted alternately by Anna Burns-Francis and Melissa Stokes. Weather reports air every half hour, from 6.05 am until 8.35 am, and are 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 Daniel Faitaua, later by Jenny-May Clarkson, now from November 2019 Oriini Kaipara. It airs every weekday at 12:00pm on TVNZ 1 and competed with TV3'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.
1 News At 6pm
1 News at Six is 1 News' flagship hour-long bulletin, airing nightly at 6 pm; it is hosted by Simon Dallow on weekdays and Melissa Stokes at weekends. Sport is presented by Hayley Holt[7] or Andrew Saville, and weather by Daniel Corbett or Renee Wright.
The bulletin is usually structured like this:
- First Segment (10–15 minutes):
- Local news items
- Major international stories
- Second Segment (8–10 minutes):
- International news items
- Weather update (showing maximum temperatures in towns and cities around the country and live weather camera shots in the six main cities)
- Third Segment (5–8 minutes):
- Top stories recap
- Business news (if any)
- Miscellaneous local news items
- Fourth Segment (10–15 minutes):
- 1 Sport sports items
- Fifth Segment (5–8 minutes):
- Main weather forecast
- Human interest story
1 News Tonight
1 News Tonight is a half-hour long bulletin that airs at approximately 10:30 pm on TVNZ 1 each weeknight, and is usually hosted by Jenny Suo. It competes with Three'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 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.
Te Karere
Te Karere is a half-hour news programme broadcast at 3:55 pm weekdays entirely in Māori. 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 9.30pm on Mondays. Presented by Jack Tame, 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 on Monday evenings.
Q+A won Best News/Current Affairs Programme in the 2009 Qantas Media Awards.
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 and consists of both local content and international stories (often produced by partner networks, such as ABC). 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 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:
| Date | Event |
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| 31 August 1997 | Death of Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 11 September 2001 | September 11 attacks |
| 20 December 2007 | 2007 Gisborne earthquake |
| 11 January 2008 | Death of Sir Edmund Hillary |
| 22 January 2008 | State funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary |
| 4 September 2010 | 2010 Canterbury earthquake |
| 19 November 2010 | Pike River Mine disaster |
| 22 February 2011 | 2011 Christchurch earthquake |
| 11 March 2011 | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami |
| 30 October 2012 | Hurricane Sandy |
| 21 July 2013 | 2013 Seddon earthquake |
| 15 December 2014 | 2014 Sydney hostage crisis |
| 9 November 2016 | 2016 United States presidential election |
| 14 November 2016 | 2016 Kaikoura earthquake |
| 17 February 2017 | 2017 Port Hills fires |
| 19 May 2018 | Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle |
| 21 June 2018 | Jacinda Ardern gives birth |
| 15 March 2019 | Christchurch mosque shootings |
| 9 December 2019 | 2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption |
| 15 March 2020 | First anniversary of Christchurch mosque shootings |
| 23 March 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand |
| 24 March 2020 |
During the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand a 1 News Special was broadcast most days at 1pm. During the 1pm broadcast Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield 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
| Tenure | Presenter |
|---|---|
| 1996–1997 | Susan Wood |
| 1997–2000 | Liz Gunn |
| 2000–2001 | Various |
| 2002 | Julie White[8] |
| 2003–2008 | Peter Williams |
| 2008–2010 | Peter Williams/Alison Mau |
| 2011–2012 | Peter Williams/Rawdon Christie |
| 2012 | Peter Williams/Melissa Stokes |
| 2013–2015 | Peter Williams/Nadine Chalmers-Ross |
| 2015–2016 | Peter Williams/Melissa Stokes |
| 2016–2019 | Daniel Faitaua |
| 2019 - present | Jenny-May Clarkson, Jack Tame or Chris Chang |
1 News At 6pm
Weekdays
| Tenure | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| 1970s–mid-1980s | Bill Toft, Tom Bradley, Philip Sherry, Jennie Goodwin, Angela D'Audney, Bill McCarthy, or Dougal Stevenson |
| 1987 | Neil Billington and Judy Bailey |
| 1987–2003 | Richard Long and Judy Bailey |
| 2004–2005 | Judy Bailey |
| 2006–2020 | Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie |
| 2020-present | Simon Dallow |
Weekends
| Tenure | Presenters |
|---|---|
| Early 1990s–1997 | Tom Bradley and Angela D'Audney |
| 1997–1999 | Simon Dallow and Alison Mau |
| 2000 | Simon Dallow and Liz Gunn[9] |
| 2001–2003 | Simon Dallow and Alison Mau |
| 2004–2008 | Bernadine Oliver-Kerby[10] |
| 2008–2015 | Peter Williams and Bernadine Oliver-Kerby |
| 2016–2018 | Peter Williams |
| 2019–present | Melissa Stokes[11] |
1 News Tonight
| Tenure | Presenter |
|---|---|
| 1995–1997 | Simon Dallow and Alison Mau |
| 1998–2001 | Various |
| 2001 | Linda Clark[12] |
| 2002 | Peter Williams[13] |
| 2003 | Neil Waka[14] |
| 2004–2005 | Eric Young and Kate Hawkesby[15][16] |
| 2005–2006 | Kate Hawkesby[17] |
| 2007 | Sacha McNeil |
| 2007–2012 | Greg Boyed[18] |
| 2013 | Melissa Stokes, Miriama Kamo |
| 2013–2018 | Miriama Kamo, Greg Boyed/Melissa Stokes |
| 2018 | Melissa Stokes/Anna Burns-Francis/Marama T-Pole |
| 2019–present | Jenny Suo |
Backup presenters
| Show | Presenter | Backup presenter(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | Jenny-May Clarkson | Pippa Wetzell, Melissa Stokes, Anna Burns-Francis or Joy Reid | |
| John Campbell | Matty McLean, Scotty Stevenson, Haydn Jones or Jenny-May Clarkson | ||
| Breakfast News and Midday | Melissa Stokes or Anna Burns-Francis | Jenny Suo, Jack Tame or Oriini Kaipara | |
| Te Karere | Scotty Morrison | Irena Smith, Oriini Kaipara | |
| 1 News At 6 | Weekdays | Simon Dallow | John Campbell, Wendy Petrie, Melissa Stokes or Jack Tame |
| Weekends | Melissa Stokes | Anna Burns-Francis, Simon Dallow or Wendy Petrie | |
| Sport | Andrew Saville or Hayley Holt | Melissa Stokes, Toni Street or Scotty Stevenson | |
| Weather | Daniel Corbett or Renee Wright | Matty McLean, Chris Chang or Erin Conroy | |
| Seven Sharp | Jeremy Wells | Anika Moa, Simon Dallow, Toni Street, Matty McLean or Melissa Stokes | |
| Hilary Barry | |||
| 1 News Tonight | Jenny Suo | Claire Robbie, Anna Burns-Francis or Oriini Kaipara | |
1 News Reporters
The following is a list of 1 News reporters.[19]
This list excludes reporters from 20/20, Q&A, Fair Go, Sunday, Te Karere, Marae Investigates, 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.
| Name | Show | Role | Bureau |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy Reid | 1 News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Daniel Faitaua | 1 News | Correspondent | London |
| Rebecca Wright | 1 News | Correspondent | New York |
| Ryan Boswell | 1 News | Correspondent | Sydney |
| Barbara Dreaver | 1 News | Correspondent | Pacific |
| Sean Hogan | 1 News | Reporter | Hawke's Bay |
| Kaitlin Ruddock | 1 News | Reporter | Nelson |
| Helen Castles | 1 News | Reporter | Northland |
| Sam Kelway | 1 News | Reporter | Tauranga |
| Paul Hobbs | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Nicole Bremner | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Kimberlee Downs | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Katie Bradford | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Laura James | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Emily van Velthooven | 1 News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Kate Nicol-Williams | 1 News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Gia Garrick | 1 News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Cushla Norman | 1 News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Andrew Macfarlane | 1 News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Jessica Mutch McKay | 1 News | Political Editor | Wellington |
| Maiki Sherman | 1 News | Political Reporter | Wellington |
| Benedict Collins | 1 News | Political Reporter | Wellington |
| Lisa Davies | 1 News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Donna Marie-Lever | 1 News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Thomas Mead | 1 News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Jordan Oppert | 1 News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Jared McCulloch | 1 News | Reporter | Queenstown |
| John McKenzie | 1 News | Reporter | Dunedin |
| Andrew Saville | 1 News | Rugby Editor | Auckland |
| Chris Chang | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Matt Manukia | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Guy Heveldt | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Michelle Prendiville | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Dewi Preece | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Wellington |
| Jenny-May Clarkson (née Coffin) | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Abby Wilson (née Scott)[20] | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Auckland |
| Matt Hall-Smith | 1 News | Sports Reporter | Christchurch |
| Daniel Corbett | 1 News | Weather | Auckland |
| Renee Wright | 1 News | Weather | Auckland |
News resources on 1 News
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