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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
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| Production company | TVNZ |
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| Release | 3 November 1969 (1969-11-03) – present |
1News is thenews service of the New Zealand television networkTVNZ. Its flagship programme is the daily evening newscast1News at Six;[1] other programmes includemorning news-talk showBreakfast,Te Karere,Seven Sharp, andSunday morning political affairs programQ+A. TVNZ also operates a news website and app, 1News.co.nz. TVNZ's Chief News and Content Officer, Nadia Tolich, was appointed in April 2025.[2]
Broadcast from its Auckland studios, 1News' nightly 6pm bulletin is usually New Zealand's most-watched[3][4] television programme and seen as influential.[5] TVNZ operates bureaus in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch[6] and has foreign correspondents based in Australia, Europe and the United States.[7]
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 andDunedin) operating independently of each other due to technical constraints. TheWahine 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 7:35pm, read byDougal Stevenson. This bulletin was possible due to microwave links being established between the four main centres; the programme was called theNZBC Network News. Initially, it was read byPhilip Sherry, Dougal Stevenson orBill Toft on a rotating roster.
Prior to the building of theWarkworth 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.
TheNZBC Network News featured many other newsreaders until the NZBC was dissolved in 1975. The programme was then renamed as simplyNews.
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-builtAvalon television centre.[8]
TV One began broadcasting on 1 April 1975 and moved its evening news bulletin to 6:30 pm, with Dougal Stevenson orBill McCarthy reading 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 a nightly television news programme, althoughAngela D'Audney was the first two years earlier. TV2 was rebranded asSouth 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 byJohn Hawkesby) until South Pacific Television ceased transmission on 15 February 1980.
TV One and South Pacific Television were amalgamated intoTelevision 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 the four main regions:Top Half (Auckland and the upperNorth Island),Today Tonight (Wellington and the lower North Island and originally the upper South Island),The Mainland Touch (Christchurch,Canterbury and later the upperSouth Island) and7:30 South (Dunedin,Otago andSouthland). Initially, these programmes aired at 7:30 pm and ran for half an hour in duration.
In February 1982, 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's7:30 South was rebranded asThe South Tonight and TVNZ introduced a feature segment calledNationwide; it contained regional items of national interest, as well as "sidebars" – items which, for example, focused on 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 withRichard Long and Tony Ciprian alternately presenting sports news. Weather was presented on alternate nights by Veronica Allum and Sue Scott.
The main bulletin was revamped in November 1986 and renamed as theNetwork News, withJudy 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 theNetwork News, the beginning of a partnership that would continue for much of the next 15 years. Tony Ciprian moved to the new commercial networkTV3, the network's first sports producer. He was with3 News for almost 20 years.
In July 1988, theNetwork News was moved to 6 pm and renamed as theNetwork News at Six but the weekend bulletin remained at 6:30 pm (as theNetwork News and Sport). The moving of theNetwork 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 byPaul Holmes.Holmes began screening at 6:30 pm. At the same time, the duration of theNetwork 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 andSusan Wood in Sydney.
In October 1989, the weekendNetwork News and Sport was moved from 6:30 pm to 6 pm.
In November 1989, theNetwork News was relaunched asOne Network News; its renaming due to competition from new broadcasting station TV3's news programme3 National News.
In December 1989, bothTop Half andToday Tonight were axed by TVNZ butThe Mainland Touch andThe South Tonight continued for another year and screened on TV One at 5:45 pm as a lead-in toOne Network News at 6 pm, with support fromNZ 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 byHolmes at 7 pm. The change coincided with the unveiling of a new studio set which was used until 2003. On 2 January 1995, the mainOne Network News bulletin was delayed for 10 minutes after protesters occupied the studio and protested about the Māori language bulletinTe Karere which was off air over the Christmas and New Year period.[9]
July 1997 saw the replacement of weekend news presentersAngela D'Audney and Tom Bradley with husband and wifeSimon Dallow andAlison Mau. Bradley resigned, but D'Audney stayed as a backup presenter for other bulletins until her death in 2002.
On 11 August 1997, the early morningTelstra Business andBreakfast shows were first aired; Telstra Business was hosted by Michael Wilson; Breakfast hosted bySusan Wood andMike Hosking.
In 1998, TVNZ signed3 National News anchorJohn Hawkesby to replace Richard Long from the start of 1999. But when Haweskby began presentingOne 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 tookTVNZ to court, a dispute that he subsequently won.
The programme was renamed again on 31 December 1999 toOne News.
On 19 March 2000, TVNZ launched its first digital initiative nzoom.co.nz.[10] Staffed by 20 journalists, nzoom included news, sports, entertainment and home and garden sections, in additional to being aweb portal. The website was closed in 2003, and replaced by a more basic offering that was designed to extend television programming.[11] At the time of its closure, it ranked second amongst local online news providers - behind theNew Zealand Herald and ahead ofStuff.[12]
2003 saw a major shake up of TVNZ's news and current affairs programming with entering headBill Ralston making sweeping changes to the formats of many programmes. A new state-of-the-art studio came into use forOne 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 presenterApril Bruce (née Ieremia) also left in 2003.[13][14] Hickey returned toOne News in 2007.[15]
Close Up was launched in November 2004, whenPaul Holmes, host of theHolmes programme, resigned following failed contract negotiations.Close Up followed the same format asHolmes, but was hosted bySusan 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 broadcasterJudy Bailey's contract; some observers believe this was a direct reaction to the programme's market share decline inAuckland to3 News. An emotional Bailey signed off for the final time at the end of the 6 pmOne 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 ofOne News returned after the Christmas break of 2005–2006, it reverted to double-headed presentation withWendy Petrie andSimon Dallow taking over from Bailey. The weekend 6 pm bulletin remained single-headed until September 2008, when popular presenterPeter Williams joined Bernadine Oliver-Kerby as co-anchor.
In December 2008, One News relaunched online news product under the TVNZ.co.nz domain. The broadcaster said it was "upping the ante" for digital offerings.[16][17][18]
Sir Paul Holmes returned to TVNZ as the host on the new political programmeQ+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 andLindsay Perigo returned to read oneBreakfast news segment each.
A Saturday edition ofBreakfast, calledSaturday Breakfast, was broadcast from 3 September 2011, hosted byRawdon Christie andToni Street, and ran until the end of 2012, when it andOne News at 4:30 were cancelled for financial reasons.[19]
1News was awarded Best News in theQantas Media Awards from 2008 through 2011 and won Best Breaking News in theNew Zealand Film and Television Awards 2012.
In September 2012 an announcement was made that TVNZ would discontinueClose Up at the end of 2012. The finalClose Up programme screened on 30 November 2012 and in early 2013, an announcement was made of the replacement show, namedSeven Sharp. The first show screened on 4 February 2013.[20][21]
Former BBC meteorologistDaniel 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.[22]
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.[23] Some changes were criticised for an apparent pivot towards "clickbait".[24] In May 2016, TVNZ began syndicating news video withStuff.[25]
One News programmes were renamed 1News in 2016, when TV One was renamedTVNZ 1.[26]
During theCOVID-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.[27]
Paul Yurisich, who was appointed to the role of Head of News and Current Affairs in 2020, resigned from TVNZ in 2022 after a review into the hiring of formerAl Jazeera presenterKamahl Santamaria.[28][29][30] Phil O'Sullivan replaced Yurisich as the Executive Editor, News and Current Affairs. O'Sullivan had previously been in the role in an acting capacity since June 2022.
In late July 2023, 1News revamped its intro and banner, by changing the colour from blue to black, and moving 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 asNetflix andYouTube. In addition, TVNZ has proposed 68 job cuts, amounting to about 9 percent of its staff.[31][32] On 9 April, TVNZ confirmed that 1News' Midday and late night bulletins would be axed by mid-May 2024.[33] Midday broadcast its final bulletin on Friday 3 May 2024, hosted by Indira Stewart.[34][35]
On 7 October 2024, TVNZ's management proposed closing down 1News' website by February 2025 as part of a NZ$30 million cost-saving measure.[36] On 29 October, TVNZ abandoned plans to shut down its 1News website but proposed expanding the news content of itsTVNZ+ streaming service.[37]
Breakfast airs short news, sports and weather updates every half-hour, from 6 am until 8:30 am, hosted byChris Chang.
Te Karere is a half-hour news programme broadcast at 4 pm weekdays entirely inMāori. It is presented byScotty 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 bySimon Dallow on weekdays andMelissa Stokes at weekends. Sport is hosted byHayley Holt or Andrew Saville, and weather byDaniel Corbett, Erin Conroy or Renee Wright.
The bulletin has five segments separated by advertisement breaks. National and international news stories for 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 byHilary Barry andJeremy Wells, it features mostly current event or localhuman interest stories. It was launched in 2013, replacingClose Up and long serving broadcasterMark Sainsbury.
Q+A is an hour-long political show that airs at 9 am on Sundays. Presented byJack 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 in primetime. By mid-2020, it returned to its traditional Sunday morning timeslot.
Q+A wonBest News/Current Affairs Programme in the 2009Qantas Media Awards.
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 itsUS namesake. It airs onTVNZ 1 and consists of both local content and international stories (often produced by partner networks, such asABC).20/20's set is the shared TVNZ News and Current Affairs studio in the TVNZ Television Centre in central Auckland.
1News at Midday was a half-hour long bulletin that aired at midday each weekday. The final episode of Midday was broadcast on Friday 3 May 2024.
1News Tonight was a half-hour long bulletin that aired at approximately 10:30 pm onTVNZ 1 each weeknight. It competed withThree'sNewshub Late. The final episode of Tonight was broadcast on Friday, 10 May 2024.
Discontinued in July 2012, whenTVNZ 7 closed down.
Amalgamated intoBreakfast in 2013.
Replaced withSeven Sharp in 2013.
Discontinued in 2013 due to lack of funding.[19]
Discontinued in 2013.[19]
1News Special episodes are often aired during international, one-off and breaking news events. For international breaking news stories,1Newsoften airs a video feed from other news organisations. 1News has aired specials for the following events:
During theCOVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand a 1News Special was broadcast most days at 1 pm. During the 1 pm broadcast Director-General of HealthAshley Bloomfield would announce how many new cases of coronavirus were in New Zealand.
Annual specials are aired for the following events:
| Tenure | Presenter(s) |
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| 1969–1975 | Bill Toft, Philip Sherry orDougal Stevenson |
| 1975–1980 | Dougal Stevenson or Bill McCarthy forTV One +Jennie Goodwin, Tom Bradley or Philip Sherry forTV2/South Pacific Television |
| 1980–1983 | Philip Sherry, Tom Bradley,Jennie Goodwin orAngela D'Audney |
| 1983–1986 | Philip Sherry or Tom Bradley |
| 1986–1987 | Neil Billington andJudy Bailey |
| 1988–2003 | Richard Long andJudy Bailey (John Hawkesby and Judy Bailey for three weeks in early 1999) |
| 2004–2005 | Judy Bailey |
| 2006–2020 | Simon Dallow andWendy Petrie |
| 2020–2025 | Simon Dallow |
| 2025-present | Melissa Stokes |
| Tenure | Presenters |
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| 1969–1975 | Bill Toft, Philip Sherry orDougal Stevenson |
| 1975–1980 | Dougal Stevenson or Bill McCarthy forTV One +Jennie Goodwin, Tom Bradley or Philip Sherry forTV2/South Pacific Television |
| 1980–1983 | Philip Sherry, Tom Bradley,Jennie Goodwin orAngela D'Audney |
| 1983–1986 | Philip Sherry or Tom Bradley |
| 1986-1995 | Tom Bradley orAngela D'Audney |
| 1995–1997 | Tom Bradley andAngela D'Audney |
| 1998–1999 | Simon Dallow andAlison Mau (Richard Long and Liz Gunn for three weeks in early 1999) |
| 2000 | Simon Dallow and Liz Gunn[38] |
| 2001–2003 | Simon Dallow andAlison Mau |
| 2004–2008 | Bernadine Oliver-Kerby[39] |
| 2008–2015 | Peter Williams andBernadine Oliver-Kerby |
| 2016–2018 | Peter Williams |
| 2019–2025 | Melissa Stokes[40] |
| 2025-present | Jack Tame |
| Show | Presenter(s) | Backup presenter(s) | |
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| Breakfast |
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| Breakfast News | Chris Chang |
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| Te Karere | Scotty Morrison |
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| 1News at Six | Weekdays | Simon Dallow |
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| Weekends and holidays | Melissa Stokes |
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| Sport | Hayley Holt orAndrew Saville |
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| Weather | Daniel Corbett or Renee Wright |
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The following is a list of 1News reporters.[41]
This list does not include reporters from20/20,Q+A,Fair Go,Sunday,Te Karere,Marae,Breakfast andSeven 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 |
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| John Campbell | 1News | Chief correspondent | Auckland |
| Indira Stewart | 1News | In-depth multi-media reporter | Auckland |
| Melissa Stokes | 1News | Presenter/reporter | Auckland |
| Lisa Davies | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Thomas Mead | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Alison Pugh | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Joy Reid | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Katie Stevenson | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Ryan Boswell | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Digby Werthmuller | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Donna-Marie Lever | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |
| Jared McCulloch | 1News | Reporter | Otago |
| Michelle Prendiville | 1News | Reporter | Dunedin |
| Jessica Roden | 1News | Reporter | Nelson |
| Corin Dann | 1News | Political editor (2012-2018) | Gallery |
| Jessica Mutch McKay | 1News | Political editor (2018-2024) | Gallery |
| Maiki Sherman | 1News | Political editor (2024-) | Gallery |
| Benedict Collins | 1News | Senior political reporter | Gallery |
| Felix Desmarais | 1News | Digital political reporter | Gallery |
| Dewi Preece | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Cushla Norman | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Kate Nicol-Williams | 1News | Reporter / Europe correspondent (2025-) | Wellington / London |
| Laura Frykberg | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Abbey Wakefield | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Samantha Olley | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Henry McMullan | 1News | Reporter | Hawke's Bay |
| Sam Kelway | 1News | Reporter | Bay of Plenty |
| Helen Castles | 1News | Reporter | Northland |
| Yvonne Tahana | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Simon Mercep | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Nicole Bremner | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Kim Baker-Wilson | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Corazon Miller | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Jacob Johnson | 1News | Reporter / Australia correspondent (2025-) | Auckland / Sydney |
| Te Aniwa Hurihanginui | 1News | Māori affairs correspondent | Auckland |
| Katie Bradford | 1News | Business correspondent (-2025) | Auckland |
| Andrew Macfarlane | 1News | Australia correspondent (2017-2023) | Sydney |
| Aziz Al Sa’afin | 1News | Australia correspondent (2023-2025) / Reporter | Sydney / Auckland |
| Barbara Dreaver | 1News | Pacific correspondent | Auckland |
| Mei Heron | 1News | Europe correspondent / Reporter (2025-) | London / Wellington |
| Logan Church | 1News | US correspondent | New York |
| Andrew Saville | 1News | Sports anchor/reporter | Auckland |
| Hayley Holt | 1News | Sports anchor/reporter | Auckland |
| Abby Wilson | 1News | Sports reporter | Auckland |
| Guy Heveldt | 1News | Sports reporter | Auckland |
| Jordan Oppert | 1News | Sports reporter | Christchurch |
| Zion Dayal | 1News | Sports reporter | Auckland |
| Kate Wells | 1News | Sports reporter | Auckland |
| Brodyn Knuckey | 1News | Sports reporter | Auckland |
| Demelza Leslie | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Lucy Bendell | 1News | Reporter | Hamilton |
| James Fleury | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Sophie Trigger | 1News | Reporter | Wellington |
| Jill Higgins | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Ed O'Driscoll | 1News | Reporter | Auckland |
| Jason Walls | 1News | Business correspondent (2025-) | Auckland |
| Laura James | 1News | Reporter | Christchurch |