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The Sure Things: Rangitikei is 'quintessential NZ' and Suze Redmayne wants it protected

Suze Redmayne's on her way to Parliament in the safe National seat of Rangitikei, and though she could work with Act, she thinks its policies can be a bit 'heartless'.

Newsroom.co.nz

The cuts and trust of NZ media

MediaRoom column: Very few competitors, and certainly not the sensible ones, cheered the end of Today FM – because all commercial media are staring at the same 'great big wall' on advertising spend that hit its owner MediaWorks this year.

Newsroom.co.nz

Jackson’s Plan B for public media

Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the Government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems the merger was supposed to fix. Mark Jennings looks at Labour’s new slimmed down approach to public media.

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Shamrock Rovers 4-4 Cork City: Thriller in Tallaght as Champions earn point

It was a thriller in Tallaght as Shamrock Rovers dug deep.

Irish Mirror

TVNZ merger response raises eyebrows

MediaRoom column: On the eve of a Cabinet decision on the proposed public broadcasting merger, questions emerge over the engagement by TVNZ's chief executive of two former National government aides to change the narrative and push TVNZ's view about the Government's plan.

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TVNZ/RNZ merger a 'chilling prospect' for some

The planned TVNZ/RNZ merger has been described by one competitor as a ‘chilling prospect’ and a ‘serious threat’ to the rest of New Zealand’s media eco-system

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The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in public media – 3 things the law change must get right

With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill, it is becoming clear this crucial piece of legislation has some significant shortcomings. These will need attention before it passes into law.

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Bangor Celtic 0 Shamrock Rovers 4: Youthful Hoops side lines out but veterans still central to FAI Cup cruise

In a team largely populated with teens, it was Rory Gaffney and Sean Hoare who netted the critical goals

Irish Mirror

TVNZ news boss a scapegoat in Santamaria affair

TVNZ’s former head of news Paul Yurisich didn’t do any reference checks on disgraced breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, according to an independent inquiry

Newsroom.co.nz

Shamrock Rovers sign ex-Norwich City winger Simon Power

Power, 24, is versatile and can play wide, across midfield, behind the strikers and even in defence

Irish Mirror

‘Peter Ellis did not abuse our child’

For the first time, the mother of a child described as “the most credible and compelling witness” in the notorious Civic Creche case speaks out in an exclusive video interview,

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TVNZ’s unholy mess

TVNZ’s head of news, Paul Yurisich, is on leave while a lawyer investigates its hiring policies in wake of the Kamahl Santamaria fiasco. But as Mark Jennings writes the saga is not over yet.

Newsroom.co.nz

Nothing to announce here, move along

Yesterdaze: The Prime Minister struggled to come up with announceables, while TVNZ's announcements veered towards the unspeakable. James Elliott picks his way through the week

Newsroom.co.nz

Santamaria's spectacular fall from grace

Kamahl Santamaria's controversial departure from - and arrival at - TVNZ is a multi-level fiasco, writes Mark Jennings, who gave the broadcaster his first job.

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