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.
The 6 pm programme is New Zealand's most-watched news programme. As of July 2008, it has a market share of 44%.
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 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, Today Tonight, The Mainland Touch and The South Tonight. 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 also left in 2003. Hickey returned to One News in 2007.
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.
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.
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 by Daniel Faitaua, later replaced by Jenny-May Clarkson since September 2019. 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, and airs nightly at 6 pm and is fronted by Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie on weekdays and Melissa Stokes on the weekend. Sport is presented by Jenny-May Clarkson or Chris Chang, and weather by Daniel Corbett or Renee Wright.
The bulletin is usually structured like this:
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 Sonja Wilson. The show is of the same format to that of the American Broadcasting Company's edition.
It airs on TVNZ 1 and consists of both local content and international stories. 20/20s 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:
DateEvent
31 August 1997Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
11 September 2001September 11 attacks
20 December 20072007 Gisborne earthquake
11 January 2008Death of Sir Edmund Hillary
22 January 2008State funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary
4 September 20102010 Canterbury earthquake
19 November 2010Pike River Mine disaster
22 February 20112011 Christchurch earthquake
11 March 20112011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
30 October 2012Hurricane Sandy
21 July 20132013 Seddon earthquake
15 December 20142014 Sydney hostage crisis
9 November 20162016 United States presidential election
14 November 20162016 Kaikoura earthquake
17 February 20172017 Port Hills fires
19 May 2018Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
21 June 2018Jacinda Ardern gives birth
15 March 2019Christchurch mosque shootings
9 December 20192019 Whakaari/White Island eruption
15 March 2020First anniversary of Christchurch mosque shootings
23 March 2020COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
24 March 2020COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

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:

''1 News At Midday''

''1 News At 6pm''

Weekdays

Weekends

''1 News Tonight''

Backup presenters

''1 News'' Reporters

The following is a list of 1 News reporters.
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.
NameShowRoleBureau
Joy Reid1 NewsReporterChristchurch
Daniel Faitaua1 NewsCorrespondentLondon
Rebecca Wright1 NewsCorrespondentNew York
Ryan Boswell1 NewsCorrespondentSydney
Barbara Dreaver1 NewsCorrespondentPacific
Sean Hogan1 News ReporterHawke's Bay
Kaitlin Ruddock1 NewsReporterNelson
Helen Castles1 NewsReporterNorthland
Sam Kelway1 NewsReporterTauranga
Paul Hobbs1 NewsReporterAuckland
Nicole Bremner1 NewsReporterAuckland
Kimberlee Downs1 NewsReporterAuckland
Katie Bradford1 NewsReporterAuckland
Laura James1 NewsReporterAuckland
Emily van Velthooven1 NewsReporterAuckland
Kate Nicol-Williams1 NewsReporterWellington
Gia Garrick1 NewsReporterWellington
Cushla Norman1 NewsReporterWellington
Andrew Macfarlane1 NewsReporterWellington
Jessica Mutch McKay1 NewsPolitical EditorWellington
Maiki Sherman1 NewsPolitical ReporterWellington
Benedict Collins1 NewsPolitical ReporterWellington
Lisa Davies1 NewsReporterChristchurch
Donna Marie-Lever1 NewsReporterChristchurch
Thomas Mead1 NewsReporterChristchurch
Jordan Oppert1 NewsReporterChristchurch
Jared McCulloch1 NewsReporterQueenstown
John McKenzie1 NewsReporterDunedin
Andrew Saville1 NewsRugby EditorAuckland
Chris Chang1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Matt Manukia1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Guy Heveldt1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Michelle Prendiville1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Dewi Preece1 NewsSports ReporterWellington
Jenny-May Clarkson 1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Abby Wilson 1 NewsSports ReporterAuckland
Matt Hall-Smith1 NewsSports ReporterChristchurch
Daniel Corbett1 NewsWeatherAuckland
Renee Wright1 NewsWeatherAuckland

News resources on ''1 News''