The name for Stuff's new TV bulletin replacing Newshub
Photo: Supplied / Lee Howell IDCStuff has revealed the logo and name of its new 6pm TV bulletin that will replace Newshub at 6 from July. Over the years it has had different names ranging from 3 National News, to 3 News, and recently Newshub. Several senior reporters and producers from Newshub will join Stuff journalists around the country to produce the programme. In April, Newshub's owners WBD announced it had made a deal with Stuff to create a replacement 6pm news bulletin. WBD had announced the closure of Newshub in March to curb losses it described as unsustainable.
Source:Stuff
May 27, 2024 04:19 UTC
New Zealand: Canterbury mother summoned to court for helping her child cast fishing rod without a licence
The kids had got fishing rods from their grandparents for Christmas and decided to give them a go. Although Murphy's children had freshwater fishing licenses from Fish and Game, she didn't, and so the ranger served her with an infringement notice. The Murphy family were shocked to hear that parents can't help kids fish if they don't have licenses themselves. "I've never stolen, I've never done anything remotely illegal, now I have a diversion for casting a fishing line," Murphy said. We encourage the family to attend Fish and Game's children's instructional fishing event in the area in December."
Source:Stuff
May 27, 2024 04:10 UTC
Five women stand trial over death of Wellington man Rau Tongia
Photo: Stuff/Juan Zarama PeriniA murder trial over the death of Karori man Rau Tongia has started in the High Court in Wellington. Shayde Weston, Breeze Hunt-Weston, Louise Kelly Hume and Pania Waaka have all pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. Photo: Stuff/Juan Zarama PeriniHunt-Weston has also pleaded not guilty to two other charges. Photo: Stuff/Juan Zarama PeriniCarter said while the Crown did not condone Tongia's actions, he should not have died for them. Photo: Stuff/Juan Zarama PeriniPolice used GPS, CCTV, phone messages and data retained by Facebook and Google to track the accused on the night in question.
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May 27, 2024 02:22 UTC
Newshub closure: Stuff reveals name for new 6pm bulletin
Stuff has revealed the name of its new 6pm TV bulletin, which is set to replace Newshub when it closes in early July. Stuff will provide an hour-long weekday bulletin and a 30-minute bulletin on Saturdays and Sundays. Samantha Hayes is set to host the news bulletin and will be joined by a host of her Newshub colleagues. Outgoing Newshub – and incoming Stuff – 6pm newsreader Samantha Hayes. Outgoing Warner Bros Discovery boss Glen Kyne told Media Insider that a Stuff team had been in the Newshub studio last week, observing the production of the 6pm bulletin.
Source:Stuff
May 27, 2024 01:30 UTC
Communication breakdown
“How many of you are even from the West Coast?” A rheumy-eyed old-timer who appeared to have seen too many West Coast winters, demanded of the protesters. That so many of the protesters were residents of the West Coast indicated how dramatically attitudes have changed in 30 years. It may be confidently predicted that the Resources Minister, and a great many other people, will be watching extremely closely to see how many people follow them. If similar environmental protests (against genetic engineering, against West Coast coal-mining) offer any guide, then well in excess of 30,000 marchers may be expected. Nor should it be forgotten that the coking-coal from New Zealand’s West Coast is highly prized by steel-makers around the world.
Source:Stuff
May 27, 2024 01:28 UTC
Car owners cancel insurance policies as cost of living bites
As well as having to spend an extra $100 a week on groceries, increases in the cost of things like insurance are hitting hard. "I've had to cancel my car insurance. Justin Lim, chief executive of comparison site Quashed, said the rate of increase in insurance premiums was accelerating. Premiums for insurance policies quoted on the site were up 40% for both comprehensive and third-party car insurance and up 25% for house and contents, year-on-year, he said. Consumer data found an increase of 38% in car insurance premiums between 2021 and October 2023.
Source:Stuff
May 27, 2024 00:54 UTC
Name, logo for Stuff's 6pm news bulletin revealed
Stuff and Warner Bros Discovery have revealed the name and logo of their new nightly news bulletin. The new 6pm bulletin would be called ThreeNews — harking back to the old 3 News brand. It would go to air in July, replacing the current Newshub bulletin. The logo matched other Warner Bros Discovery offerings such as ThreeNow, coloured in Stuff's preferred purple. Last month Warner Bros confirmed it was shutting its newsroom and ending programming, with the loss of up to 300 jobs.
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May 27, 2024 00:36 UTC
ThreeNews: Name and logo for Stuff 6pm news bulletin revealed
"Stuff isn't just reproducing what we've always had," said WBD Vice President, Head of Networks ANZ, Juliet Peterson. On April 15, it was confirmed WBD had filed a trademark claim for the names "Three News" and "ThreeNews" in the wake Newshub's closure. Stuff had lodged the trademark with the New Zealand Intellectual Properties Office on Monday, April 15, just one day before it was revealed the company would take over production of the bulletin. In May, Stuff announced it had hired current Newshub Live at 6pm presenter Samantha Hayes to be the main presenter for its new bulletin. The new 6pm bulletin will be broadcast seven days a week, starting on July 6.
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May 27, 2024 00:11 UTC
New name, old gangs, same policing
Photo: StuffPolice are returning to crime-fighting ways of old in their fight against gangs, as technology becomes harder to hack, experts in New Zealand's criminal underworld say. In light of the recent police announcement on national and local gang units, today's episode of The Detail looks at how police and governments have fought back against gangs over the decades. Photo: suppliedHe says the introduction of methamphetamine in the late 1990s and early 2000s "supercharged the criminal underworld in which gangs belonged to". Former senior cop Lance Burdett, now a trainer in crisis intervention and personal stress, spent much of his policing career dealing with gangs. He tells The Detail the new gang unit is really just "policing in general" with a "different name".
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May 26, 2024 23:15 UTC
Highlanders into the playoffs
Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens is tackled by Fiji Dura flanker Kitone Salawa. The fullback was one of four Highlanders to score tries in Dunedin this afternoon. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHThe Highlanders have clinched a playoff spot with a 39-3 win against the Fijian Drua at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium. Their own flying Fijians - Jona Nareki Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, Timoci Tavatavanawai - scored four tries between them, and every one was a treat. Haig took clean line-up take and the Highlanders swung in behind him and mauled their way up field.
Source:Otago Daily Times
May 26, 2024 04:29 UTC
'It was frightening': Wellington woman blinded by household cleaner
First published onPhoto: DAVID UNWIN / THE POSTDirty outside wall ... no problem - Sally Selwood had just the cleaner for it. Photo: DAVID UNWIN / THE POSTThe optometrist said the blistering was a chemical injury caused by the cleaner Selwood had been using - Double Bubble Wet & Forget and told her she was legally blind. At the time the 71-year-old had to have her eyes extensively sluiced and she had visited Wellington Hospital on several occasions. In a statement last Friday on behalf of Wet & Forget, managing partner of PR Partners, Jon Ramage said the company was "very sorry" to hear about Selwood's injury. [It] will also reiterate to the [Wet & Forget] 21 store network the importance of sharing the safety instructions with people purchasing the product."
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May 26, 2024 02:48 UTC
RBNZ’s Paul Conway says economy is ‘broadly balanced’
Supply and demand in the New Zealand economy are back in balance and prices are behaving more normally, despite slow progress in domestic services inflation. Our output gap is pretty much zero and we're pretty much around what we used to call maximum sustainable employment in the labour market,” he said on Friday. However, core inflation in the United Kingdom remains uncomfortably high at 4%, while its services inflation was just under 6%. Statistics NZ’s measure of core inflation shows an annual rate of about 4.5% in the most recent release and RBNZ’s flagship core measure puts it at 4.3%. RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr said the inflation pressures were concentrated in the short-term and sectors less affected by interest rates.
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May 25, 2024 23:13 UTC
Claire Trevett: What surprises await us ahead of Budget 2024?
There's been plenty of speculation ahead of the upcoming 2024 Budget, to be released May 30. The Prime Minister and the Finance Minister have promised surprises and 'bold moves' on top of the proposed tax cuts and reduced spending. NZ Herald political editor Claire Trevett says the Government has proved every new spending measure will be counteracted with a cut somewhere else. LISTEN ABOVE
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 25, 2024 22:52 UTC
Fights now longer, more aggressive: principal
Photo: ODTHigh schools are witnessing pupils fighting with a type of violence that lasts longer and is more aggressive, the head of a group representing principals says. Fights were often among groups and they were "not stopping when the person goes down", he said. Anecdotally, those engaging in fights were "harder to bring back from the edge - it's harder to de-escalate". Historically, teenagers had fought with their fists and while this was not to be condoned, the use of a weapon was "really, really troubling", he said. Overall, offending by adolescents had decreased in the past decade - but a certain group of teenagers were offending more, Dr Sutherland said.
Source:Otago Daily Times
May 25, 2024 21:08 UTC
Young performers strut stuff during competition
Lucy Brown competing in the Latin, American or tango under-12 competition at the Oamaru Opera House last weekend. PHOTO: NIC DUFFThe best and brightest young performers in the South Island took to the stage in Oamaru last weekend. The 85th edition of the Oamaru Performing Arts Competition was held at the Oamaru Opera House. This was "on par or slightly up" from what the competition was used to attracting, competition secretary Vicki Jamison said. Mrs Jamison loved seeing young performers get a chance to show what they have got.
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May 25, 2024 16:02 UTC