As Newshub leaves Kiwi screens forever tonight, Ant Farac, the creative force behind the original brand, looks back at his inspiration. Farac, now with strategic consultancy These Guys I Know, recalls the inspiration for the original Newshub brand: the New York subway system and its streamlined approach that made sense of commuter chaos. The subway design brought simplicity and structure – as great design should. “It makes sense from an immediate brand architecture perspective obviously (Three, Three Now, ThreeNews) but it certainly wasn’t what the original design intended or where we expected to end up, so it’s quite surreal. Farac’s creative work has secured These Guys I Know a finalist position in three categories at the NZ Marketing Awards creating the Star RV brand for Jucy Group.

Music Pluswith Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nzHow bands approach the recording studio has changed a lot, at least since the 1960s. Listen to a band from the 1950s and you are essentially hearing a live performance in the studio. Robbie Laven did it on the recent Whittakers’ album and guitarist Bruce Rolands, featured on Gary Harvey’s new album, is particularly good at layering interlocking parts without losing feel. Indie-pop outfit Crooked Finger has achieved that at Mount Maunganui’s Studio 11b with debut album ‘Unshackled Vol 1’, out now on digital platforms and CD. Crooked Finger’s album launch will be at The Jam Factory next Saturday, July 12.

At 7pm tonight, the news service will conclude its final bulletin, making way for Stuff’s new Three News to begin tomorrow. She joined Duncan Greive on The Fold this morning for a candid conversation alongside her outgoing co-host Mike McRoberts. If you want to tell stories, come to Three.”Looking back…Newshub’s eventual closure, wrote Duncan Greive in February, followed some clear signposts. If Stuff’s gamble pays off, my hope is we’ll one day see another breakfast programme on Three. Duncan Greive asked and tried to answer 14 questions about the new-look show when it was first announced.

Previously, ASB had been expecting the OCR to be held at 5.5% until February next year. Tuffley said households were starting to buckle under higher interest rates and inflation indicators were softening quickly. ASB put its OCR call under review immediately after the survey was released and ANZ, which still expects a February cut, said the case for a November cut was building. RBNZ will release full monetary policy statements in August and November, before going on a three month hiatus until February. Tuffley said monetary policy had been “leaning hard against inflation for over two and a half years now” but inflation had consistently been stronger than expected.

Photo: Toni McDonaldNeighbours tried desperately to save an 11-year-old boy and his mother who died in a house fire in Manapouri yesterday, police say. A man who also lived at the rental property was away at work at the time the fire took hold, police said. Detective Sergeant Mark McCloy, of Invercargill, said officers were speaking to neighbours who tried to rescue the woman and her son. "Neighbours at the property attempted valiantly to gain entry to the burning house, but they were unable to and contacted emergency services," he said. Community shocked by fire deathThe news of the initial death yesterday shocked the close-knit community.

Newshub shuts down this Friday, with the loss of almost 300 jobs across Warner Bros Discovery’s newsroom and other departments. A screengrab of the new-look 6pm news, as presented to an advertising and marketing seminar in Auckland. Stuff owner Sinead Boucher with outgoing Warner Bros Discovery New Zealand boss Glen Kyne at a press conference to announce Stuff would take over production of the 6pm news. “At the same time, we’ve had to be really, really conscious that over in Juliet’s world, there’s a lot of big emotions and things happening this week. That leaves Warner Bros Discovery free to gather as much advertising revenue as possible in and around the bulletin - and retain the lot.

On Wednesday 3rd July, our Open B and Junior Boys and Girls took to Eden Epsom Squash Club to battle it out in our second ODT! We had 19 teams over three grades – Girls (combined Open B and Junior), Open B Boys and Junior Boys. Congratulations to our winners 🥇:Girls (combined Open B and Junior): Macleans College Open B GirlsOpen B Boys: Onewhero Area SchoolJunior Boys: Westlake Boys High SchoolA big thank you to all the players, coaches, and supporters who made this event possible! Full results are available here.

On Wednesday 3rd July, our Open B and Junior Boys and Girls took to Eden Epsom Squash Club to battle it out in our second ODT! We had 19 teams over three grades – Girls (combined Open B and Junior), Open B Boys and Junior Boys. Congratulations to our winners 🥇: Girls (combined Open B and Junior): Macleans College Open B Girls Open B Boys: Onewhero Area School Junior Boys: Westlake Boys High School A big thank you to all the players, coaches, and supporters who made this event possible!…

Press Release – Whakaata MaoriKa p te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi. (Photo/Supplied)1.5 DEGREES A GLOBAL WARNING premieres Monday 8 July at 7.30PM on Whakaata Māori and MĀORI+. “As aspiring architects, we need to intentionally design with climate change as our focal point,” say Corban Richter and Toby Whata. How do you make plans to restore a taonga species when the impacts of climate change are now looming to hamper their comeback? Note:Whakaata Māori trades under its reo Māori name to better reflect the role it plays in revitalising te reo Māori, our culture, and sharing our stories across multiple platforms.

Source: ACT PartyACT is welcoming the end of Labour’s compulsory intensification rules as the Government announces new plans to implement housing growth targets and free up land. This is how ACT makes the Government better. The mad Labour-National plan to zone every section in major cities for three three-storey houses is dead. If we don’t solve our housing crisis, we risk a generation looking offshore for the hope of a secure future. ACT understands that housing development isn’t just held back by land use rules, but by a lack of instrastructure.

The warning comes as the IRD intends to scrutinise people who actively deal in crypto assets, but aren't declaring income from this in their tax returns. That crypto values have reached new highs means people are well positioned to pay their tax for the 2024 and earlier year, IRD said. Even keeping transactions outside the country is unlikely to hide them from the IRD. The tax department said it receives data from crypto exchanges in New Zealand and overseas, and has signed up to the OECD crypto asset reporting framework. "That means New Zealand works closely with other tax jurisdictions and will get more data on customers' crypto asset transactions outside New Zealand," the department spokesperson said.

The GDPNow forecast took another dip today with the key item, Real Final Sales, now at 0.9 percent. The difference between the two line is Change In Private Inventories (CIPI) which nets to zero over time. The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2024 is 1.5 percent on July 3, down from 1.7 percent on July 1. But I was very confident the model did not expect the dismal ISM Report or the dismal manufacturing data. Severe Weakness in the Latest Manufactured Goods ReportPlease see Severe Weakness in the Latest Manufactured Goods ReportAlso see The Services ISM Plunges Into a Recession Forecasting ContractionThis is very recessionary data.

Marbella is proposing is a €750 ($1200) fine for anyone caught urinating in the sea off any of the 25 beaches in the Malaga municipality. Previously the fine was €300 ($480) and it is unclear if anyone was ever made to pay out. READ MORE: Cruise expert shares mistake you might be making at the buffetMarbella is famed for its beaches and Mediterranean coastline. Marbella is not the first Spanish seaside resort to slap a hefty ban on beachgoers relieving themselves in the waves. The popular Spanish resort of Benidorm recently warned it would fine tourists up to €1200 ($1900) if they go swimming between midnight and 7am.

All Blacks v England - HistoryEngland tour New Zealand for two tests, as they return here for the first time since 2014. Overall record All Blacks v EnglandPlayed 43All Blacks won 33England won 8Draws 2All Blacks v England lineupsAll Blacks: To be namedEngland:1. All Blacks v England first test refereeNika Amashukeli will referee the game. All Blacks v England expert predictionsElliott Smith - All Blacks 1-12Liam Napier - All Blacks 1-12Alex Powell - All Blacks 13+Jason Pine - All Blacks 1-12Nathan Limm - All Blacks 1-12Elijah Fa’afiu - All Blacks 1-12Weather forecastForsyth Barr Stadium features a roof so no issue for the players on Saturday but it will be around seven degrees at kickoff. All Blacks v England TAB oddsAll Blacks: $1.17 Draw: $21 England: $4.60All Blacks v England How to follow the actionFor live commentary of All Blacks v England, join Elliott Smith on Newstalk ZB, Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.

So do we still care about the old-fashioned evening TV news? "We don't need to congregate around a TV at 6pm any more to find out who's dead and what the weather will be tomorrow," he said to rich applause. Henry is only hosting The Traitors long after his prime because he was a TV news personality in the past. Former Newshub chief Hal Crawford recently told Mediawatch a live news bulletin also gives a TV channel life. Digital disruption is also acute for Māori TV news.