Anticipation is building as it gets closer and closer to the start of Stuff’s 6pm bulletin, especially as its new name and logo has just been revealed. It’s going to be an exciting new bulletin while still retaining Three’s unique touch and approach. “Having Sam Hayes remain as the face and lead of ThreeNews, with reporting from so many fantastic former-Newshub journalists alongside Stuff’s large multimedia team, this new bulletin is going to be superb, I can feel it. “We are producing something that will be both familiar and fresh, a great marriage of the Three brand and Stuff’s live and lively news ethos,” she says. “Our teams have worked together on the look and feel of the show, the set and the brand, bringing together a cohesive new bulletin that we can’t wait to share with the rest of Aotearoa.”

May 28, 2024 00:57 UTC

New Zealand Media and Entertainment is celebrating its haul at the 2024 Voyager Media Awards last Friday, after taking out a number of supreme awards. This included Hawke’s Bay Today winning the highly coveted Voyager Newspaper of the Year and Regional Newspaper of the Year. They unanimously agreed Hawke’s Bay Today’s response to Cyclone Gabrielle was an “extraordinary effort in extraordinary times”. “It’s fantastic to have them recognised and celebrated this evening following their recent success on a global scale at the INMA Global Media Awards last month. Thank you to our NZME team for your commitment and efforts, and to our valued advertisers and readers across the country.

May 28, 2024 00:55 UTC

Stuff has been recognised as New Zealand’s best digital news site at the Voyager Media Awards,building on its number one audience position as the largest news site in the country. Lawrence Smith, one of several national Stuff video journalists to win at the awards, was Video Journalist of the Year. NZME took out a number of newspaper awards including Newspaper of the Year for Hawkes Bay Today with the New Zealand Herald winning Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year and Weekend Newspaper of the Year. Newshub’s Paddy Gower Has Issues, won Best Current Affairs (short), while rivals TVNZ won Best Current Affairs or Documentary by John Campbell, Andrew Dalton and Dallas Smith. “This year Stuff has replatformed, launched new vertical video and audio products, partnered with other major media organisations and now won a slew of digital awards.

May 28, 2024 00:54 UTC

Granted, booking a holiday last-minute does mean that you have less time to daydream and let the anticipation (and expectations) build, but it can often come about because of a deal. However, don't be fooled by a shiny, cheap deal – there are plenty of ways your holiday can be derailed even before you go. READ MORE: The most in-demand cruise destinations for Aussies in 2024Who doesn't love booking a last-minute deal? Likewise, you'll want to pack indoor activities too if your cheap seats to tropical beaches coincide with cyclone season. Does your holiday deal include checked baggage, meals on board, hotel breakfasts, cruise gratuities, airport transfers?

May 27, 2024 23:18 UTC

In Japan, yields for their 10-year government bond yield rose above 1%, its highest level in 12 years. The Australian 10 year bond yield is now at 4.32% and down -3 bps. The Kiwi dollar starts today up +¼c from yesterday at just on 61.5 USc. That all means our TWI-5 starts today over 70.7, which is up +15 bps from yesterday. The bitcoin price starts today at US$70,052 and up +3.4% from this time yesterday.

May 27, 2024 22:47 UTC





Rodger Fox – who has been synonymous with big band jazz in New Zealand – has died aged 71. The jazz legend founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively here and overseas, playing at international jazz festivals including Montreaux, Monterey and New Orleans. The trombonist was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in 2022 for his services to music. ADVERTISEMENTReporter Simon Mercep reports on his contribution to New Zealand music. ADVERTISEMENT"He's always been, you know, hugely connected with the music that's being written here as well as, the sort of cutting-edge jazz music that's been produced and written overseas.

May 27, 2024 22:19 UTC

Tom Brady will give NFL audiences 'stuff we just die for' when he starts his $375million broadcasting contract with Fox next season. The seven-time Super Bowl winner will replace the highly-popular Greg Olsen at Fox and work alongside Kevin Burkhardt in the booth next season. Brady will be behind the microphone for the first time for the Cowboys-Browns game in Week 1. His Fox co-star Erin Andrews and her podcasting partner Clarissa Thompson were on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and gave a rousing endorsement of Brady. In an interview with USA Today, Olsen revealed that he met with Brady and reiterated the challenges of being in the broadcast booth.

May 27, 2024 17:15 UTC

I'm concerned at many levels. I'm concerned about my employees, my customers coming into the city, and as a father, I'm concerned about my kids," he said. "I'm concerned about our survival and crime and safety is just one of the reasons our businesses are dying," she said. The parking is expensive, the city isn't safe, there's cones everywhere, there's less happening in the city and people aren't working in the city as much." She said businesses in central Auckland would be watching closely when the government unveiled its budget on Thursday, 30 May.

May 27, 2024 17:03 UTC

Arrowtown’s quaint village atmosphere will be rocked to its foundations when high-flying Kiwi mettalers Devilskin stop by on Friday. The idea to include Arrowtown on the national 12-date ‘We Rise — 10th Anniversary Tour’ came from manager James Southgate, who recently brought The Feelers — another band he represents — to the Athenaeum Hall. Skulander: ‘‘I guess just sticking at it and making sure we are putting that time in and making sure we get our rehearsals in. ‘‘I’ve had one little practise with the band and I’m really excited about it,’’ she says. ’We Rise —10th Anniversary Tour’, Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall, Friday, May 31.

May 27, 2024 15:31 UTC

A Dunedin resident allegedly shot into his ceiling, prompting a near two hour standoff with the armed offenders squad. Concerns were raised by residents of the property about one of the boarders at the property, a 33-year-old man, and his behaviour throughout the afternoon. The man discharged a shotgun, shooting through the ceiling, and potentially once outside, Snr Sgt Bond said. Police and AOS went to the property and at about 10pm convinced the man to surrender. The man was charged with discharging a firearm in or near a dwelling house, intentional damage, threats to kill, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

May 27, 2024 12:56 UTC

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May 27, 2024 11:31 UTC

Last year, in the lead up to the national election, Governor Orr said in May 2023 that he was “very confident” there would not be further interest rate hikes, stating the Reserve Bank had done enough in terms of rate rises. He was interviewed by

May 27, 2024 06:04 UTC

In a post-mortem of the incident, an unnamed blog author blamed the deletion on an internal tool used in 2023 to set up Unisuper's Google Cloud VMware Engine Private Cloud (GCVE). Furthermore, there was no warning to the customer because of the internal Google tool being used for the deployment of the Private Cloud." The accidental deletion of Unisuper's cloud instance made the news all over the world, and Google Cloud chief executive Thomas Kurian had to front up for the misconfiguration and apologise. Google Cloud was at pains to say the auto-deletion of Unisuper's cloud is not a systemic issue and that no other GCVE deployments are at risk. The system behaviour that set Unisuper's cloud to be automatically deleted has also been corrected, Google Cloud said.

May 27, 2024 04:50 UTC

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.

May 27, 2024 04:19 UTC

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."

May 27, 2024 04:10 UTC