One of the country’s top investigative journalism teams, Stuff Circuit, has surprisingly missed out on the annual round of public funding through NZ on Air. Stuff Circuit, presented by Paula Penfold and with four team members, has won multiple awards for Stuff.co.nz, which has regularly lauded the unit’s achievements. But in the list of current affairs programmes to be funded for 2024 through NZ on Air, Stuff Circuit was a glaring omission. There are fears the Stuff Circuit programme might not return at all. Last year Stuff Circuit produced a bold and controversial video documentary, called Fire And Fury that examined the groups behind the Parliament anti-mandate protests.
