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<\/p>\nJack Tame has been revealed as the 1News weekend bulletin presenter, completing a fresh line-up in the wake of Simon Dallow\u2019s departure from TVNZ’s flagship news programme.<\/p>\n
The award-winning broadcaster will replace Melissa Stokes, who earlier this week was confirmed as replacement for Dallow as the weekday presenter for 1News at Six.<\/p>\n
Tame will continue to host the Sunday morning current affairs programme Q+A.<\/p>\n
TVNZ Chief News & Content Officer Nadia Tolich said he is one of the country\u2019s most accomplished broadcasters and interviewers.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s a two-time best presenter winner at the NZ Screen Awards and was named Political Reporter of the Year at last year\u2019s Voyagers,” Tolich said. <\/p>\n
“We\u2019re delighted to have him join the 1News at Six presenting team. His experience across news, current affairs and live reporting brings enormous depth to our coverage. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith Melissa leading weekdays and Jack on weekends, 1News at Six has an exceptionally strong team in place – one that will serve our audience well.”<\/p>\n
Tame’s TVNZ career<\/p>\n
Tame joined TVNZ as a 19-year-old and has worked as the network\u2019s US Correspondent, co-hosted the Breakfast morning news show and has hosted Q+A since 2019.<\/p>\n
Dallow\u2019s exit was confirmed this week and he finishes on November 28. Reflecting on his nearly 20 years in the role, he said it was an \u201cabsolute privilege to represent my colleagues and bring you the news over those years\u201d.<\/p>\n
Stokes has served as the weekend news anchor since 2019.<\/p>\n
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Simon Dallow is leaving 1News at Six after nearly two decades and will be replaced by Melissa Stokes. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
TVNZ Chief Executive Jodi O\u2019Donnell said this week Stokes was respected and trusted by viewers, having presented across TVNZ\u2019s news programmes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are incredibly fortunate to have someone of Melissa\u2019s calibre appointed as our lead presenter for 1News at Six.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s done an exceptional job fronting weekends and this experience alongside the strong leadership role she plays in our newsroom makes her a natural successor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer enduring relationship with our audience will help guide them through this transition for our biggest show,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Tame has been revealed as the 1News weekend bulletin presenter, completing a fresh line-up in the wake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,1073,111,139,69,417,437,6445],"class_list":{"0":"post-120344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-media","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-television","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-tvnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}