Jack Tame, for TVNZ, Ryan Bridge for NZ Herald\/Three\/Newstalk ZB, and Patrick Gower for Stuff all appear to be frontrunners.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister\u2019s office is expected to decide, in the next week or two, just when and where Luxon debates Hipkins. Several factors are likely to be considered, including potential audience size, dates, logistics and the moderator.<\/p>\n
As is now the normal process, the opposition leader will be ready to debate the PM whenever and wherever the PM\u2019s office chooses.<\/p>\n
In 2023, then TVNZ political editor Jessica Mutch McKay hosted two head-to-head leader debates on TVNZ. Whether the state broadcaster gets two debates this time around is a big question.<\/p>\n
Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon during one of two TVNZ leader debates moderated by Jessica Mutch McKay in 2023. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
In the absence of a political editor, TVNZ is understood to have selected Tame as its debate moderator, with Tova O\u2019Brien possibly being lined up to host the multi-party leaders\u2019 debate to which NZ First, Act, the Greens, Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori will be invited, along with The Opportunity Party (TOP) on account of their recent 1News\/Verian poll performance.<\/p>\n
TVNZ is spoiled for choice when it comes to deciding a moderator. Tame is the country\u2019s best long-form TV interviewer, while O\u2019Brien is one of the country\u2019s most probing political inquisitors. <\/p>\n
Jack Tame questions National Party leader Christopher Luxon on Q+A. Photo \/ TVNZ<\/p>\n
She now co-hosts Breakfast – Luxon pulled out of his weekly spot on the show several weeks after O\u2019Brien started this year.<\/p>\n
Sky TV, meanwhile, now owns Three (TV3) and has separate contracts with NZME for the Ryan Bridge Today breakfast show and with Stuff for the daily 6pm news bulletin.<\/p>\n
Another big question, then, is who Sky uses for its specialist election coverage. <\/p>\n
It is understood that it has a bob each way \u2013 turning to NZME and Bridge for a proposed election debate between Luxon and Hipkins and to Stuff for its election night coverage, hosted by Gower and Samantha Hayes, on November 7.<\/p>\n
A leaders\u2019 debate hosted by the very popular Bridge on the NZ Herald website and Three, and potentially simulcast on Newstalk ZB, would likely be an attractive drawcard for the PM\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Ryan Bridge interviews Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the Ryan Bridge Today breakfast show. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n
Gower, meanwhile, hosted the liveliest election debate of the 2023 campaign – for Newshub\/Three. He is now an independent contractor, but remains closely aligned with Stuff. <\/p>\n
Stuff\/The Press have in recent campaigns hosted a South Island-based leaders\u2019 debate, although the 2023 edition was canned after Hipkins fell ill with Covid and a new date could not be agreed. It would seem likely, however, that any Gower-hosted debate would be nationally focused.<\/p>\n
Part of the PM office\u2019s considerations will be how the debates align, calendar-wise, with other set-piece content.<\/p>\n
Mike Hosking will host separate, specialist Newstalk ZB breakfast shows for each of the two major party leaders in the fortnight before the election, while the likes of John Campbell and Ingrid Hipkiss for RNZ, O\u2019Brien (TVNZ), Heather du Plessis-Allan (ZB) and Jenna Lynch (Stuff\/Three) will also all figure large in election coverage and planning.<\/p>\n
Christopher Luxon is interviewed by Breakfast co-host Tova O’Brien.<\/p>\n
Over the past three years, the media landscape has changed dramatically \u2013 most notably, the demise of Three\u2019s Newshub.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve also seen the steady rise of independent media channels over the past decade or so \u2013 from medium-sized media businesses such as Newsroom and The Spinoff to other more politically aligned platforms.<\/p>\n
While none of these is expected to host a 1-1 leaders\u2019 debate between Luxon and Hipkins, political strategists inside the various parties would be unwise to rule out appearances on the likes of platforms such as \u2013 on the right \u2013 Sean Plunket\u2019s The Platform and Cameron Slater\u2019s The Good Oil podcast and \u2013 on the left \u2013 Martyn Bradbury\u2019s The Daily Blog and the Big Hairy Network, led by Pat Brittenden.<\/p>\n
\u2018We take into account a number of factors\u2019<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the PM\u2019s office said: \u201cWe are currently working through a number of election debate requests and will be confirming with organisers shortly. As is always the case, we take into account a number of factors including audience reach and logistics like dates and times.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for TVNZ said: \u201cTVNZ is planning to host three leaders\u2019 debates, including a multi-party debate. A rural debate on Q+A with Jack Tame will air in September, and more election specials may be scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said more details would be released closer to the time.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for Sky TV said they were looking forward \u201cto delivering comprehensive coverage of the upcoming election\u201d, including through Ryan Bridge Today, Herald Now Business, and Three News.<\/p>\n
\u201cElection night on Three will be produced in partnership with Stuff, powered by Three News … we\u2019re continuing to finalise our wider election programming and will share details once they\u2019re confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for NZME said: \u201cOur election coverage plans are still being finalised, but we\u2019ll be sure to let you know once things are confirmed. Naturally, our audiences can expect comprehensive, insightful and up-to-the minute coverage across all our platforms throughout the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for Stuff promised \u201cunmissable\u201d content including live-audience debates. Its political team included Hayes, Lynch, Gower, Matthew Hooton, Andrea Vance and Luke Malpass. She said full details would be announced shortly.<\/p>\n
TOP\u2019s in at TVNZ<\/p>\n
The Opportunity Party (TOP) Leader Qiulae Wong. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
The Opportunity Party (TOP) will be invited to the TVNZ \u201cmulti-party debate\u201d because of its most recent performance in the broadcaster\u2019s Verian poll.<\/p>\n
A TVNZ spokeswoman outlined the broadcaster\u2019s criteria for inclusion in its planned multi-party debate: leaders of parties currently represented in parliament; and\/or leaders of registered parties not represented in parliament that score 3% in at least one of the 1News\/Verian public polls up to six months prior to the debate; and\/or leaders of registered parties where the party has been represented in either of the past two parliaments.<\/p>\n
TOP recorded a party vote percentage of 4.6% in the most recent 1News\/Verian poll in late June, meaning it has met the 3%-within-six-months threshold.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe final shape for the multi-party debate has yet to be confirmed,\u201d the TVNZ spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll share more details about our debates and election night coverage closer to the time, including the strong team involved in our coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Westpac\u2019s new brand campaign paused<\/p>\n
Westpac announced its new advertising agency partnership with a fair amount of fanfare back in March<\/a> – creating a bespoke business to look after its multimillion-dollar New Zealand marketing account.<\/p>\n After four years, it parted ways with several Publicis-owned agencies \u2013 including Spark Foundry and Saatchi & Saatchi \u2013 to line up with another global advertising firm, Omnicom, to create its own specialist agency, Goldilocks.<\/p>\n And, as the bank told me yesterday, Goldilocks and Westpac initially launched an effective brand campaign for the Westpac Rescue Chopper Appeal, \u201cwhich was well-received by the public and contributed to a record annual fundraising total of nearly $2m for our nationwide network of rescue helicopters\u201d.<\/p>\n So a great launch pad for a new partnership. However, since then, there\u2019s been some turbulence.<\/p>\n Speculation has been swirling in the advertising industry that a major Westpac brand campaign has been pulled, after being reviewed at the highest levels of the bank.<\/p>\n Media Insider understands the brand campaign was devised, filmed and produced and ready for take-off, before a C-suite decision to ground it.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the past six months we\u2019ve shot some work that hasn\u2019t aired yet,\u201d said a Westpac spokesman, in response to direct questions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have prioritised some other work to respond to what we\u2019ve heard from customers. We are excited to roll that out in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s not clear is whether there\u2019s a confirmed new timeline for a brand campaign and whether the one that has been produced will eventually be released – perhaps with changes, or pulled altogether. <\/p>\n I went back to the bank to ask them further questions on why it\u2019s been delayed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe decision to hit pause was made by the CMO following internal feedback, but we can\u2019t go further into detail.\u201d<\/p>\n News tip? Feedback? Email Media Insider shayne.currie@nzme.co.nz<\/p>\n NZME acquires Stuff print assets in $15m investment<\/p>\n Breaking news this morning, with NZ Herald publisher NZME\u2019s announcement that it has acquired Stuff\u2019s Wellington print-plant assets, and will relocate them to a new Auckland site in a multimillion-dollar move.<\/p>\n The acquisition and relocation – expected to cost up to $15 million – will see NZME vacate its current Ellerslie print plant site by the end of 2028. The company has been printing the 162-year-old NZ Herald and other newspapers there since the early 1970s.<\/p>\n Publicly listed NZME announced the deal to the NZX on Friday morning, highlighting major, early cost savings it expected to make as a result of acquiring more efficient print-plant equipment and finding a new, smaller site in the Auckland region.<\/p>\n The company said the move \u201cfurther extends and enhances the profitability of NZME\u2019s ongoing print operations\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder the agreement, NZME will take ownership of Stuff\u2019s Petone plant equipment and begin removing it from the site later this year,\u201d NZME said in its NZX announcement.<\/p>\n READ THE FULL STORY HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Stuff misses out on MediaWorks<\/p>\n News publisher Stuff has failed in a bid to acquire radio firm MediaWorks, according to an Australian report.<\/p>\n Stuff \u2013 whose bid for the radio company was only rumoured and had been kept under public wraps until now \u2013 was advised this week that it had been unsuccessful, according to The Capital Brief business website.<\/p>\n Acquiring MediaWorks would have given Stuff a major new weapon in its commercial arsenal – a suite of popular music radio stations upon which to build revenue and partnerships.<\/p>\n MediaWorks, under chief executive Wendy Palmer, operates top-rating stations such as The Breeze, More FM, The Rock and Mai FM.<\/p>\n Palmer has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n A Stuff spokeswoman said: \u201cWe never comment on market speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n The Capital Brief said the sale of MediaWorks by its private equity owner, Quadrant, now appeared to be down to two bidders \u2013 Lachlan Murdoch\u2019s Nova and publicly listed SEN, whose major shareholder is Craig Hutchison.<\/p>\n Murdoch is the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the successor to his media empire. He is the chairman of News Corp.<\/p>\n READ THE FULL STORY HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Stuff restructure update<\/p>\n Stuff has extended, by two days, the period for staff to give feedback to its plans to cut its digital newsroom staff, say sources.<\/p>\n Workers originally had until 5pm on Wednesday to provide feedback \u2013 this has been extended to 5pm today. <\/p>\n Stuff management is due to review the feedback over the coming week, with a decision expected by mid-August, and implementation a month later.<\/p>\n It is understood Stuff plans to cut a net eight roles from specific newsroom teams<\/a> in its Stuff Digital business, as part of a range of proposals across several teams. In total, it is understood 17 roles are proposed to be disestablished, with some new roles to be created. <\/p>\n Jeffrey Epstein as Jack Frost?<\/p>\n We know that we live in a huge glasshouse here at the Herald – for example, we recently and briefly mixed up photos of two of our top pole vaulters in a social media post (sorry, Eliza).<\/p>\n But we reckon this social media oopsie from RNZ leaves others in the, er, cold?<\/p>\n The public broadcaster inadvertently placed a wrong headline about the weather on a post about convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n Said one social media commenter: \u201cI mean I don\u2019t mind the cold weather, or a cold snap\u2026 but if Jeffrey Epstein is taking over Jack Frost, I\u2019m gonna say no.”<\/p>\n And another: \u201cI think it\u2019s pretty hot where that guy\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n RNZ explains the error.<\/p>\n \u201cA social media post on RNZ\u2019s Facebook page inadvertently ran with the wrong headline,\u201d an RNZ spokeswoman said. \u201cThis was identified and amended within 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n The Traitors NZ future<\/p>\n Reality show The Traitors NZ received almost $1.5m in public funding support from NZ on Air last year \u2013 but the Three show was missing from this week\u2019s list of shows to receive taxpayer backing.<\/p>\n That\u2019s despite another reality show, Celebrity Treasure Island, on the rival TVNZ network receiving a new round of funding.<\/p>\n Production company South Pacific Pictures says a fourth season of Traitors is still a strong possibility.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t apply to this round for Traitors \u2013 but there is definite potential for a S4 given how well S3 performed,\u201d said SPP chief executive Kelly Martin.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re working through the timing and funding \u2026 basically it\u2019s a \u2018watch this space\u2019 situation \u2013 and we\u2019re confident you have not seen the last of Traitors NZ.”<\/p>\n David Farrier on the front foot<\/p>\n Filmmaker, journalist, podcast host and writer David Farrier has gone on the front foot, releasing details of an Official Information Act request that someone-as-yet-unknown has made about taxpayer support for his film work.<\/p>\n On his Webworm site<\/a> this week, Farrier \u2013 the man behind films such as Tickled and Mister Organ \u2013 revealed the NZ Film Commission had been in touch with him to say it had received and was responding to the OIA request.<\/p>\n \u201cI replied saying, \u2018This is all fine with me! Thanks for letting me know\u2019,\u201d Farrier wrote. \u201cThen I figured … why not just release this information myself?\u201d<\/p>\n He headlined his piece, \u201cThe Shocking Truth about David Farrier\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cReading between the lines, someone wants this information so they can go, \u201cLook at this terrible person who is using YOUR money to make this CRAP. This terrible Webworm hack who calls himself a JOURNALIST is literally making millions off your TAX MONEY what a JOKE.\u201d<\/p>\n He speculated about who might have made the request.<\/p>\n And he revealed what the OIA requester will get back \u2013 $10,000 that he and producer Dylan Reeve received as development money for Tickled in 2014, followed by $257,000 to make the film. Then there was $5000 to help with someone else\u2019s documentary.<\/p>\n In 2018, he received $20,000 development money for Mister Organ, followed by $750,000 to make the film.<\/p>\n \u201cAs of today, I haven\u2019t applied for any further funding. Is there anything scandalous there? You tell me!\u201d<\/p>\n Ani O\u2019Brien departs The Campaign Company, preparing for most important role<\/p>\n Political commentator and writer Ani O\u2019Brien has departed The Campaign Company to establish herself as an independent consultant – and to prepare for her most important role yet.<\/p>\n O\u2019Brien told Media Insider she had resigned from her role about three weeks ago, just before she embarked on a nationwide speaking tour of 10 towns and cities, supported by the Free Speech Union (FSU).<\/p>\n That \u2018Good Faith Yarns\u2019 tour \u2013 marketed as an opportunity to debate issues openly \u2013 wrapped up in Nelson on Thursday night. <\/p>\n O\u2019Brien said she had enjoyed the experience, meeting many Kiwis and sharing stages with the likes of Rob Campbell and Sir Ian Taylor along the way.<\/p>\n The FSU marketed the tour as a chance for issues to be debated openly.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Treaty. Free speech. The media. Growth and the cost of it. Who holds power, and who gets told to stay quiet,\u201d it said in a social media post.<\/p>\n \u201cNo talking points, no shouting past each other. Just two or three people working through hard questions in public, in good faith. It\u2019s the idea at the heart of everything we do: audi alteram partem, hear the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Brien confirmed she had left The Campaign Company \u2013 a firm that provides digital campaign services to political and commercial clients and is owned by Taxpayers Union executive director Jordan Williams \u2013 but also put to bed a rumour she was working for the New Zealand First Party.<\/p>\n She plans to work as a consultant \u2013 she didn\u2019t want to say who might be on her client list, for confidentiality reasons \u2013 and is also planning a book about Dame Elizabeth Rata.<\/p>\n And she is also embarking on a new journey \u2013 becoming a mum – and throwing a lot of focus on that.<\/p>\n She and her partner are about to start trying for a child through fertility treatment. That is no small expense, and the pair have started a Givealittle page. \u201c… every dollar raised will go towards fertility treatment and giving us the best chance of bringing a desperately wanted little person into the world,\u201d O\u2019Brien writes.<\/p>\n On her Substack page<\/a> earlier this year, O\u2019Brien broke details of the Maiki Sherman-Lloyd Burr verbal confrontation<\/a> in Finance Minister Nicola Willis\u2019 office in May 2025.<\/p>\n Newstalk ZB turns 100<\/p>\n In the media world, radio people cut a different jib \u2013 fiercely loyal to their brand, fiercely in love with the medium and – in most cases -fiercely sociable.<\/p>\n Why else do some of our biggest media stars (think Paul Holmes, Mike Hosking, Simon Barnett and many others) forgo the bright lights of television for the more intimate surrounds of a radio studio? It\u2019s Mike and his mic \u2013 with a direct line to the audience and the outside world behind glass.<\/p>\n New Zealand\u2019s most popular radio station, NZME-owned Newstalk ZB, officially turns 100 this Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe truth is, ZB gets under your skin,\u201d says NZME chief audio officer Jason Winstanley in an editorial in a special commemorative magazine to mark the centennial.<\/p>\n \u201cRadio does that anyway, but ZB is different. You don\u2019t just work there. You become part of something that has mattered to New Zealanders for generations. You feel the weight of that legacy when the country is going through something big \u2013 election nights, emergencies, breaking news, and in those moments when people turn to a familiar voice to make sense of what\u2019s happening around them.\u201d<\/p>\n Breakfast host Hosking agrees, in his own column.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a media landscape that has not only changed (and dramatically), the ZB story is one of consistency, careful planning, longevity and respect for the audience,\u201d Hosking writes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are profitable in an age of troubled bottom lines. We are critically acclaimed (station of the year six years in a row), and we have the largest audience in the industry.<\/p>\n \u201cMost at ZB would be too modest to point out these aspects of the business, which is probably why they quietly achieve what they do.<\/p>\n \u201cBut, you know me! I like the facts, and no one beats us at the game of radio. It is not said with arrogance; it is said with pride, and it is achieved as the result of hard work. ZB is one of the great, if not the greatest, radio stories this country has seen.\u201d<\/p>\n Mornings host Kerre Woodham says: \u201cAbout six months after I\u2019d started on 1ZB, I received a letter from a young widow who told me her husband had drowned at sea.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a fisherman, she said, and she always knew the sea would get him, but she thought she\u2019d have longer with him.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had young children, but she missed him so much, she didn\u2019t know whether she had the strength to carry on. <\/p>\n \u201cShe wrote to me to tell me she was fine now and to thank me for helping her get through. She never rang, she said, but she always knew she could, and that helped her through the nights. I cried; my producer, Jimmy, cried, and she and her family have stayed with me forever. I hope they\u2019re doing well. Sometimes it\u2019s the people who don\u2019t call who stay with you.\u201d<\/p>\n And Drive host Heather du Plessis-Allan writes of two long-time listeners \u2013 Trevor and Paul.<\/p>\n \u201cI cherish Paul\u2019s continued correspondence. It reminds me it\u2019s okay to strongly disagree with each other. It doesn\u2019t have to be the end of the relationship. More of us could do with disagreeing more often and then getting the hell over it and getting on with life.<\/p>\n \u201cI sort of hate calling Paul or Trevor or anyone else a \u2018Newstalk ZB listener\u2019. Everyone is obviously much more than that.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re dads, mums, workers, mates, ratepayers; people with fascinating lives. It just happens that they choose to listen to Newstalk ZB and get stuck into the conversation. But it\u2019s because of ZB that we\u2019ve had the chance to meet. That\u2019s the beauty of ZB. It gives us a place to have a chat. Sometimes an argument. Often a laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n You can read more from the hosts – and others – and a full history of the station in the free, glossy magazine that is included with this week\u2019s Herald on Sunday and in NZME regional newspapers on Monday.<\/p>\n Editor-at-large Shayne Currie is one of New Zealand\u2019s most experienced senior journalists and media leaders. 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Simon Barnett and Lana Cochrane-Searle host MediaWorks’ More FM breakfast show.<\/p>\n
A social media oopsie from RNZ.<\/p>\n
Journalist, filmmaker and writer David Farrier. Photo \/ Rob Holysz<\/p>\n
Political commentator and writer Ani O’Brien.<\/p>\n
A commemorative magazine to mark Newstalk ZB’s 100th birthday is free in this weekend’s Herald on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Newstalk ZB Breakfast host Mike Hosking. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n
Newstalk ZB Mornings host Kerre Woodham. Photo \/ Jason Oxenham<\/p>\n
Newstalk ZB Drive host Heather du Plessis-Allan. Photo \/ Michael Craig<\/p>\n