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• Source:  1 NEWS While many in Whakatāne watched with glee as their very own Hayden Wilde crossed the line in the mens triathlon to win bronze and New Zealands first medal at the Tokyo Olympics, others were left reflecting on past decisions. Among the friends and family gathered to watch the race from the quiet Bay of Plenty town yesterday was Wildes ex-girlfriend, who had one m...

9 Lives hosting duties. “I might throw in the odd kīwaha, which is basically the Māori word for colloquialism or slang,” he says. The show, which has four contestants in each episode, is billed as bilingual. “I kind of liken it to a snack-bite-sized portion of te reo [Māori] as opposed to a family feast, where you’re going to be, ‘Oh my gosh, what did he just say?’,” says Smith. “That’s not what this show is about. It’s about seamlessly and organically implementing te...

• Source:  1 NEWS 1 NEWS political editor Jessica Mutch McKay says Budget 2021 can easily be summed up as a “Benefit Budget”. Your playlist will load after this ad 1 NEWS Simon Dallow and Jessica Mutch McKay explain what this years Budget means for Kiwis. Source: 1 NEWS Budget Day brought a big boost for beneficiaries and Mā...

The Big Fresh Collective Unveil FOOTMAHI 2021 Compilation Chris Cudby / Friday 7th May, 2021 4:39PM    The Big Fresh Collective, who today gift upon the world their FOOTMAHI 2021 compilation. Respecting their roots while blazing new trails in Aotearoa electronic dance music, BFCs genre-defining new collection showcases contributions from heavy hitters from throughout NZ, including Keanu Raves, DJ Simon Dallow and Amamelias red hot reimagining of Pure Shores by All Saints (marking...

REVIEW: Oprah Winfrey used all her tricks on her slam-dunk Harry and Meghan interview, proving to be the real star of the show.

LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Wendy Petrie, photographed in August when it was announced she was being made redundant, has been back on TVNZ “so much she’s pretty much a regular”, Jane Bowron writes. OPINION: Even though newsreader Wendy Petrie has been made redundant she’s appearing regularly on TVNZ’s 6pm nightly news bulletin. For days and weeks, magazines ran with Petrie’s plight after she was made redundant last August. Magazine headlines pondered what Wendy would do next as they predi...

Newsreader Wendy Petrie uses the phrase e whai ake for stories coming up after the advertising breaks. Those who follow our television news on channel 1 will no doubt have noticed over the past few months that presenters Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie now regularly introduce items which are to follow the advertising breaks with a sentence such as E whai ake. or These are both single-phrase sentences, each composed of a base word – whai (“to follow or pursue”) accompanied by particles (...

Media Person of the Year Newsroom 17/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom MediaRooms annual salute to those who stood out, through strong and high-calibre journalism, executive innovation or success, and advocacy for the public right to know Media businesses were initially hit hard in 2020 by the pandemic - with lockdown ultimately inspiring Bauer to shut down its magazines and lay off 200 staff, and more than 430 other roles disappearing from other companies as advertising dried up. Government f...

The Quiet Earth and The Dark Horse. Savage enters this third realm of NZ film making and stamps its authority on the violent subculture that lurks beneath the tension of our civility with a realism and raw authenticity that makes you weep. Such a mind blowing movie, it deserved far more attention than Covid allowed. FUNNIEST NZ COMEDY – Late Night Big Breakfast & Taskmaster NZ At a time when Auckland Comedy has Comedy Commissars monitoring male comedians for unsanctioned humour, we almost ga...