
High-profile Kiwis turn 50
Fifty years ago Beatlemania reigned supreme, Auckland's population hit 500,000, and four doyens of New Zealand broadcasting were born.
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
The internet-based broadcaster that snatched English Premier League football away from Sky is now eyeing up the All Blacks and Super 15 rugby.
TVNZ's morning show Breakfast was forced off air after a contractor doing burnouts in the company's underground carpark set off a fire alarm.
RadioLive has taken a big hit in the latest Auckland radio ratings, losing about 40 per cent of its audience.
Millie Elder has tattooed a picture of her late father Paul Holmes on her thigh.
Guyon Espiner and Duncan Garner have done some intelligent television in their different ways. When they teamed up on TV3 for a programme billed "a new kind of current affairs", I looked forward to it.
Broadcasting veteran Phillip Leishman is gravely ill with an aggressive form of cancer that returned after an operation to remove a brain tumour.
The emasculation of the news and current affairs department, the shrinking of current affairs output, the saturation of primetime with cheap reality dross, imported formats for local talent shows.
It was bittersweet watching Sir Paul Holmes receive his knighthood at his home in Hawke's Bay this week.
Viewers could be forgiven for thinking commercial television is all there is. Ads and more ads.
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