3 News

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3 News
Format	News programme
Presented by	Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts (6pm Weeknights) Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd (6pm Weekends) Rachel Smalley(Firstline) Jeff McTainsh (12pm Noon) Sacha McNeil (Nightline)
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Running time	06:00: 150 minutes (including adverts) 12:00: 30 minutes (Including adverts) 18:00: 60 minutes (including adverts) 22:30: 30 minutes (including adverts) 18:00 weekends: 60 minutes (including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	TV3
Picture format	576i (PAL) 4:3 (1989-2007) 576i (PAL) 16:9 (2007-present) 1080i 16:9 (2008-present)
Original run	26 November 1989 – present website = www.3news.co.nz

3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's first private commercial television channel TV3. The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6pm news, but 3 News also has morning, midday and evening news bulletins, as well as several current affairs shows.

As the news brand of MediaWorks, 3 News produces bulletins live from Auckland on TV3 and an hour later on 3+1, it produces video, audio and article news for 3news.co.nz, and reports news for Radio Live news bulletins.

Television

Firstline

Firstline is 3 News' morning breakfast news programme broadcast live on TV3 on weekdays between 6:00am and 8.30am. It is presented by Rachel Smalley with Sam Ackerman as sports anchor. Substitute anchors include Samantha Hayes or Simon Shepherd and Huw Beynon as substitute sports anchor. The show began to air on Monday 7 March 2011, off the back of ongoing Christchurch earthquake coverage.

3 News at 12

3 News @ 12 is a half hour version of 3 News broadcast live on TV3 weekdays at 12:00pm. The show is currently anchored by Jeff McTainsh. Backup anchors include Simon Shepherd, Michael Morrah, Ingrid Hipkiss.

Michael Wilson presents Business news segment at approximately 12:15pm with Tony Field as substitute business presenter.

3 News

The flagship 6:00pm bulletin of 3 News was originally known as 3 National News and first went on air in November 1989 when TV3 began broadcasting. For the first year of broadcast 3 National News was a thirty minute bulletin screening at 6:30pm, the same time slot as Holmes on TV1. The original bulletin was presented by former BCNZ and TVNZ anchor Phillip Sherry, joined by sportscaster Greg Clark and weathercaster Belinda Todd. In that bulletin Marty McNara reported on the sentencing of murderer Charles Coulam, Mark Jennings reported on an alleged stabbing of a motorcyclist in Timaru and Stephen Christensen reported on a lack of funding for education and interviewed Education Minister Phil Goff. After a commercial break, Ian Wishart reported on law changes allowing traffic officers to enter private property and challenged drivers who were trying to evade traffic officers, Max Hayden reported on the 1989 Indian Election and Steve Barne reported on political changes in Communist Czechoslovakia. In sport, Greg Clark reported on the victory of New Zealand horse Horlocks in the 1989 Japan Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games sprinter Peter O'Donoghue was interviewed by Steven Stuart and Clint Brown previewed upcoming summer tennis. The final report, by Janet McIntyre, described TV3's launch party and the network's first day of operation. The sports segment was produced by Tony Ciprian.

In 1991 TV3 extended 3 National News to a 1 hour bulletin starting at 6pm, this occurred during the Gulf War but TV3 continued to screen a 1 hour bulletin following the war. TV3 used their 1 hour news bulletin of 3 National News as a selling point over One Network News which was still a 30 minute bulletin followed by the Holmes show, One Network News did not become a 1 hour bulletin until 1995. During the nine years that the bulletin was known as 3 National News it had three different hosts. Original anchor Phillip Sherry was replaced by Joanna Paul in 1990; Paul had previously been the anchor of the launch news update and weekend bulletins. When Paul opted not to renew her contract with the network, TV3 hired former TVNZ newsreader and It's in the Bag game show host, John Hawkesby.

In 1998, TV3 revamped its presentation, shortening the show's name to 3 News and adding another presenter. They initially planned for Hawkesby and ex-TVNZ journalist Carol Hirschfeld to co-host. The planned Hawkesby-Hirschfeld team never eventuated, with John Campbell taking the male anchor role when Hawkesby walked out of TV3 to host One News. TV3 later sued TVNZ for "interfering with the relationship" between Hawkesby and TV3. The two parties settled out of court at the end of 2000 for an undisclosed amount.^[1]

In 2005, Hirschfeld and Campbell left their anchor positions to collaborate on current affairs show Campbell Live. They were replaced by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. The same year, 3 News won the Best News Award at the Qantas Television Awards. In 2005, TV3's parent company Mediaworks New Zealand launched Radio Live.

A new 3 News studio set began use in September 2008, to coincide with a new presentation package.

Carolyn Robinson & Simon Shepherd present the weekend news at 6 pm and are also back up anchors for Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Other back up anchors on behalf of Barry, McRoberts, Robinson & Shepherd have included Sacha McNeil, Ingrid Hipkiss, Samantha Hayes, Emma Jolliff, Michael Morrah, Hamish Clark. Alistair Wilkinson, who previously presented the weekend news with Robinson, departed 3 News for Sky News New Zealand in July 2011.

In June 2011, 3 News revamped its presentation package.

Nightline

Nightline is the late night edition of 3 News, broadcast live on TV3 at approximately 10:30pm anchored by Sacha McNeil. Backup anchors include Ingrid Hipkiss, Michael Morrah and Elizabeth Puranum.

Campbell Live

Campbell Live is a half-hour long New Zealand current affairs programme weeknights on TV3 at 7:00pm, (following 3 News) and is hosted by New Zealand television personality, John Campbell. Backup presenters include Lachlan Forsyth, Rachel Smalley and Carolyn Robinson.

60 Minutes

60 Minutes New Zealand is the local arm of the popular television franchise. It is broadcast on Sunday evenings at 7:30pm. The show is presented by 3 News anchor Mike McRoberts.

Sports Tonight

Sports Tonight is a New Zealand sports information programme, broadcast live on TV3 weeknights following Nightline. Sports Tonight is hosted by 3 News sports journalist Howard Dobson.

Anchors, Journalists and Producers

References

External links

• [http://www.3news.co.nz
• TV3
• First ever 3 News bulletin

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