New Zealand

Cutbacks to Maori and Pacific Islands production by TVNZ in New Zealand are a threat to democracy and claims to regional leadership, the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF) has said. “TVNZ outsourcing news, current affairs and culture to private contractors are happening against a background of years of cutbacks,” said PFF Chair Titi Gabi. "News media are an integral part of any democracy but New...

The future of New Zealand's national news agency was thrown into doubt today when major subscriber and shareholder Fairfax Media announced it was pulling out of the cooperative, the Press Association has reported. New Zealand Press Association Chairman Michael Muir said the board of the 131-year-old agency had ordered a review to determine whether it could keep operating. A union representative...

New Zealand newspaper publisher APN News & Media has begun outsourcing editorial production work, a plan that will be extended to five daily and three weekly newspapers by year end, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The changes, effective from yesterday, mean that news editing and layout operations at the New Zealand Herald, the country's biggest daily, and a string of regional dailies will be...

A New Zealand newspaper publisher announced Thursday it plans to outsource much of its editorial production to another company — a move that brought a pledge from unions to fight the proposal. APN New Zealand, half-owned by Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly’s Dublin-based Independent Newspapers Ltd., told staff up to 70 editorial staff jobs would be lost if it sources some editorial production from...

NEW Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has lashed out at an investigative journalist who unveiled damaging scandals against her ministers, calling him a "creep". Mrs Clark's attorney-general David Parker resigned from all his portfolios this week after journalist Ian Wishart revealed Mr Parker had filed false declarations to the Companies Office. Wishart's Investigate Magazine also published fresh...