NEWSHUB TO CLOSE
Greg Treadwell (The Conversation): With the end of Newshub, the slippery slope just got steeper for NZ journalism and democracy
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): A plan to rescue Newshub – on a beer budget
David Farrier: Journalism in New Zealand Is Collapsing
Chris Trotter (Newstalk ZB): Remembering The Halcyon Days of TV3 News & Current Affairs (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): Is Newshub’s demise the canary in the coalmine? (paywalled)
1News: 'A tragedy': Veteran journalist Bill Ralston on Newshub decision
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Newshub closure: 'We need plurality in journalism’ (paywalled)
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Today marks the shocking end of Three as we knew it – here’s what that really means
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Dark day for NZ media brings a political dilemma into focus (paywalled)
Andrew Holden (Post): The loss of Newshub is a loss for us all in journalism (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): I don’t want to imagine New Zealand without Newshub
Amberleigh Jack (Stuff): Duncan Garner reacts to Newshub’s closure: ‘Feels like losing a close friend’
Peter Williams: RIP Newshub
Hal Crawford (Spinoff): In cutting the news, Three has lost its realtime presence in New Zealanders’ lives
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Government under pressure over Newshub’s planned closure
RNZ: Government intervention to save Newshub 'highly unlikely'
RNZ: Government help unlikely in wake of Newshub closure announcement
1News: Former broadcasting minister slams Govt response to Newshub closure
Luke Malspass (Post): Where to now for Government media support - if any (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Broadcasting Minister Melissa Lee clarifies she misspoke when saying Warner Bros. Discovery didn't ask for assistance
Newshub: Christopher Luxon, Winston Peters, David Seymour, Chris Hipkins, and others react to shock Newshub closure news
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Newshub closure ‘tough’ but media plurality will continue, says PM (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): ‘They’ve been warned’: Fears over dominance of Government-owned broadcasters (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Newshub closure: Warner Bros. Discovery boss Glen Kyne speaks, outlines what led to ‘heartbreaking’ decision (paywalled)
RNZ: Newshub boss aware of proposal since January
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Countdown to closure: How Newshub collapsed
Sam Hurley , Adam Pearse and Raphael Franks (Herald): Newshub closure: News outlet reports its own demise on 6pm bulletin
1News: Newshub leads 6pm bulletin with its own imminent closure
Tara Ward (Spinoff): ‘It’s (not) the fuckin’ news’: How Newshub reported the news that the news was cancelled
Spinoff: Sinead Boucher calls out David Farrier for his ‘rumblings’ about Stuff
RNZ: Newshub closure proposal: What the changes will mean
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Newshub’s demise: ‘Less scrutiny of our politics, our business and our society’
Shayne Currie (Herald): Newshub set to close at end of June, Warner Bros. Discovery staff devastated
Shayne Currie (Herald): Newshub to close: The full transcripts of what devastated staff were told today (paywalled)
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The last 14 months in New Zealand media: a chilling play-by-play
Conor Knell (Post): Newshub's three decade fight for survival (paywalled)
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Through good times and bad’: The colourful evolution of 6pm news on TV3
Piers Fuller (Post): Newshub second high profile media outlet to close in a year (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell and Colin Peacock (RNZ): Discovery Warners to close Newshub in June
Madison Reidy (Herald): Who owns Newshub: TV3′s troubled ownership tale (paywalled)
1News: 'Devastating': Newshub set to close in June, staff told
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Warner Bros Discovery to close most of NZ TV division, including Newshub (paywalled)
RNZ: Newshub to shut down in June
Asher Finlayson (Whakaata Māori): Newshub’s closure means fewer voices
Newsroom: Newshub to close down its newsroom, all news shows from June
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): Newshub presenter Samantha Hayes speaks of heartbreaking closure 22 years after she began
Lillie Rohan (Herald): Newshub presenter shock: Ryan Bridge, Samantha Hayes, Mike McRoberts and staff learn of closure
Newshub: Newshub newsroom faces closure in Warner Bros. Discovery proposal
HEALTH , SMOKE FREE LAW REPEAL, MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY DISESTABLISHED
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Associate Health Minister Casey Costello got warning of possible Treaty of Waitangi breach over smokefree law repeal
ODT Editorial: Deals made in smoke-filled rooms (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Claim tobacco laws would lead to ram-raids 'based on anecdote' - experts
Adam Pearse (Herald): Enraged Labour leader Chris Hipkins gives impassioned speech amid repeal of anti-smoking legislation
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Labour leader Chris Hipkins fires back at Winston Peters' claim he'll be gone 'within a few weeks'
RNZ: Smokefree generation law scrapped by coalition government
1News: Casey Costello to push 'tighter vaping controls' in her 5% smoking target
Isaac Davison (Herald): Health NZ Te Whatu Ora localities next for chop after Māori Health Authority abolition
RNZ: Hundreds of doctors 'devastated' over scrapping of Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority
Shane Reti (Herald): My vision for Māori health is based on needs and outcomes, not bureaucracy
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Te ao Māori demise: Dark week in New Zealand politics - Willie Jackson
Isaac Davison (Herald): Tears, anger as Māori Health Authority scrapped in urgent debate
Gabrielle Baker (Spinoff): Te Aka Whai Ora deserved so much more than its rushed death
Merewai Durutalo (Whakaata Māori): 10,000-signature petition opposing dumping of Māori Health Authority comes too late
RNZ: Bill to disestablish Māori Health Authority passes third reading
Tumamao Harawira (Whakaata Māori): Parliament passes bill to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora
Merewai Durutalo (Whakaata Māori): Kaumātua says Coalition plan introducing Te Aka Whai Ora dumping to Parliament was meant to deprive Māori
Laine Priestley (ODT): Healthcare workers protest Māori Health Authority axing
Mare Haimona-Riki (Whakaata Māori): Starship hires dedicated team to improve healthcare experiences for tamariki
RNZ: Te Whatu Ora will need five years to fix outdated hospital HR systems - report
Ryan Boswell (1News): Thousands of Kiwis with a rare disorder let down by health system
Samantha Mythen (RNZ): Gearing up: Weekly drug checking for Canterbury University students to prevent harm
Laine Priestley (ODT): Student group helps close down nitrous oxide retailer
Jan Dewar, Denise Wilson, Gail Pacheco and Lisa Meehan (The Conversation): Unintended consequences of NZ’s COVID vaccine mandates must inform future pandemic policy – new research
1News: Sir Ashley Bloomfield: Four years since NZ's first Covid case
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