Breakfast (New Zealand TV program)

Breakfast
Breakfast Intertitle
Genre News program, Live-action
Presented by Jack Tame
Hayley Holt
Daniel Faitaua (news)
Matt McLean (weather)
Country of origin New Zealand
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 15
Production
Running time 180 Minutes
Release
Original network TVNZ 1
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 11 August 1997 – present
External links
Website

Breakfast (also referred to as 1 News Breakfast) is a New Zealand morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on TVNZ 1, produced by 1 News. Debuting on 11 August 1997, it was the first of its genre in New Zealand. It contains a mixture of breaking news, news, sport, weather and feature items. Originally a two-hour program, it was expanded by one hour in 2016.

History

Breakfast began airing on 11 August 1997. The program's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until 2008, when TV3 launched Sunrise. Sunrise struggled against Breakfast in the ratings until Sunrise went off air because of financial issues in April 2010, leaving Breakfast as the only morning news and talk show in New Zealand, until TV3 launched their second attempt at a morning news program, Firstline, in 2011. Firstline was cancelled in April 2015, and replaced by Paul Henry, which caused a significant increase in Breakfast's competition. This caused the changes to the presenters in September 2016.

Presenters

Dates Presenter One Presenter Two
1997-1999 Mike Hosking[1] Susan Wood[1]
2000 Ali Mau[1]
2001 Liz Gunn[1]
2002-2003 Kate Hawkesby[1]
2004 Paul Henry[1] Ali Mau[1]
2005-2007 Kay Gregory
2007-2010 Pippa Wetzell[2]
2011-2012 Corin Dann Petra Bagust
2012 Rawdon Christie[3][4]
2013 Toni Street[5]
2014-2015 Alison Pugh[6][7]
2015-2016 Nadine Chalmers-Ross[8]
2016-2017 Hilary Barry[9] Jack Tame
2018-present Hayley Holt[10]

News anchor

Weather reporter

  • Matt McLean

Reporters

Saturday Breakfast

On 3 September 2011 TVNZ launched Saturday Breakfast, which aired between 7 am and 9 am each Saturday. The program was axed at the end of 2012 due to low viewership.

Program format

Ten minutes of news, sport and weather is presented every half-hour between 6:00 and 8:30. Daniel Faitaua presents the news headlines from the Breakfast studio on the hour and half-hour, followed by Matt McLean presenting the regional weather bulletin on the hour, and the main centres' weather bulletin on the half-hour. Mostly, the program has interviews with newsmakers or TVNZ reporters on the day's headlines. The first hour of the program is devoted to news stories, and the rest of the program has entertainment or special interest segments.

Awards

In 2014, TVNZ was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for coverage of the "dangers of Miracle Mineral Solution." And for their comment that MMS “is not a miracle cure for anything”.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A complete history of TVNZ Breakfast hosts". Spy. The New Zealand Herald. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Paul Henry resigns from TVNZ". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Rawdon Christie joins Breakfast". Dominion Post. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  4. ↑ "TVNZ announces new hosts for Breakfast". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Diary: New taste for Breakfast - Entertainment - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Ali Pugh named new Breakfast co-host - Entertainment News". TVNZ.co.nz. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Summer Diary: Seven Sharp delays return to air - Entertainment - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Nadine Chalmers-Ross returns to TVNZ's Breakfast as Alison Pugh leaves". stuff.co.nz. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Jack Tame and Hilary Barry confirmed for TVNZ Breakfast". stuff.co.nz. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  10. ↑ "Hayley Holt to join Breakfast as Hilary Barry moves to Seven Sharp". 1newsnow.co.nz. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  11. ↑ "Bravo Awards". New Zealand Skeptics. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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