Sky News New Zealand

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Seven Media Group
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Sky News New Zealand is a rebroadcast of Sky News Australia however carries the NZ branding, and appears on SKY Television. The majority of programming is the same as Sky News Australia, With only a nightly bulletin being produced in New Zealand

In the late 1990s Sky News Australia started broadcasting in New Zealand, replacing Sky News from the UK. Shortly afterwards, "Sky News Australia NZ" was launched, with a small amount of New Zealand-specific content.

In late 2005, Sky Television purchased Prime TV and, in 2006, relaunched its local nightly news programme "Prime News - First at 5:30". This was previously produced in the Sydney "Sky News Australia" studio. The relaunch included establishing a local news team, moving production of the show to studios in Auckland and a new weekday presenter, former TVNZ presenter Eric Young. The programme is identical to Sky News, using the same graphics and music, and provides nightly local news headlines on Sky News New Zealand. Sky News in New Zealand does not include the 'active' services available in Australia.

In March 2007, Sky News announced a new news programme which would be produced by Prime TV in New Zealand titled "Sky News New Zealand Evening News". "Sky News NZ Evening News" airs at 7pm local time and is repeated twice through the evening at 8.30pm and 9pm local, and is presented by Primes Eric Young and Suzy Clarkson.

Local Programming

* "Sky News NZ Evening News", which airs Live at 7pm NZT and has repeats at 8.30pm and 9.00pm.
* "NZ Newsweek", every Friday and Saturday (repeat) afternoons.
* Campaign 08 every Sunday (political interview show)