Wellington, March 18 NZPA - TVNZ news and current affairs is set to lose $5 million from its budget. About 75 jobs could be affected by the move as management scale back the $40m news and current affairs budget, the Dominion Post reported.

Wellington, March 14 NZPA - TVNZ bosses are travelling to Wellington this week to explain to staff ongoing cost reduction plans as well as possible radical change affecting all state-owned media organisations.

Wellington, March 13 NZPA - TVNZ could be rearranged to provide separate commercial and public service broadcasting roles under a new proposal being investigated.

Wellington, March 5 NZPA - State-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand is launching a channel playing New Zealand programmes on pay television operator SKY Television's platform in June.

Auckland, Feb 24 NZPA - Television New Zealand's (TVNZ) after-tax profit for the six months to December has more than halved, and it is predicting a loss for the full year.

Wellington, Jan 6 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended little changed as general optimism about the global recovery failed to make a difference on the day.

Wellington, Nov 18 NZPA - Finance Minister Bill English and Labour's finance spokesman David Cunliffe were locked in a battle of egos in Parliament today. They were sparring over a television appearance, after TVNZ said today it should not have run a promo featuring Mr English .

By Paloma Migone for NZPA Wellington, Nov 18 NZPA - TVNZ said today "in hindsight " it should not have run a promo featuring Finance Minister Bill English last month.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Nov 5 NZPA - Papers released today reveal the extent of political infighting over Maori Television's (MTS) bid for the 2011 Rugby World Cup free-to-air television rights.

Wellington Nov 5 NZPA - A TVNZ advert which Labour described as propaganda for Finance Minister Bill English evolved over a series of emails between his office and the state broadcaster, papers released today show.