Teina Pora posts video to Mediaworks boss

Teina Pora credits the show with assisting his convictions for rape and murder being quashed. Photo / Twitter

Teina Pora has asked Mediaworks boss Mark Weldon to reconsider cutting current affairs show 3D, the show he credits with assisting his convictions for rape and murder being quashed.

In a video posted to Twitter by private investigator Tim McKinnel, Pora asks Weldon to "look into his heart" and reconsider ending the show.

In a statement released last week, Mediaworks head of news Mark Jennings announced the show 3D was under review.

"Long-form current affairs is challenging to make commercially viable all over the world. Given the way media consumption habits are changing, unfortunately continuing 3D may not be possible," the statement said.

"Hi, my name's Teina Pora, I'd just like to ask Mr Mark Weldon to consider his decision in closing 3D," Pora says in the video.

"It not only helped my case, it helped many cases. If he can look into his heart and consider the right decision and keep the programme running."

Consultation with affected staff is underway.

Hosted by Samantha Hayes, the programme is home to many of TV3's most senior and respected journalists including Paula Penfold, Eugene Bingham, Sarah Hall, Melanie Reid and Phil Vine.

Penfold said on Wednesday the 3D team had been given six days to find a way to save the show.