TV3 names new 'Nightline' presenter

Samantha Hayes

TV3 has announced a new presenter for their late night news bulletin.

Samantha Hayes will replace Nightline's Carly Flynn in the postition from the 10th of September.

Flynn is moving to the channel's new breakfast show Sunrise, which she will host alongside James Coleman. Sunrise, a current affairs show screening weekdays from 6.30am until 8.30am, will begin in early October.

Hayes joined Nightline in 2006 as the Wellington-based arts and entertainment reporter, and has also worked in radio as a news editor, producer and announcer.