A senior TVNZ public relations manager offered to resign after publicly defending Paul Henry for his racist on-air comments.

The TVNZ spokeswoman who defended Paul Henry's offensive comments about Sir Anand Satyanand has apologised to staff and offered her resignation.

Paul Henry should undergo counselling to ensure there is no repeat of comments like the slur that led to his suspension from TVNZ, a representative of the Fijian-Indian community says.

Paul Henry's racist slurs were vile, but weeding out Henry may not be enough to clean up the rot at TVNZ.

The PM's response to the Paul Henry saga was late and lame, writes Audrey Young.

Paul Henry hurled an expletive-laden outburst at journalists as TVNZ faced calls to sack him over his racist on-air comments.

John Key says he supports TVNZ's two-week suspension of Breakfast host Paul Henry, but has denied putting any pressure on the state broadcaster to take action.

Many Herald readers have welcomed TVNZ's suspension of Breakfast host Paul Henry, but he still has some die-hard supporters.

Paul Henry has been suspended effective immediately by TVNZ without pay until October 18.

Paul Henry has apologised to Sir Anand Satyanand saying he is a 'gippo TV presenter' who did not intend to be racist.

Paul Henry was under increasing pressure last night over comments he made about Sir Anand Satyanand, with a dozen complaints and the Race Relations Commissioner saying an apology from him did not go far enough.

Breakfast host Paul Henry has said he "sincerely apologises" for the comments he made about Sir Anand Satyanand, but some are questioning whether the apology went far enough.

A regular contributor has quit Breakfast after host Paul Henry urged the PM to pick a Governor-General who 'looked more like a NZer' than Sir Anand Satyanand.

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