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A former Green Party candidate has died while diving for shellfish to feed workers redeveloping a Hawkes Bay marae.

Free-to-air bosses may share commentators after agreeing to share TV coverage of the top 16 games during the Rugby World Cup.

Five NZ commentary teams could be calling the knock-out games of next year's Rugby World Cup with the Govt paying over $3m to secure the free-to-air deal.

The International Rugby Board has agreed to a joint bid by New Zealand broadcasters to screen 2011 Rugby World Cup games, John Key says.

TV3 celebrates 20 years on air this Friday.

Maori Television may run advertising-free coverage of the Rugby World Cup games to woo viewers from its rival commercial broadcasters.

The exact cost to the Govt of its bid for the World Cup rugby rights won't be known until the bid is accepted but is "considerably under $5m", John Key said today.

The opening ceremony and opening match of the 2011 World Cup will screen live on both TVNZ and Maori TV, with live matches on four networks, if the Govt backed bid is successful.

NZ taxpayers will "not be paying over the odds" to see free-to-air 2011 Rugby World Cup games, John Key says.

Maori Television has again lost out, as the chance to broadcast the 2011 Rugby World Cup is kicked back and forth between channels.

The debacle over the Rugby World Cup TV rights is back to square one, with NZ's major broadcasters now trying to work together on a bid the IRB may yet reject.