Broods say while Lorde has a full vision in mind, they have to just mess around 'until it sounds good'.

TVNZ has swept the broom through its Breakfast show, with co-hosts Rawdon Christie and Nadine Chalmers-Ross being chopped.

He's famous for being Breakfast's light relief but there were dark clouds hanging over weatherman Sam Wallace this week.

It's still only a rumour but fans have given the idea of a new-look Breakfast featuring Jack Tame and Hilary Barry a big tick of approval.

Actress Anna Paquin has slammed paparazzi photographers for taking photos of her children without her permission.

The TVNZ rumour-mill is in overdrive as news spreads of the impending arrival of former TV3 newsreader Hilary Barry.

A scriptwriter has defended last night's controversial episode of Shortland Street after angry fans threatened to quit the show.

The new channel brings an array of exclusives, all of which seem to be the same show remade over and over in various communities of obscene wealth.

Reality TV queen Julie Christie has been announced as one of five members on the new Bravo New Zealand board.

It's not often a journalist publicly admires a show on a rival network - but that's exactly what Seven Sharp's Tim Wilson has done.

Kiwi hip hop icon Parris Goebel is one of the world's hottest dancers right now. So what's up with her latest video?

Find out which presenter has switched sides and moved from TV3 to TVNZ.

Peter Williams has revealed the reasons behind his health scare earlier this month, when he suffered a dizzy spell and collapsed at the gym.

Glitz, glamour, champagne and cats - the first trailer for upcoming reality show The Real House wives of Auckland has been unveiled.

Tips for Tinder: Don't list Shortland Street as your favourite show.

Kiwi soul singer Aaradhna says her intensely personal new album is about the racism she experienced growing up in New Zealand.

A Brazilian performer has come up with a "blatant rip off of Tape Face...passing off the idea as their own".

Some barbed banter and awkward pauses have the Media Ocre team wondering just how friendly our nation's TV presenters really are. What tensions are bubbling beneath those shiny, smiling facades?

Natalia Kills has returned to the spotlight a year after she fled the country with her husband Willy Moon over a bullying incident that cost them their jobs.

Nikki Lee says she "crawled into bed for three days" to decide if she should reveal her sex change operation on prime time television.

You can ask Scribe about his new play, but veer off topic and you could be in trouble.

Lorde has shared a new snap from the studio that suggests she might finally be putting the finishing touches on her new album.

Ben Barrington and Pua Magasiva were left "shaken" after they were involved in an accident on an Auckland motorway.

Move over Obama, Simon Dallow is the latest celebrity to jump aboard the mic drop wagon. But what caused the One News reader to storm off set?

Hilary Barry is enjoying her new found freedom - even in the rain.

The Kiwi actress landed herself a major role in the new web-series, Hashtaggers, where she plays a media strategist to the stars.

It's one of the most infamous scenes in New Zealand reality television history. But was it real? The Spinoff investigates.

The Kiwi star of Xena: Warrior Princess has lamented the show's controversial ending and says she now tells fans: "Let's pretend that didn't happen".

Kiwi duo Broods have grown up in LA, discovers Siena Yates.

Lily Taurau is expected to step into the ring with Naz Khanjani next month.