Money is money and nobody wants to look a gift horsepower in the mouth, writes John Drinnan. Mazda now owns sponsorship rights to 7pm shows from Sunday through to Friday.

I will never forget the opening of Maori Television ten years ago today.

The Government is facing flak on two fronts over issues affecting Maori Television, amid staff concerns about plans to realign its news and current affairs department.

The Maori Television board did not seek a reference from TVNZ's boss over an applicant for its own top job, the Herald has been told.

Maori broadcasters have weaved a tangled web of politics with upheavals at both Television New Zealand and Maori TV, writes John Drinnan.

The Maori TV board is pushing ahead with plans to appoint controversial broadcaster Paora Maxwell as chief executive in the next two weeks, broadcasting sources say.

TVNZ is eyeing tougher new conflict of interest rules for employees following the resignation of broadcaster Shane Taurima, an inquiry into the case has heard.

TV companies are under attack for screening advertising-free programmes for preschoolers at times when few preschool children are watching.

Labour has extended the deadline for selection of the candidate for Tamaki Makaurau electorate to allow for a TVNZ inquiry into Labour Party activism.

'I didn't feel that there was any desire to invest in women in senior primetime roles.' Broadcaster Rachel Smalley reveals why she really left TV3.

New Zealand's dominant pay-TV company, posted a 22pc gain in profit of $82.1m as subscribers switched to its My Sky service.

It is a truism of politics that a "partisan" is always a member of the opposite party.

Shane Taurima probably felt he was trying to make New Zealand a better place, even if he went about it the wrong way, as everyone seems to agree, writes Geoff Kemp.

TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick says the state broadcaster gave Shane Taurima a journalism-or-politics ultimatum when he was reinstated at TVNZ.

David Cunliffe has probably done enough to avoid Labour suffering too much collateral damage from the Shane Taurima affair, writes John Armstrong.

The Shane Taurima fiasco will hasten calls for Maori TV to take over TVNZ's Maori and Pacific unit.

The first round of the 7pm ratings battle has been won by Seven Sharp, with more than 100,000 more viewers than rival Campbell Live.

The battle lines are drawn in the race for 7pm current affairs viewers when rivals Seven Sharp and Campbell Live return tonight after the summer break.

Our two main networks go head-to-head at 7pm on weeknights as TV3's Campbell Live faces Seven Sharp's new line-up on TV One.