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Police enter TV wrangle
Police have been asked to look into complaints against the producer behind hit TV shows Dream Home, Location Location Location and Sensing Murder.
![Authority names NZ's most hated commercials](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Authority names NZ's most hated commercials
Hell Pizza has denied being offensive for the sake of it - despite having New Zealand's most complained about adverts.
![Content is still king in TV's fuzzy future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Content is still king in TV's fuzzy future
When television arrived in New Zealand 50 years ago a consumer's main decision was whether to buy a console TV or one that had legs.
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<i>Jim Hopkins</i>: Television's magic has been lost forever
Jim Hopkins reflects on how television has shaped our very society over the past 50 years.
![TV host puts job on the line over <i>Marae</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TV host puts job on the line over <i>Marae</i>
A leading Maori journalist is threatening to walk away from TVNZ if proposals to revamp the Maori-focused current affairs show Marae go ahead, insiders say.
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Colleagues, friends mourn death of Maori film-maker
Trailblazing film-maker Merata Mita collapsed and died yesterday while at Maori Television to discuss a documentary.
![Pick of the week: <i>Cheers to 50 Years</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pick of the week: <i>Cheers to 50 Years</i>
On June 1, 1960, AKTV-2 made its first scheduled black and white broadcast from its Shortland St studios.
![<i>Mark Irving: </i>Getting a laugh in advertising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Mark Irving: </i>Getting a laugh in advertising
There's some pretty dire stuff out there but every so often an ad comes along that's a true rib-tickler
![The new action heroines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The new action heroines
A spate of films and TV shows are ditching male actors and casting women in roles originally written for men.
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Boxing: Tua denied release by broadcaster
Maori TV declined an approach by David Tua's promoter Cedric Kushner to release Tua from his contract so Tua could earn more money.
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<i>Media</i>: Perigo radio stint sparks diction friction
Media: Perigo radio stint sparks diction friction
![Boxing: Behind-scene scrap turned ugly](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boxing: Behind-scene scrap turned ugly
New documents reveal the ugly scrap that took place before David Tua's last fight.
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TV3 could woo back much-loved Nightline host
TV3 bosses hinted that popular and irreverent former Nightline host Belinda Todd could return to Kiwi television.
![Maori TV fraudster: It's Kiwi injustice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Maori TV fraudster: It's Kiwi injustice
The man who faked his CV to become the first boss of Maori TV says his sentence was harsh compared with what has since happened to a public servant who falsified her CV.
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TVNZ sorry for diet ad shown during anorexia doco
TVNZ has apologised for screening an advertisement for a weight-management product during a documentary on anorexia.