Five things election night TV coverage could learn from Havoc and Newsboy

What could a TV2 election special from 2002 teach modern news producers as they prepare for Saturday night’s big event? Calum Henderson investigates. Election night has historically been one of the biggest events in live television, second only to the telethon. This year, all the major newsy channels will be working hell for leather, designing … Read more

The telly legend behind Neighbours at War is back with a brand new show

The unmistakable voice of Neighbours at War, Bill Kerton tells Calum Henderson about making his new show Gutsful and how he cut his TV teeth directing Havoc and Newsboy at the height of their infamy. “I’ve sort of only really got one setting,” Bill Kerton admits. He is talking about Gutsful, the new TV show … Read more

The Real Pod: You better lose yourself in the nuggets

Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and Alex Casey gather around the oval table and talk about the latest happenings in New Zealand television and real life in New Zealand. The Real Pod team are reunited after a tumultuous few weeks to chill out and talk Bachelor and pop culture like a bunch of frozen contestants in an ice … Read more

Can Mikey Havoc and bFM make each other great again?

Seven years after he hung up his headphones at bFM, Mikey Havoc – musician, trouble maker, radio talent extraordinaire – is back at the station that made him. Ahead of his first Breakfast show on May 8th, Havoc sat down with his former producer José Barbosa to explain what lured him home. Mikey Havoc, the old … Read more