Samantha Hayes and David Farrier will host the new 3 News late programme.
The show is replacing The Paul Henry Show, which replaced Nightline in 2014. It will screen at 10:30pm on TV3 and 3news.co.nz.
“Samantha and David have spent half their lives at MediaWorks and are two of our brightest news and current affairs talents. As a team they bring something special to the late news slot, and I’m delighted to have them as co-hosts for the first time,” says MediaWorks group head of news Mark Jennings.
“Both Samantha and David are journalists who engage with New Zealanders in a unique way, through their onscreen storytelling to their social media and online activity. Between them they have covered stories from LA to India to the South Pole - from the glamour of the Grammy’s to the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen.”
Hayes is a Nightline veteran having presented the show from 2007 - 2009 before moving into other news shows, including 3rd Degree which she currently co-presents with Duncan Garner.
Farrier was Nightline’s entertainment reporter for several years before also moving onto other news shows.
Hayes and Farrier will continue to work for other MediaWorks’ news programmes; Hayes on TV3’s weekly current affairs programme, Farrier as an entertainment reporter filing for a range of news brands.
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source: newshub archive
