"What am I doing here?"
"Clearly I was disappointed."
"We will need to make further changes to our cost base to navigate through this uncertainty."
The Government now says it will review the Broadcasting Act.
"We now have to go to the funding agencies to help, they're having their budgets cut too."
The Broadcasting Minister didn't seem worried about there being only one choice for television news in New Zealand.
Journalists, commentators and some politicians say the proposed closure is bad news for democracy.
It comes after Warner Bros Discovery announced Newshub would close at the end of June.
There were a variety of views on the state of media in New Zealand.