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unusual facts about One News



Pippa Wetzell

From 2001 she was a reporter for ONE News, later returning to Breakfast as back-up host for Kay Gregory.

Sacha McNeil

She has been a TV reporter and presenter since 1999, including appearing in One News, Breakfast and Tonight shows, before joining the 3 News and Sunrise teams in August 2007, where she worked alongside her father Bob McNeil.

Wendy Petrie

Wendy Petrie is a presenter (since January 2006) of Television New Zealand's One News (with co-presenter Simon Dallow) at 6pm.


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Alison Mau

She returned to ONE News after the birth of her second child and, from 1999 to 2003, presented the weekend news alongside husband Simon Dallow.

Assis Chateaubriand

Assis Chateaubriand was founder and director of the then main press chain of Brazil, the Diários Associados: 34 newspapers, 36 radio stations, 18 television stations, one news agency, one weekly magazine (O Cruzeiro), one monthly magazine (A Cigarra) as well as many magazines for children.

Judy Bailey

A reshuffle in TVNZ following the departure of Paul Holmes in 2004 saw her become the sole news presenter for the 6pm ONE News bulletin, and her salary soared to NZ$800,000.

Neil Waka

Neil was soon offered the position of news anchor for TVNZ's One News Late Edition and after twelve months he took over as TVNZ One News 6pm weekday sports news presenter working alongside Judy Bailey, a position he held from the beginning of 2004 for the next four years.

Republicanism in New Zealand

On the eve of a Royal tour by HRH Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in November 2012, a ONE News/Colmar Brunton poll reported 70% of people questioned responded they wanted to keep the Queen as head of state, while 19 percent supported New Zealand becoming a republic.

Tony Veitch

The day after the assault allegations were made public, Veitch turned up to work on Radio Sport, although Andrew Saville presented the sports news on ONE News.

Úna O'Hagan

On 19 July 2012, she was involved in an on-air mix-up when she read out the main Six One News headline (which was Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore's revelation that he had first heard of Health Service Executive chief Cathal Magee's resignation in the media).

Wendy Petrie

She was filling in for Kate Hawkesby (who presented One News Tonight) on the night of the London Bombings and presented live coverage of the event that night.