4 February, 2015
Samantha Hayes and David Farrier to Host Late News on TV3
Samantha Hayes and David Farrier have been named as co-hosts for MediaWorks’ 2015 late news and entertainment show. The
new programme will screen weeknights at 10.30pm on TV3 and 3news.co.nz.
MediaWorks Group Head of News, Mark Jennings says: “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.
“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.”
Samantha Hayes has worked as a journalist and presenter across TV3’s News and Current Affairs programmes for the past
decade. Her presenting experience includes three years as Nightline anchor and co-presenting 3rd Degree with Duncan Garner. She has worked as a reporter for 3News, focussing on the environment, science and arts, and on
long-form current affairs for 3rd Degree. Samantha was TV3’s Australian correspondent in 2011, and her work has also taken her to Antarctica, Costa Rica, the UK
and Europe, India, Australia, the US and Pacific.
David Farrier joined TV3 as an autocue operator while still at university. He was the Entertainment Reporter for Nightline for several years and now works on entertainment and technology stories for 3News andCampbell Live. David’s other TV experience includes a TV3 documentary about the origins of the National Anthem, and playing the reporter in Rhys Darby’s Netflix series Short Poppies. He co-hosted radio show (and co-hosts the podcast) The Cryptid Factor with Darby. David is currently directing The Tickle King, a documentary about the strange world of competitive endurance tickling. He has an extensive social media following
and in 2014, hosted an episode of The Paul Henry Show, with his parrot Keith.
Farrier and Hayes 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. Further details, including the
programme name, will be announced in the coming weeks.
MediaWorks is New Zealand’s largest independent broadcaster, reaching 3.8 million Kiwis through its TV, Radio and
Digital platforms. The company owns and operates television channels TV3, FOUR and The Edge TV; radio brands The Edge,
The Rock, More FM, The Breeze, The Sound, Mai FM, George FM, Kiwi FM, LiveSPORT and RadioLIVE; a network of websites
including 3news.co.nz and 3NOW, and a family of mobile and tablet apps. MediaWorks’ entertainment and news brands and people are household
names, with loyal, highly engaged audiences. www.mediaworks.co.nz
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