''Close Up'' is a half-hour-long
New Zealand
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current affairs programme produced by
Television New Zealand
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. The programme aired at 7 pm weeknights (straight after ''
One News'') on
TV ONE and was presented in its final years by
Mark Sainsbury. The last edition was broadcast on 30 November 2012. ''
Seven Sharp
''Seven Sharp'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme was created after the discontinuation of '' Close Up''. It is broadcast live from the TVNZ studio it shares with ''1 New ...
'', a current affairs show aimed at a younger audience, took its place in 2013.
The new ''Close Up'' began broadcasting on 2 November 2004 as a replacement for the ''Holmes'' show immediately after
Paul Holmes announced his resignation
from TVNZ and that he would be presenting a similar show on
Prime
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in 2005. The show was originally branded as ''Close Up at 7'' using the existing ''Holmes'' studio; when the show relaunched in 2005, it was branded as simply ''Close Up'' with a new-look studio.
''Close Up'' was hosted by
Susan Wood from its first show in 2004 until 4 December 2006, when she resigned from TVNZ, citing health problems.
''Close Up'' competed with the
TV3 current affairs show ''
Campbell Live
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'', and shared the same time slot with
TV2 drama ''
Shortland Street
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''.
Personnel
Presenters
Reporters
*Gill Higgins
*Robyn Janes
*
Daniel Faitaua
*Hannah Ockelford
*Matt Chisholm
*Michael Holland
*Corinne Ambler
*
Dominic Bowden
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(entertainment reporter)
Producers
*Louisa Cleave
*Katherine McCallum
*Christopher Lynch
*Mike Valintine (executive producer)
Major New Zealand awards
Robyn Janes, Louisa Cleave (producer) and Corinne Ambler won Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme and the coveted Journalist of the Year awards at the 2009 Qantas Film & TV Awards. Robyn, Louisa and Corinne won for their series on the shocking state of two New Zealand schools - Wairoa's Tiaho Primary School and Whanganui Awa School. It was the second year in a row that Robyn has been recognised. She won the award for Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme in 2008 as well.
Previous version
In the 1980s, ''Close Up'' was a weekly, hour-long current affairs' programme, looking more in depth into domestic
news topics of the day, much in the mould of ''
60 Minutes
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''.
Close Up cancellation
On 28 September 2012, TVNZ decided to cancel Close Up at the end of the year taking a new stance at the 7pm time slot. TVNZ head of news and current affairs Ross Dagan said "a new daily current affairs show with a distinctively different format." This also ended Mark Sainsbury's association with the state owned channel.
The show ended on 30 November 2012.
References
External links
TV ONE minisiteFinal edition of Close Up
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