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, said the two will bring 'something special' to the late timeslot.
"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," said Jennings.
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 and Campbell 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 across TV3's news and current affairs programmes and 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.
Source: Press Release - MediaWorks
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