ter Ellen 2015 – Substitute – Janika ter Ellen Former hosts Suzy Clarkson (née Aiken) 2004 – 2010 Ross Karl (Sports) Kelly Swanson-Roe Karen Rutherford Alistar Wilkinson Charlotte Bellis Wayne Hay Garry Wilkinson Presentation 2004–2006 Launched in February 2004 as Prime News – First at 5:30 and was presented on weeknights by former Getaway (TVNZ version) presenter and ABC (US) reporter Suzy Clarkson (née Aiken) and was produced in Sydney by Sky News Australia, using the resources of Sky News Australia and Newstalk ZB broadcasting from a chroma keyed studio. 2006–2015 In 2006 Prime and Sky TV moved to a new broadcast hub in Albany near Auckland New Zealand, A new studio and host Eric Young coincided with the move and a relaunch of Prime. Prime News, and used the same graphics and music as its sister bulletin Sky News, it also sourced more local content sourced primarily from 3 News. The role of sports newsreader was held by Suzy Clarkson (née Aiken), and newcomer Ross Karl, with Clarkson also reading the weekend news. Political coverage was provided by Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper, along with several other Wellington-based reporters, at this stage Prime had no full-time South Island reporters. During the Rugby World Cup 2011, Prime News hosted several bulletins from the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre in Central Auckland. During the 2012 London Olympic Games Prime News broadcast from a temporary shared space with Sky Sport. 2015–present On 23 January 2015 it was announced that Prime News will be Produced by MediaWorks (now produced by Discovery NZ), and it was confirmed that Janika ter Ellen, and Wayne Hay will replace Eric Young due to his current commitments he was unable to present the show. The new look show debuted on Sunday 1 March presented by Janika ter Ellen. On Monday 13 April Eric Young returned as Weekday Anchor, with Wayne Hay moving to 60 Minutes and Janika ter Ellen staying at weekends. On 16 February 2016 a new look logo was launched and news began being presented and broadcast in High Definition. Current affairs Current affairs is provided as a New Zealand hosted version of the CBS show 60 Minutes with the bulk of the stories coming from the foreign show. Hosts include, 2015 : Charlotte Bellis 2016 : Alistair Wilkinson Programming Sports With Prime 100% owned by Sky Network Television, it has access to a large selection