airs short news, sports and weather updates every half-hour, from 6 am until 8:30 am, hosted by Chris Chang (from 2023). Prior to January 2022, the weather was presented by Matty McLean. 1 News at Midday 1 News at Midday is a half-hour long bulletin that airs at midday each weekday, and is hosted by Chris Chang from Monday to Thursday and by Indira Stewart on Fridays. It airs every weekday at 12:00pm on TVNZ 1 and competed with Three's Newshub Midday until Newshub discontinued its midday bulletin in July 2016, making 1 News at Midday the only midday television news bulletin in New Zealand. Newshub reintroduced its midday bulletin in February 2021, although it is styled as Newshub Live at 11:30am and aired 30 minutes earlier than 1 News at Midday. 1 News at Six 1 News at Six is 1 News flagship hour-long bulletin, airing nightly at 6 pm; it is hosted by Simon Dallow on weekdays and Melissa Stokes at weekends. Sport is presented by Hayley Holt or Andrew Saville, and weather by Daniel Corbett or Renee Wright. The bulletin usually commences with national and international news stories for the first 40 minutes, followed by sports news for around 15 minutes. At the conclusion of the bulletin, weather is presented. 1 News Tonight 1 News Tonight is a half-hour long bulletin that airs at approximately 10:30 pm on TVNZ 1 each weeknight, and is usually hosted by Daniel Faitaua. It competes with Three's Newshub Late. Current affairs programmes Seven Sharp Seven Sharp is a half-hour current affairs programme which airs at 7 pm each weekday. Presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells, it features mostly current event or local human interest stories. It was launched in 2013, replacing Close Up and long serving broadcaster Mark Sainsbury. Te Karere Te Karere is a half-hour news programme broadcast at 4 pm weekdays entirely in Māori. It is presented by Scotty Morrison. The weather is also broadcast in Māori. Te Karere regularly attracts between 50,000 – 80,000 viewers a day. Q+A Q+A is an hour-long political show that airs at 9 am on Sundays. Presented by Jack Tame, it consists of an interview with a politician that has been in the news during the previous week and a panel debate on a political hot topic. Q+A has been screening since March 2009, originally on Sunday mornings; since July 2018, it