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Who won what

September 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am by David Farrar

It is hard to know who did well at the Qantas Awards as each broadcaster focuses on the awards they won. So as a guide, here are the awards for each channel.

News and Current Affairs

TV1

  1. Qantas Best News – One News
  2. Best News or Current Affairs Presenter – Mark Sainsbury (Close Up)
  3. TV Journalist of the Year – Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells (Sunday)
  4. Best News Reporting – Lisa Owen (One News)
  5. Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme  – Robyn Janes and Steve Hopkins (Close Up)
  6. Best Current Affairs Series  – Sunday
  7. Best News Camera – Jared Mason (One News and Close Up)
  8. Investigation of the Year – Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells (Sunday)

TV3

  1. Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special – Sarah Hall, Paula Penfold, George Murahidy and Catherine Hallinan (60 Minutes)
  2. Best Current Affairs Camera – George Murahidy (60 Minutes)
  3. Best News and Current Affairs Editing – Paul Enticott (60 Minutes)

So a pretty compelling victory for TV1 over TV3. Now for General TV:

  1. TV1 – 7 awards
  2. TV2 – 4 awards
  3. TV3 – 12 awards
  4. C4 – 2 awards
  5. Maori TV – 1 award
  6. TVNZ6 – 1 award

TV3 takes aways the honours here – winning more than TV1 and TV2 combined.

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9 Responses to “Who won what”

  1. Redbaiter (13,197) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    What a gross politically engineered circus. One of the reasons why I only fly Qantas when I have to. This synthetic grossly subjective farce is just another nail in the coffin of an industry that I cannot wait to see fade into long overdue obscurity.

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  2. homepaddock (414) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    More isn’t necessarily better; and being better than something that isn’t very good just means you’re not as bad.

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  3. Murray (8,832) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    Given that there are two nominations wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper just to flip a coin and save the endless self agrandising promos very year telling us that they are both “the best”? Lets just have the Qauintarse Coin Tossoff.

    Having been exposed to actual news outside New Zealand “the best” doesn’t actually imply good on the international stage.

    Or even mediocre.

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  4. bearhunter (859) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Why not just rename the whole thing the Qantas Entertainment awards (although I accept that the news is rarely entertaining and even then only unintentionally), since it appears to be a competition between two sets of overpaid charisma-voids reading someone else’s words off a card. There is more integrity and a higher degree of difficulty in kindergarten reading sessions. When I’m overseas, the news seems to be more real. Certainly the presentation of it is more credible. For all the flaws of the BBC, it was never a beauty contest with some reading involved.

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  5. getstaffed (9,188) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    I hardly ever watch TV1 News… it’s stuffed with Qantas ads.

    I usually watch TV3 news… can’t recall seeing a Qantas ad.

    ’nuff said.

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  6. carlyp (27) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    I still can’t believe that Sainsbury beat John Campbell. I’m in denial… lost for words. There is NO WAY that Sainsbury is a better journo/presenter than John Campbell. Ugh.

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  7. Murray (8,832) Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    I can’t believe you care.

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  8. glubbster (345) Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Who cares, NZ tv is mostly a joke anyway. As bad as each other.

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  9. glubbster (345) Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    And have to agree with carlyp ala Sainsbury. Proves my point that the awards are all a joke.

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