In 1990, the format of Breakfast News was changed to five-minute bulletins at 7 am, 7.30 am, 8 am and 8.30 am (during Channel 2's early morning programming for children) with former Top Half presenter John Hawkesby taking over as anchor.

Following Hosking's tenure, Breakfast was dominated by host Paul Henry's outspoken nature for several years, until he resigned following a series of on-air racist comments in October 2010.

[3] Tame remained on Breakfast until 2019, when he became the presenter of Q+A and was replaced by veteran New Zealand broadcaster John Campbell, who had recently joined TVNZ.

Campbell hosted with Pippa Wetzell and Melissa Stokes on Mondays and Tuesdays, with Jenny-May Clarkson (the show's regular newsreader), Hadyn Jones and Anna Burns-Francis taking over for the remaining episodes.

[6] During Auckland's lockdown period between 18 August and 12 November 2021, the two presenting teams were Campbell, Stewart and Stokes, and Clarkson, McLean and Jenny Suo.

[7] Campbell left the show in April to become TVNZ's special correspondent, and was briefly replaced by Kamahl Santamaria, who had previously presented for Al Jazeera English for 16 years.

After further allegations of harassment against Santamaria during his time at Al Jazeera were reported, a review of TVNZ's hiring process was undertaken.

[9] Upon the review's completion in July 2022, TVNZ's head of news and current affairs, Paul Yurisich, who had hired Santamaria without thorough consultation, also resigned from his position.

In January 2024, TVNZ announced that former Europe Correspondant Daniel Faitaua would return to the Breakfast team in 2024, replacing Matty McLean who departed the show in December 2023.