MediaWorks New Zealand is a New Zealand-based company specialising in radio, outdoor advertising and interactive media.

[3] MediaWorks TV was created in 2004 following the merger of TVWorks and RadioWorks, and owned the nationwide free-to-air television channels TV3 and C4.

[8] The deal went against official advice, and then Communications Minister Steven Joyce was accused of having a conflict of interest as the past managing director of the company's RadioWorks division.

[11] Among other companies, Radio Bay of Plenty secured commercial loans, The Radio Network covered its own costs, and Rhema Broadcasting Group covered the cost with no-interest loans.

[13][15] In August 2014, Mark Weldon was appointed CEO, replacing Susan Turner, who had resigned in July 2014.

[16] Weldon resigned in May 2016 at the same time that a large number of long serving and high-profile staff were leaving the company under his leadership.

[citation needed] In October 2021, MediaWorks said it would be ending its content supply agreement with Newshub.

MediaWorks announced it would instead establish its own radio newsroom again and would employ over 20 news and sports journalists, editors and correspondents.

[20][21] Newshub's political editor at the time, Tova O'Brien, was announced as breakfast host,[22] with broadcasters Duncan Garner, Rachel Smalley, Polly Gillespie, Leah Panapa, Mark Richardson, Lloyd Burr, Wilhelmina Shrimpton, Nigel Yalden, Robett Hollis, Mark Dye, Carly Flynn, Nickson Clark, Dave Letele and Dominic Bowden all named as part of the lineup.

[29] On 22 March 2024, MediaWorks confirmed that a hacker had stolen the personal data of 403,000 individuals who had participated in its online competition.

It was officially launched by station manager Warren Male in December 1992, but began as short trial broadcasts on Pauanui-Tairua and Whitianga-Whangamata during previous summers.

Seventy-five presenters present the station's twenty-four-hour mix of house, breaks, drum and bass, electro, soul, downbeat, jazz, funk, indietronica, hip-hop and other dance and electronica music.

George FM was set up in 1998 as a volunteer-run low power station based in a Grey Lynn spare bedroom.

However, it continues to retain a laid-back style: news is limited to informal Auckland-specific news, weather, traffic and surf reports hourly during breakfast and drive shows and the choice of music and presenting style is entirely that of programme hosts.

[33] Mai FM is an Auckland-based Māori radio network which plays mainly hip hop and R&B music.

Magic is an oldies music station targeted at the 50- to 69-year-old age group and is currently heard in over 20 markets.

More FM is an adult contemporary music station catering to the 25- to 44-year-old listeners and runs a mixture of local and network shows, programming varies between markets.

The Sound is a classic rock station playing music targeted at the 35- to 59-year-old age group.

The station was originally known as Solid Gold and played a Rock N Roll Oldies format, specializing in music from the 1960 and 70s.

A network was formed in 2007 a year after The Breeze began broadcasting in Auckland with local content reduced on some stations and the brand expanded to new markets.

The Rock has its origins as a local radio station in Hamilton which began broadcasting on 1 December 1991.

The Rock expanded into Taranaki and the Bay of Plenty as separate local stations during the mid-nineties and later began networking to regions around the North Island, replacing the local programming in Taranaki and Bay of Plenty with programming from Hamilton.

The station does not host any shows or DJs, instead they play uninterrupted music 24/7 with witty comments between each song.

Kiwi FM had its origins as Channel Z, a station that played mostly alternative rock music.

In 2005 Channel Z was relaunched as Kiwi FM a station that originally played 100% New Zealand music.

Kiwi FM ceased broadcasting on 31 March 2015 with the frequencies handed back to the government.

Most websites have a similar layout and a MediaWorks link bar at the top of the page.

Television advertising was sold by the MediaWorks offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Melbourne, Sydney and Hamilton.

[citation needed] Three provided mature content, Newshub bulletins, current affairs and sport.

[39] On 10 March 2016 a reporter for MediaWorks broke embargo and leaked sensitive information about a 25 basis point cut by the Reserve Bank to the Official Cash Rate (OCR).