[19][20][21] In response, NZME filed an emergency injunction at the Auckland High Court to force Nine Entertainment back into negotiations.
[25] On 14 April 2020, NZME announced that they were making 15% of their workforce redundant (a loss of roughly 200 jobs) as a result of the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
[28] In November 2024, NZME announced plans to eliminate 30 jobs and close 14 community newspapers, including Hauraki-Coromandel Post, Katikati Advertiser, Te Puke Times, Taupō & Tūrangi Herald, Napier Courier, Hastings Leader, CHB Mail, Stratford Press, Bush Telegraph, Whanganui Midweek, Manawatū Guardian, Horowhenua Chronicle and Kāpiti News.
[29][30] In January 2025, NZME announced plans to eliminate 14 reporting and 24 production jobs as part of a restructuring process.
These restructuring measures included merging news desks, producing fewer but more focused stories and developing a specialist print team.
SunMedia was founded by Claire and Brian Rogers in 2001 and owned the SunLive website, the Weekend Sun, Coast & Country News and New Farm Dairies publications.
Following criticism, NZME's editor-in-chief Murray Kirkness stated that AI "was used in a way that fell short of its standards and more journalistic rigour would have been beneficial".
[32] The publishing division of NZME reaches an estimated 2.1 million people each week by print, desktop computer and mobile.
Its supplements include Be Well on Monday, Travel on Tuesday, Viva, Driven and Herald Homes on Wednesday, TimeOut on Thursday, Canvas on Saturday, and Spy on Sunday.
In 2019, it was reported that the website and content of the Chinese New Zealand Herald is under the operational and editorial control of the state-run China News Service, controlled by Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department and subject to state censorship and government propaganda.
Privately owned Gore station Hokonui Gold is operated by NZME under a long-term lease contract.
The brands of Auckland's Radio Hauraki and Easy Listening i were retained and launched as nationwide networks, while Hamilton's Easy Listening i, Auckland's The Breeze on 91, Hamilton's The Breeze on 89.8 and the other stations were converted to the former Radio New Zealand brands.
[42] The implosion was conducted by US specialists and went without problems, providing reassurance for contractors planning to carry out similar operations.
The line-up included Mark Bramley (10a – 2p), Aaron Gillions, Scott Armstrong and Brian Gentill (2p – 7p), and Peter Gosney, Corey K and Duncan Allen (7p – 12a).
Other voices heard on the network included Geoff Bargas, Rebecca Ali, Nadine Christiansen, Sarah McMullan, Chris Auer, Marke Dickson and Paul Frost.
On 1 December 2000 CRN stations joined the Classic Hits programme fed from Cook Street Auckland, also operated by TRN.