PremiumMedia Insider: TVNZ confirms closure of Re: News youth platform, top journalist loses role after winning top video awardShayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·24 May, 2026 05:02 PM5 mins to read‌TVNZ video journalist Zoe Madden-Smith.TVNZ video journalist Zoe Madden-Smith.TVNZ is closing its youth news brand Re: News, just as one of its reporters was crowned New Zealand’s best video journalist for the second year in a row.

“Winning Video Journalist of the Year and being made redundant in the same fortnight is pretty wild, but here we are!”