Stuff Circuit, presented by Paula Penfold and with four team members, has won multiple awards for Stuff.co.nz, which has regularly lauded the unit’s achievements.
But in the list of current affairs programmes to be funded for 2024 through NZ on Air, Stuff Circuit was a glaring omission.
The programme does not appear to have published any video documentaries this year and it’s understood reforms at Stuff, splitting the new paywalled journalism for sites The Press, The Post and The Waikato Times away from the main site has left the Circuit unit in limbo. […]
In 2023’s funding announcement a year ago, Stuff Circuit received $370,000. The publishing platform, Stuff, would be expected to commit further funds towards such a show. […]
Last year Stuff Circuit produced a bold and controversial video documentary, called Fire And Fury that examined the groups behind the Parliament anti-mandate protests. Its tagline was “Who’s driving a violent, misinformed New Zealand and why.”
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