60 Minutes (New Zealand TV programme)

60 Minutes
GenreNews magazine
Presented by
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerTerence Taylor
Producers
  • Chris Wilks
  • Eugene Bingham
Editors
  • Paul Enticott
  • Toby Longbottom
Camera setupGeorge Murahidy
Arthur Rasmussen
Running time60 minutes, including adverts.
Original release
NetworkTV3
Release1990 (1990) –
1992 (1992)
NetworkTVNZ
Release1993 (1993) –
2001 (2001)
NetworkTV3
Release2002 (2002) –
2012 (2012)
NetworkSky Open
Release2013 (2013) –
present
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60 Minutes is a New Zealand television newsmagazine show. It was originally broadcast on TV3. The show began in New Zealand in 1989 based on an American programme by the same name.

The broadcaster of 60 Minutes changed twice during the 1990s. It was one of TV3's flagship programmes when TV3 went to air in 1989, then in 1992 TVNZ won the rights to the programme. After being shown on TV1 from 1993 to 2002, TVNZ decided not to renew the rights the show from CBS, and the rights were reacquired by TV3. Following this, there was a fight over the www.60minutes.co.nz domain, which for a short time, redirected to the site on TVNZ's replacement Sunday.[citation needed] Currently, the domain redirects to the www.cbs.com website. From 2013 the programme was broadcast on Sky Open (formerly known as Prime TV).

During 2015 Charlotte Bellis hosted the show, till December 2015 when the show went through a restructure to a format with a New Zealand presenter introducing international stories from other editions of 60 Minutes around the world.

60 Minutes returned for 2016 on Monday 11 April with the current affairs from around the world presented by Alistair Wilkinson.