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SUMMARY:Communications and Governance
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/communications-and-governance/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240507T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20240121T211739Z
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SUMMARY:Developing Persuasive Presentations
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/developing-persuasive-presentations/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240509T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
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SUMMARY:Hope\, Resignation or Relief - A High-Profile Panel Discussion on the best ways forward for NZ's Fourth Estate (Hybrid Event)
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/hope-resignation-or-relief-a-high-profile-panel-discussion-on-the-best-ways-forward-for-nzs-fourth-estate-hybrid/
LOCATION:Room C\, EMA\, Building/145 Khyber Pass Road\, Grafton\, Auckland 1023
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240513T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240516T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20231218T034929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T041422Z
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SUMMARY:Public Relations Strategy & Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/public-relations-strategy-evaluation-4/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240516T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240516T230000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20240424T013155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240429T000145Z
UID:39477-1715879700-1715900400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Wellington Social Resilience Event
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/wellington-social-resilience-event/
LOCATION:Exhibitions\, Gallery of Fine Art on 32 Brandon Street\, Wellington
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240521T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240523T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20231210T220715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T020106Z
UID:36451-1716282000-1716465600@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Strategy & Problem Solving Master Class
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/strategy-problem-solving-master-class/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240524T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240524T090000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20240415T011756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T231224Z
UID:39172-1716537600-1716541200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Working Well with Local Media - Tauranga PRINZ Panel Event
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/working-well-with-local-media-tauranga-prinz-panel-event/
LOCATION:Ground Level/247 Cameron Road\, Tauranga 3140
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240528T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20240311T205328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T001211Z
UID:38346-1716919200-1716919200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Fellows and Life Member's Dinner
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/fellows-and-life-members-dinner-2/
LOCATION:374 Karangahape Road\, Auckland CBD\, Auckland 1010
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240529T183000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240529T233000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070508
CREATED:20240312T204833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T193011Z
UID:38378-1717007400-1717025400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:2024 PRINZ Awards Gala Dinner - Tickets Closed
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/2024-prinz-awards-gala-dinner/
LOCATION:Grand Millenium Hotel\, 71 Mayoral Drive\, Cnr Vincent Street\,\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240604T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240604T183000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240509T023739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T002344Z
UID:39943-1717522200-1717525800@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:First Tuesday - Pub Quiz
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/first-tuesday-pub-quiz/
LOCATION:Birdcage Tavern: 133 Franklin Road\, Freemans Bay\, Auckland\, 1011
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240606T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240607T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240318T000952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240604T020439Z
UID:38089-1717664400-1717761600@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Effective PR Research\, Measurement & Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/measurement-evaluation/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240612T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240612T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240403T012500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T200425Z
UID:38944-1718184600-1718195400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Leveraging GA4 for PR Success: Crafting Custom PR Dashboards with Looker Studio
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/leveraging-ga4-for-pr-success-crafting-custom-pr-dashboard-with-looker-studio/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240613T090000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240521T040412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T191529Z
UID:40340-1718265600-1718269200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Learn from a PRINZ Fellow
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/learn-from-a-prinz-fellow/
LOCATION:Bunsen Café (The Arts Centre): 2 Worcester Street\, Christchurch CBD
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240613T103000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240613T113000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240509T035629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T013217Z
UID:39966-1718274600-1718278200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Empathy: a compass for navigating change
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/empathy-a-compass-for-navigating-change/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240614T110000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240614T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240521T031642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T213905Z
UID:40294-1718362800-1718370000@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Walk and talk at Fieldays 2024
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/walk-and-talk-at-fieldays-2024/
LOCATION:Mystery Creek\, Hamilton
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240618T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240619T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240121T213124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T014707Z
UID:36926-1718703000-1718798400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Speechwriting Essentials
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/speechwriting-essentials/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240620T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240620T233000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240605T003516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240613T223031Z
UID:40640-1718903700-1718926200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Robert Walters and PRINZ - A celebration of excellence
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/robert-walters-and-prinz-a-celebration-of-excellence/
LOCATION:Robert Walters Offices – Floor 15\, 2 Hunter Street\, Wellington\, 6011
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240620T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240620T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240503T055117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240619T185144Z
UID:39761-1718904600-1718910000@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:PRINZ Southern Midwinter Mingle
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/prinz-southern-midwinter-mingle/
LOCATION:Two Thumb Brewing on Colombo\, 380 Colombo Street\, Sydenham Christchurch
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240624T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240624T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240605T005254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T225559Z
UID:40651-1719221400-1719230400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Ethics\, Risk & Reputation in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/ethics-risk-reputation-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240704T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240704T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240620T030156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240620T030313Z
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SUMMARY:Auckland First Thursdays
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/auckland-first-thursdays-3/
LOCATION:1 Saint Marys Road\, St Marys Bay\, Auckland 1011
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240711T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240711T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240610T235117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240707T222423Z
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - Hands on with AI: Essential Skills for PR and Communication Professionals
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/hands-on-with-ai-essential-skills-for-pr-and-communication-professionals/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240715T160000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240715T173000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240701T001512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T032940Z
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SUMMARY:What Uni Doesn't Teach You: A Peek into the Real-World of Communications\, PR\, and Marketing
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-uni-doesnt-teach-you-a-peek-into-the-real-world-of-communications-pr-and-marketing/
LOCATION:Te Kōpūroa room in The Pā\, University of Waikato Hamilton Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240717T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240717T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240624T052048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T003953Z
UID:41202-1721237400-1721244600@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Young Journalists Perspectives on the Fourth Estate - PRINZ Panel Event (Hybrid Event)
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/young-journalists-perspective-on-the-fourth-estate-prinz-panel-event-hybrid-event/
LOCATION:Room C\, EMA\, Building/145 Khyber Pass Road\, Grafton\, Auckland 1023
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240723T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240730T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240319T010014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240719T035925Z
UID:38634-1721725200-1722342600@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Telling Our Stories Well - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/telling-our-stories-well/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240725T113000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240725T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070509
CREATED:20240701T021006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T020513Z
UID:41548-1721907000-1721912400@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:The importance of Maaori storytelling: Aukaha News - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/the-importance-of-maaori-storytelling-the-team-at-award-winning-aukaha-news-share-insights-into-their-mahi-and-kaupapa/
LOCATION:Kākāriki House\, The Wise Group’s Hamilton office\, 293 Grey Street\, Hamilton East
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240725T123000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240725T133000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070510
CREATED:20240627T031837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240627T031837Z
UID:41289-1721910600-1721914200@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:PRINZ 2024 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/prinz-2024-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240801T170000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240801T190000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070510
CREATED:20240724T221108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T221158Z
UID:42402-1722531600-1722538800@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Auckland First Thursdays
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/auckland-first-thursdays-4/
LOCATION:Hotel Ponsonby\, 1 Saint Marys Road\, St Marys Bay\, Auckland 1011
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240801T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070510
CREATED:20240705T043535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T204604Z
UID:41726-1722533400-1722540600@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Building collaborative relationships with Māori and iwi organisations - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/building-collaborative-relationships-with-maori-and-iwi-organisations/
LOCATION:39 Vivian Street\, New Plymouth Central\, New Plymouth 4310
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240808T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240808T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070510
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SUMMARY:Media Training for PR & Communications Professionals with Mary Lambie
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/media-training-for-pr-communications-professionals-with-mary-lambie-2/
LOCATION:TVNZ – 100 Victoria Street West\, Auckland CBD\, Auckland 1010
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240813T090000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240813T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T070510
CREATED:20240405T010531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T024044Z
UID:38982-1723539600-1723564800@prinz.org.nz
SUMMARY:Building High Performing Comms Teams
DESCRIPTION:12th June 2025\, 6:00pm-8:30pm						\n					\n				\n				\n			\n			\n		\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n							Overview This exclusive PRINZ event offers PR professionals a rare opportunity to hear directly from senior media executives at TVNZ\, NZME\, RNZ and Stuff. Each executive will provide a 10 minute update on the latest developments in their organisation\, followed by an engaging panel discussion on the evolving media landscape in New Zealand and what it means for PR professionals in 2025. Here is your opportunity to get your information from the horse’s mouth. Our panellists will engage in discussion on topics such as:  The role of earned media in 2025Challenges facing newsrooms and implications for PRHow to support traditional mediaEffective media pitching in a fast-paced news environment This event is free for members and will be live-streamed for those outside of Auckland. Thank you to Foodstuffs for kindly hosting this event. 						\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your panellists are:Joanna Norris is the Managing Director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a member of the Stuff Group Executive Leadership Team. Stuff Masthead Publishing is a national portfolio business of subscription focused products including digital news websites\, magazines\, newspapers and events and a national social media network Neighbourly. The business is aggressively transitioning to a digital and experience focused business. Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand\, the UK and the Middle East. She has worked as a reporter\, editor and media executive. She was appointed Managing Director in 2023\, having previously held the role of Chief Content Officer for the Stuff Group. She loves creativity\, a good story\, great New Zealand food and getting into New Zealand’s high country to tramp and ski with her family. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Murray Kirkness has been Chief Content Officer (Publishing) since June 2023\, a role encompassing the NZME Editor-in-Chief position. Murray leads NZME’s editorial team of about 270 people nationwide to deliver high-quality\, trusted news and content across multiple channels. Murray’s role includes growing the company’s various digital subscription platforms such as Herald Premium and BusinessDesk\, and responsibilities across radio news and print publications including the NZ Herald and NZME’s regional newspapers. He has worked in newsrooms across New Zealand and Australia. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Jodi O’Donnell was appointed as TVNZ’s Chief Executive Officer in Jan 2024. She has over 25 years experience in the media industry focused on creating exceptional customer experiences and developing high performing teams. Jodi has held a range of senior marketing\, communications and commercial roles\, including most recently as TVNZ’s Chief Revenue Officer.  Jodi is an accomplished leader with a strong track record of driving transformational change\, digital innovation and commercial sustainability in the local media sector. A passionate advocate for storytelling and the power of video\, Jodi is focused on the transformation of audiences and revenue for a digital-first streaming business.  Jodi is a passionate kiwi and is proud to live and work in the most beautiful country in the world.  						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Tim Watkin\, RNZ Executive Editor – Audio Tim Watkin has worked in journalism for nearly three decades\, winning awards for news reporting\, feature writing\, TV and radio producing\, and podcasting\, including NZ Journalist of the Year in 2006. He’s been deputy editor for the NZ Listener\, founding producer of TVNZ’s Q+A and Executive Producer at TV3’s The Vote and The Nation. He has written for the Guardian and the Washington Post\, founded Pundit.co.nz and led RNZ’s move into podcasting in 2016. He is currently Executive Editor\, Audio at RNZ\, leading a team of 15 and working with a range of external producers. RNZ podcasts – such as Gone Fishing\, The Service\, Our Changing World and Nellie’s Baby – frequently top the podcast charts in New Zealand\, have won more than 90 awards in competitions worldwide and had more than 40 million listens in the past year. Tim lives in Auckland is married with two sons and a dog. 						\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n																										\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							Your moderator for the evening will be Damien Venuto. He is currently a Senior Account Director at One Plus One Communications. Prior to this\, he was the host of the New Zealand Herald’s Front Page Podcast\, which he and his team grew to a cumulative audience exceeding two million\, and spent four years as online business editor for the NZ Herald. Prior to that\, Venuto spent four years at Tangible Media\, most recently as Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine and StopPress. Readers of his Herald columns and past work in the trade press will be well aware of Venuto’s keen insight into the world of communications and marketing\, and his ability to simplify the complex in service of a great story.  
URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/building-high-performing-comms-teams-2/
LOCATION:Online
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