BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PRINZ - Public Relations Institute of New Zealand - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://prinz.org.nz X-WR-CALDESC:Events for PRINZ - Public Relations Institute of New Zealand REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20240406T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20240928T140000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20250405T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20250927T140000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T130000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T140000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015039 CREATED:20240906T025334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T213651Z UID:43494-1730379600-1730383200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Fellows & Life Member Webinar: Down the Rabbit Hole - What is Misinformation and how to Tackle It 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/down-the-rabbit-hole-what-is-misinformation-and-how-to-tackle-it/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/misinformation.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T163000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T180000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240923T003519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T012210Z UID:43926-1730392200-1730397600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Christchurch Event: Insights from Industry Leaders on Communications in 2024 and Beyond 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/insights-from-industry-leaders-on-communications-in-2024-and-beyond/ LOCATION:No. 4 Bar and Restaurant\, 4 Mansfield Avenue\, St Albans\, Christchurch\, 8014\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/communications-event-christchurch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241104T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240606T030043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T225329Z UID:40749-1730712600-1730980800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Introduction to Public Relations 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/introduction-to-public-relations-5/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/intro-to-pr.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241103T223852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T223852Z UID:44845-1730998800-1731006000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga 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/tauranga-first-thursdays-3/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/First-Thursdays.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240923T231126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241211T011711Z UID:43442-1731000600-1731006000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Your Comms Career Path and How to Stand Out Within It 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/your-comms-career-path-and-how-to-stand-out-within-it/ LOCATION:Momentum Consulting Offices\, Shed 20\, Princes Warf\, Quay Street\, Auckland\, 1010 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/comms-industry-stand-out.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T133000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240902T042950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T010317Z UID:43318-1731499200-1731504600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission: Development West Coast 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-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-development-west-coast/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-126-scaled-e1724992725110.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241121T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240822T013031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240822T014240Z UID:43086-1732190400-1732195800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Palmerston North City Council 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-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-palmerston-north-city-council/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-148-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T133000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240807T022917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T023809Z UID:42621-1732795200-1732800600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Great Scott 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-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-great-scott/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240529_PRINZ-170-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T163000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T183000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241104T034501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T034827Z UID:44875-1732811400-1732818600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Waikato Christmas Catch up 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/waikato-christmas-catch-up/ LOCATION:Hāpi Bar\, 401 Grey Street\, Hamilton\, Hamilton East\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-16.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241023T024840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T041527Z UID:44627-1732815000-1732820400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Auckland Last 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-6/ LOCATION:Queens Rooftop\, Level 21/1 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nelson-Event-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T193000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241113T220009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T230127Z UID:45130-1732815000-1732822200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Celebrate the Season with PRINZ Southern 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/celebrate-the-season-with-prinz-southern/ LOCATION:No. 4 Bar and Restaurant\, 4 Mansfield Avenue\, St Albans\, Christchurch\, 8014\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241129T083000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241129T103000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241016T235612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T223941Z UID:44401-1732869000-1732876200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Introduction to Mastering Tough Conversations and Effective Feedback 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/introduction-to-mastering-tough-conversations-and-effective-feedback/ LOCATION:Pead\, Imperial Building\, Level 2\, 44 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mastering-tough-convo-e1728612719152.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241203T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241203T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241119T200830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T201116Z UID:45267-1733245200-1733252400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Wellington Christmas Connector 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-christmas-connector/ LOCATION:Foxglove\, 33 Queens Wharf\, Wellington\, 6011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-21.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T133000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240807T033942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T035717Z UID:42799-1733400000-1733405400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Mango Communications 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-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-mango-communications/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-286-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T183000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20241111T035748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T035748Z UID:44997-1733418000-1733423400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga 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/tauranga-first-thursdays-4/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241212T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241212T133000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015040 CREATED:20240821T034903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241208T205235Z UID:42239-1734004800-1734010200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series : Acumen 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-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-acumen/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240529_PRINZ-187-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250128T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250130T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20240911T013047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T031258Z UID:43664-1738056600-1738238400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:PR Horizons 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/pr-horizons-2/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PR-Horizons-course-cover-for-PRINZ-use-Catherine-Arrow.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250204T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250204T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20240911T015514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T004557Z UID:43680-1738661400-1738670400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Ethics\, Risk and 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-and-reputation-in-the-age-of-ai-3/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AI-Ethics-cover-Catherine-Arrow.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250213T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250213T193000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250114T031229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T031229Z UID:46130-1739467800-1739475000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:PRINZ Southern Summer Drinks 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-summer-drinks/ LOCATION:The Montreal Bar at Hotel Montreal\, 363 Montreal Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-banners-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250218T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20241112T030420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T203207Z UID:44672-1739871000-1740484800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Telling Our Stories Well 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-2/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PRINZ-Gala-Dinner-Event-Cover-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250227T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250227T193000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20241121T034033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T030611Z UID:44980-1740677400-1740684600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:State of the Sector 2025 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/state-of-the-sector-2025/ LOCATION:ANZ 23 Albert Street\, Auckland CBD\, Auckland 1010 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T183000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250217T003844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T003617Z UID:46981-1741280400-1741285800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga 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/tauranga-first-thursdays-5/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/First-Thursdays.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250205T031114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T220526Z UID:46742-1741280400-1741287600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Your Comms Career Path and How to Stand Out Within It 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/your-comms-career-path-and-how-to-stand-out-within-it-2/ LOCATION:Momentum Consulting Wellington\, 8/40 Mercer Street\, Wellington\, 6011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-banners-1-1-e1738725064261.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250224T231442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T003918Z UID:47132-1741280400-1741287600@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-7/ LOCATION:Queens Rooftop\, Level 21/1 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nelson-Event-banner-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250311T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250311T160000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20241114T030621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T211222Z UID:44956-1741685400-1741708800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Issues and Crisis Management 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/issues-and-crisis-management-6/ LOCATION:EMA\, 145 Khyber Pass Road\, Grafton\, Auckland ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-design-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250313T073000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250313T083000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250224T002235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T002426Z UID:47097-1741851000-1741854600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Waikato Communicators Breakfast Mixer 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/waikato-communicators-breakfast-mixer/ LOCATION:Sentinel Cafe\, 586 Victoria Street\, Hamilton\, 3204\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/thriday-03ve_4Ug0Ow-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250314T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250321T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20241126T033846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T220520Z UID:45484-1741944600-1742558400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Engaging Māori and Diverse Communities 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/engagingmaorianddiversecommunities/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-31.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250318T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250318T120000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20241122T015157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T015121Z UID:45229-1742290200-1742299200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Data-Driven Storytelling 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/data-driven-storytelling/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/data-driven-storytelling.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250320T171500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250320T191500 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250228T024138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T024627Z UID:47242-1742490900-1742498100@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Thursday Thirst Quencher in Taranaki 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/thursday-thirst-quencher-in-taranaki/ LOCATION:The Hour Glass\, 49 Liardet St\, New Plymouth\, 4310\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-banners-14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250325T073000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250325T083000 DTSTAMP:20260623T015041 CREATED:20250310T031648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T031959Z UID:47438-1742887800-1742891400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Christchurch Event: 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-2/ LOCATION:Black Betty Cafe\, 165 Madras Street\, Christchurch\, 8011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-banners-16.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR