MediaWork’s Newshub Decision 2020 will be Three’s coverage of the upcoming election night, hosted by Tova O’Brien, Duncan Garner and Patrick Gower.
These three will front the coverage for Three, and bring with them 35 combined years of political reporting. Tova O’Brien says after the year that has been 2020, there is expected to be a lot of edge-of-your-seat moments.
“Jacinda vs Judith, the political fate of Winston, minor parties teetering on extinction, the rise of ACT, Covid-19 rearing its head and beating at our borders, policy debate for unprecedented times, too many battleground electorates and issues to count.”
Newshub National Correspondent Patrick Gower will host the Newshub Decision 2020 Leaders Debate between Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins in front of a live audience at 7:30PM on Wednesday, September 30th.
Patrick Gower says: “Our leaders debate will be for everybody. It is about the future of New Zealand and who gets to lead us there. I will be standing in the middle on behalf of the ordinary Kiwi.”
THREE’S DECISION 2020 COVERAGE SUMMARY
ELECTION NIGHT
17 October, 7.00PM: Newshub Decision 2020 Election Night, hosted in studio by Tova O’Brien, Duncan Garner and Patrick Gower. Newshub journalists will cross live from multiple locations around the country. Live on Three, ThreeNow, Newshub’s Facebook page and YouTube account.
DEBATES
30 September, 7.30PM: Newshub Decision 2020 Leaders Debate with Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins, hosted by Patrick Gower and post-debate analysis by Tova O’Brien with guest panellists. Live on Three, ThreeNow, Newshub’s Facebook page and YouTube account. Simulcast on Magic Talk.
19 September, 9.30AM: Newshub Nation presents Battlegrounds – a special programme dedicated to some of the most hotly-contested electorates in the country, featuring a debate between the key Northland Candidates, on location in the Bay of Islands.
03 October, 9.30AM: Newshub Nation presents Powerbrokers, its multi-party leaders’ debate featuring the Green Party’s Marama Davidson , the ACT Party’s David Seymour, and John Tamihere from The Maori Party.
Three’s The Hui will also be running debates centred on the seven Māori seats between 15 September – 11 October, hosted by award winning Māori journalist Mihingarangi Forbes.
REFERENDUM QUESTIONS
07 October, 8.30PM: Newshub Decision 2020 The Cannabis Question, moderated by Patrick Gower. Live on Three, ThreeNow, Newshub’s Facebook page and YouTube account.
14 October, 8.30PM: Newshub Decision 2020 The Euthanasia Question, moderated by Patrick Gower. Live on Three, ThreeNow, Newshub’s Facebook page and YouTube account.
THE MORNING AFTER
18 October, 10.00AM: as the country wakes to make sense of its election result, Newshub Nation presents its live, extended 90-minute post-election special, hosted by Simon Shepherd and Tova O’Brien.
