Farewell to 'Campbell Live'

It is a sad day for New Zealand. Last night was the last night for 'Campbell Live' (to be replaced by Roadcops). 

In the same week Fairfax (one of just two media companies in this country that owns most of the newspapers of the country) has announced large cutbacks - essentially the beginning of the end for newspapers in this country.

In a country which has long been a media desert, where state-run television long ago turned its back on serious current affairs, the loss of Campbells' daily show is the loss of the last voice that spoke up for the poor, the downtrodden, the people ofChristchurch and the Pike River families.

Now all that is left is the right-wing echo chamber.

John Key and his fascist cronies will be gloating

New Zealand loses its conscience

Campbell Live: Ka kite ano, New Zealand

To watch the last Cambell Live GO HERE

For the last time ever, John Campbell and the team have filled that quintessential 7pm time slot.

The problem with a show named Campbell Live is that it doesn't sufficiently stress the extent to which we've been a team, and through our 10 years on air, there have many, many brilliant people.

Campbell Live finishes with a brilliant team of producers, reporters, camera operators, editors and managers – some leaving TV3 and some staying.

John Campbell started working at TV3 aged 27 in a suit he borrowed from his father – he never dreamed what would happen over the next 24 years.

Between everyone who has passed through the Campbell Live office, we've made somewhere approaching 2,500 programmes, five nights a week and often from scratch.

Tonight, if you're watching in Christchurch, chances are we've interviewed you, and you're trust is something we will never forget. May your city be magnificent.

To the families those were brave enough to let us in for stories of child poverty, thank you.

And to the Pike River families, thank you.

And to those who came to us because you thought that we could make a difference, thank you.

To the people who donated so much money, so often, because you saw the same need we saw, thank you.

Food in schools, disaster relief in the Philippines and Vanuatu and Gaza, new homes, new hope, better lives – you supported it all the way.

Thank you and ka kite ano, New Zealand.

John Campbell – presenter/reporter

Pip Keane – our brilliant boss, who has given this job her heart

Ali Ikram – reporter

Tristram Clayton – reporter

Lachlan Forsyth – reporter

Jendy Harper – reporter

Kate McCallum – producer

Sarah Stewart – reporter

Julian Lee – reporter

Chris (Jonesy) Jones – camera

Zoe Duffy – producer

Whena Owen – reporter

John Sellwood – reporter

Micheal Hardcastle – promos

Vanessa Forrest – producer

Marise Hurley – associate producer

Sarah Rowan – editor

Claire Eastham-Farrelly – editor

Tory Evans – camera

Mike Wesley-Smith – reporter

Anna Burns-Francis – reporter

Jayne Devine – production manager

Emily Samonta – editor

Lee Thomson – editor

Dan Parker – reporter

Billy Weepu – camera

Madeleine Smith - online editor

And every other lovely person that worked on Campbell Live:

Kim Hurring

Carol Hirschfeld

Mike Brockie

Angus Gilles

Mel Jones

Claudine McLean

Hannah Story

Michael Beran

Keith Slater

Monique Devereux

Michael Hardcastle

Maria Bolger

Michael Miller

Will Flemming

Catherine Winks

Stacey Murdoch

Shannon Haunui-Thompson

Sophie Bretherton Jones

Megan Tucker

Dan Huisman

Lee Taylor

Emma Zhao

Rob Dixon

Calkin Rameka

Toby Longbottom

Tamara Finau

Marcel Pfister

John Sinclair

Andrew Currie

Clayton Anderson

Cushla Lewis

Grant Findlay

Cameron Williams

Darryn Inder

Arthur Rasmussen

Phil Johnson

Billy Paine

Harley Peters

Dave Flynn

Dougal Laing

Wuz Armstrong

George Murahidy

Amanda Berkahn

Belinda Walshe

Christie Douglas

Scottie Behrnes

John Fleming

Hayden Aull

Tom McRae

Amanda Gillies

David Farrier

Kate Rodger

Ingrid Hipkiss

Melissa Davies

Kate King

Rebecca Wright

Jaquie Brown

Claire Silvester

Libby Middlebrook

Simon Shepherd

Helen Vaughan

Richard Langston

Clayton Anderson

Phil Vine

Tony Reid

Sonja de Friez

Natasha Utting

Emma Keeling

Mihingarangi Forbes

Rachel Parkin

Hamish Clark

Kyle Scott

Darryn Foughy

Libby Dodds

Mandie Wilson

Kate Stevens

Daniel Grimshaw

Monique Luker

Michaela Guy

Campbell Live

To watch the last Cambell Live GO HERE

Remember that time Helen Clark called John Campbell a 'sanctimonious little creep'?