Comings and goings

Paul Maher has taken over as commercial director at TVNZ, replacing Julian O’Brien, who is moving to Air New Zealand. Maher has been a major player in New Zealand media, as head of sales and marketing at TVNZ and head of TV at MediaWorks, then as a contractor in a senior role at the retail-focused ad agency Ogilvy. Nicole Horan, a highprofile TV professional who had previously worked on The Bachelor, has resigned from Maori TV after just three months. Horan had been seen as a major win for the Maori broadcaster. John Drinnan runs the zagzigger media website