Broadcaster Stedman dies

A LONGTIME supporter of all things broadcasting in Dunedin and New Zealand has died.

Michael Stedman, ONZM, died peacefully on July 30, aged 74, his family has reported.

The former NHNZ managing director and head of programme production for TVNZ was raised in Dunedin and entered a life of theatre, then television, production in the city at a very early age, NZ On Screen said.

An obituary will follow.