TVNZ's Wendy Petrie set to lose 6pm anchor spot

Wendy Petrie will lose her role as anchor of TVNZs flagship news bulletin, Stuff understands. The long-time presenter of 1 News at 6 was told earlier in the week that TVNZ did not intend to keep her on in the anchor role. A source told Stuff that Petrie may not be the only on-screen casualty, with co-presenter Simon Dallows future also up in the air. Petrie has hosted the weeknight news bulletin alongside Dallow for 14 years, since taking over from Judy Bailey in 2006. READ MORE: * TVNZ has the chance to show its commitment to diversity with a 6pm anchor shake up * TVNZ looks to cut 100 jobs to save costs - report * 1 News' Wendy Petrie celebrates 50 years of TVNZ news A TVNZ spokeswoman said we have no comment to make here when contacted on Saturday night. The move is understood to be part of the companys wide-ranging restructure. TVNZ operates the nightly 1 News 6pm bulletin from its Auckland studio. Although it's a part-public broadcaster, the network is also commercially funded. The news about Petrie comes after TVNZ's head of news John Gillespie announced his resignation earlier this year. He left in June.