Nadine Chalmers-Ross Slams TVNZ Over 'Awful' Breakfast Axing

Nadine Chalmers-Ross has hit out at TVNZ over the way she lost her job hosting Breakfast, saying she found out by "reading about it in the paper".

The 30-year-old was axed by TVNZ last month alongside sweeping changes on TVNZ 1's morning news show, alongside co-host Rawdon Christie and newsreader Peter Williams.

They were replaced by a mostly new team spearheaded by Hilary Barry and Jack Tame, with only weather presenter Sam Wallace remaining.

In a new interview with Woman's Day, she slams the network for its handling of the situation.

She claims TVNZ's communication skills were "awful" and created unnecessary stress.

"I came back from overseas and there was a frenzy of stories in the newspaper saying that Hilary and Jack would be the new hosts of Breakfast. I didn't know what to think," she tells the gossip mag.

"No-one was saying anything at work - we all asked questions but nothing was confirmed. I'm sure there were reasons for that, but it wasn't easy to deal with. The uncertainty was very stressful."

More than six weeks after her exit, Chalmers-Ross tells Woman's Day it's been "a difficult time".

"It was awful. Of course I was upset. I mean, I absolutely loved my job and the people I worked with were like family to me ... It would've been nice not to learn that I was losing my job by reading about it in the paper. "

Read the full story on the NZ Herald.