 She won the award for Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme in 2008 as well.In the 1980s, "Close Up" was a weekly, hour-long current affairs' programme, looking more in depth into domestic news topics of the day, much in the mould of "60 Minutes".On 28 September 2012, TVNZ decided to cancel Close Up at the end of the year taking a new stance at the 7pm time slot.