Broadcaster and former senior RNZ head of content Carol Hirschfeld is joining Stuff.

Stuff editor-in-chief Patrick Crewdson welcomed Hirschfeld to the Stuff team on Twitter, saying she was "another big boost for our Auckland-based team".

Hirschfeld will be the company's new Head of Video/Audio & Content Partnerships.

Very pleased to welcome @CarolHirschfeld to @NZStuff as our new Head of Video/Audio & Content Partnerships. Another big boost for our Auckland-based team 📹✨ — Patrick Crewdson (@PatrickCrewdson) June 5, 2018

Hirschfeld had a lengthy career as a presenter and producer with both TVNZ and TV3, presenting the news with John Campbell at TV3 and later producing his show Campbell Live.

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In 2009 she joined Maori TV as its head of programming and moved to RNZ five years later, re-launching Checkpoint as the organisation's first foray into multimedia programming.

But her position became political in March, after it became known she had agreed to meet with the new minister of broadcasting Clare Curran in December.

Hirschfeld resigned after repeatedly telling her bosses the meeting was coincidental, leading them to inadvertently lie about the meeting to a select committee.

Curran was chastised at the time by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Hirschfeld said today that she was looking forward to working for Stuff which had an "excellent commitment to local journalism" and innovation.

Younger journalists had much to teach their older colleagues these days about new forms of media. "Ultimately it is about the journalism but it's also about being able to tell stories in new and engaging ways."

Asked how she would handle the existing content sharing partnership between Stuff and RNZ, she said: "Professionally".

Stuff editorial director Mark Stevens said in appointing Hirschfeld, he had had a robust conversation about the events at RNZ and he was satisfied they were a "one-off".

"Clearly what happened with Carol at RNZ were widely reported at the time and there's no secret about her departure from there. All that aside, if I was looking to recruit heavy-hitters in Auckland, I couldn't look past someone with her talent and experience. "

Hirschfeld's skills would be a major benefit to Stuff which was "constantly looking at new and innovative ways of telling our stories," and which were increasingly going beyond text into podcasts, long-form video and other forms of media.

The success of the Black Hands, SuperFad and Heavy Metal podcasts were all good examples of this, and there was even collaboration underway on a new podcast between Stuff and RNZ.

Stevens said Hirschfeld's new role would not necessarily need to encompass all Stuff's relationships with other media, and that the partnership between RNZ and Stuff was already "in very good shape".

"The focus for Carol will be on a lot of our relationships/partnerships in Auckland."