MEDIAWATCH: Moana vs Winston

 

I consider Moana Maniapoto one of the best current affairs hosts in NZ.

Te Ao with Moana on Māori TV is a weekly must watch.

Her intelligence, her grace and her authenticity gives her a unique quality as a broadcaster to illuminate the person behind the politician.

That’s why her interview this week with Winston is so important.

In it, Moana illuminated the real character of one of our oldest and most wily politicians, Winston Peters.

Winston was there for the drama and for his grievance drenched anti-vaxx, anti-Trans electorate base.

His manufactured sense of offence, his snowflake level trigger response to being asked basic questions, his wounded sulking – he represents the psychological profile of the average NZF voter – bitter traditionalists who have all gone down Facebook rabbit holes.

Winston has an enormous political legacy, but his calcified grudge culture only works with the wounded and gauche.

Moana just had to give Winston the rope and he hung himself.

He is an acerbic embittered Politician representing a resentful electorate. Moana exposed that in a very unique manner.

Winston will be happy because he gave his grudge holding supporters the disgruntled performance they wanted and Māori TV should be happy that their best current affairs hosts exposed him so openly like that.

Brilliant public broadcasting.

 

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