Maiki Sherman TVNZ Controversy: Sack Her Now
When a Political Editor apologises to a Police Minister for journalism, it’s not a mistake — it’s a warning. So what happens if no one is held accountable?

When a Political Editor apologises to a Police Minister for journalism, it’s not a mistake — it’s a warning. So what happens if no one is held accountable?

A political editor apologising to a minister for telling the truth? That’s not journalism — that’s something else entirely.

Police feeding details to a Netflix doco? This isn’t journalism — it’s narrative control. And no one’s asking the most dangerous question.
Cutting iwi radio isn’t just about budgets — it’s about who gets heard when it matters most. And who doesn’t.

When journalists are killed, it’s not accidental — it’s about control. From Lebanon to Gaza, the message is clear: don’t document what’s happening.

The media pile-on over Chris Hipkins shows how social media allegations are reshaping politics, journalism and public cruelty in New Zealand.

Public broadcasters depend on one thing above all else: trust. But when ministers publicly attack coverage and broadcasters appear to…
Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week by the Israeli armed forces while protesters in Auckland and Christchurch
have dedicated their week 77 rally and march on Palestine Land Day to their memory, declaring “Journalism is not a crime”.
Pacific Journalism Review has challenged journalists to take a courageous and humanitarian stand over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza in its latest edition with several articles about the state of news media credibility and the shocking death toll of Palestinian reporters.
A snippett about the ChatGPT debate from one of the gurus of investigative journalism, Sheila Coronel, at New York’s Columbia School of Journalism. She reports on social media about a recent assignment brief given by a student to ChatGPT: “Write an obituary for journalism.”