Maiki Sherman was a political hit job to sow chaos before privatising TVNZ
The Right’s war with the media isn’t random. Hounding Maiki Sherman while attacking public broadcasting looks less like outrage and more like a strategy.

The Right’s war with the media isn’t random. Hounding Maiki Sherman while attacking public broadcasting looks less like outrage and more like a strategy.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joins The Bradbury Group as Moana Maniapoto breaks down her explosive Winston Peters interview while Matthew Hooton, Tau Henare and Dita De Boni go to war over Election 2026, the economy and the Maiki Sherman controversy.

Maiki Sherman’s real mistake wasn’t what she said. It was letting the Government hold leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year.

Is this really about Maiki Sherman, or part of a wider push to weaken TVNZ ahead of privatisation?

When the media folds and the police expand their power, who’s left to hold them 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.