RNZ Shake-up: Why Brent Impey Could Be Good for Public Radio
RNZ gets Brent Impey, Paul Thompson heads for the exit and Maiki Sherman’s fall still says plenty about political journalism. Martyn is not pretending to be neutral.

RNZ gets Brent Impey, Paul Thompson heads for the exit and Maiki Sherman’s fall still says plenty about political journalism. Martyn is not pretending to be neutral.

NZ corporate media gave itself another shiny dinner while the Fourth Estate burns, the BSA gets torched, RNZ gets threatened, and journalism is eaten alive.

Te Kaupapa dives into Te Pāti Māori tensions, Hone Harawira speculation, prison politics and the Maiki Sherman controversy.

Moana speaks out after her explosive Winston Peters interview, tackling media pressure, Maiki Sherman and the future of journalism.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer finally addresses Te Pāti Māori’s internal turmoil, Hone Harawira speculation and the stakes of Election 2026.

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?

National wants the media frightened, obedient and apologetic. The question is whether TVNZ still remembers what journalism is for.