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Moana Maniapoto didn’t let Winston Peters dance away in fog and fury. She held the line. And exposed how thin the old magic has become.

Moana Maniapoto didn’t let Winston Peters dance away in fog and fury. She held the line. And exposed how thin the old magic has become.

The new ZB advert has polished Mike Hosking so aggressively he looks less like a broadcaster and more like a haunted scented candle with opinions.

David Seymour attacking RNZ from The Platform is Temu Trump theatre: bully the broadcaster, sneer at journalism, then call it free speech.

Luxon’s rush toward the Iran war is raising more than political questions, it’s opening a debate about belief, judgement, and power.

Were Kiwis “caught up,” or illegally detained at sea? RNZ’s wording is now part of the story.

250 years after rejecting a king, America is being warned it may be drifting back toward one.

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

Was it journalism, or just another bad faith political hit job? Heather du Plessis-Allan’s latest take has Martyn calling bullshit.

Christopher Luxon ditching TVNZ’s Breakfast after tough interviews with Tova O’Brien looks like panic, and in politics, weakness gets stomped.

Barry Soper once had mana. Then Jacinda broke his brain, ZB fed the fever, and now he’s a cautionary tale for every culture war Boomer.