How much of a snowflake has Barry Soper turned out to be?
Barry Soper spent decades dishing it out. Now one 16-year-old grudge has made him look like the most fragile man in New Zealand media.

Barry Soper spent decades dishing it out. Now one 16-year-old grudge has made him look like the most fragile man in New Zealand media.

Nicola Willis. Chlöe Swarbrick. Matthew Hooton. John Tamihere. Jordan Williams. Max Harris. One show. One economy. Absolute carnage.
Heavier trucks. Broken roads. Same lobby winning. If you think this is about efficiency, you’re missing who’s really paying the bill.

He didn’t just flip, he spun. From defending heritage land to mining it. If this doesn’t alarm you, it should.

Trump thought he was breaking Iran. Instead, he handed Tehran the Strait of Hormuz, global oil panic and a propaganda victory.

Calling a floodplain SunField is dark comedy. Fast-tracking it without proper infrastructure is something far uglier.

ACT will scream free speech when it suits them. But when Israel kills journalists exposing its violence, suddenly the silence is deafening.

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

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

Can New Zealand defend itself alone? Chris Penk joins Martyn Bradbury to discuss Pacific tensions, China and NZ’s military future.