WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: 30% of Iwi stations could go under after 25% budget cuts
Cutting iwi radio isn’t just about budgets — it’s about who gets heard when it matters most. And who doesn’t.
Cutting iwi radio isn’t just about budgets — it’s about who gets heard when it matters most. And who doesn’t.

A Marxist, An Economist, a Māori Media Boss, A Recreational Fishing Legend, a Labour Party Candidate and a Newspaper columnist…

You can’t cancel the insurance and then act shocked when the house burns down. The diesel crisis wasn’t bad luck — it was a decision.

Trump’s war on Iran is colliding with New Zealand’s diesel vulnerability — and Shane Jones’ Marsden Point gamble suddenly looks catastrophic.

They say heavier trucks will lower costs. What they don’t say? Trucks already cause most of the damage to our roads — and we pay for it.

“Cuba is next.” That’s not strategy — that’s spectacle. Trump’s foreign policy looks less like planning and more like a victory tour.

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.

MAGA cheering Reza Pahlavi while Americans march in No Kings protests is peak imperial absurdity. The son of a coup-installed Shah is not democracy.

When Israeli police block Christians on Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, the politics of faith gets very real — and very uncomfortable.

It starts as gossip. It ends as political warfare. The Chris Hipkins controversy shows how fast outrage turns into weaponised narrative.