MEDIAWATCH: You would crucify Maiki Sherman in this manner, if you wanted to privatise TVNZ
Is this really about Maiki Sherman, or part of a wider push to weaken TVNZ ahead of privatisation?

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

If the Government had leverage over TVNZ’s political editor for a year, this isn’t a scandal; it’s a warning. And now the timing raises even bigger questions.

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

Breakfast TV gave NZ Initiative hawks a free pass to push military alignment with America — with zero challenge.

It’s meant to sell phone plans. Instead, it feels like a low-budget TVNZ drama about finding your dad. What are they thinking?

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

If you bankroll the fight, should you also pay the bill when it collapses?

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.

The growing influence of billionaire Jim Grenon over New Zealand media raises urgent questions about democracy, editorial independence and the role of culture war politics.