Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake of mayor Wayne Brown’s ‘drongos’ text
RNZ News
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists “drongos”, blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...
Aotearoa’s inspirational prime minister Jacinda Ardern steps down amid misogyny row
By David Robie
Aotearoa New Zealand has been shaken to the core by the sudden resignation of one of its most iconic and revered prime...
Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement
REVIEW: By Rowan Callick
Radio Australia was conceived at the beginning of the Second World War out of Canberra’s desire to counter Japanese propaganda in...
Fiji’s coalition trinity means ‘more cooks’ but Rabuka confident on future
The first time Sitiveni Rabuka was elected into office was more than 30 years ago. Today marks a little over a month since he...
Ian Powell: Sociopaths, psychopaths, the far-right and Jacinda Ardern
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell
On 14 December 2022 German police arrested 25 people over what was called the “Reichsburger plot”. Two days later The Observer...
Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas
How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why...