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Mike Hosking says ministers were right to ignore ‘vague, wrong and made up’ advice on move-on orders
“Advice is not automatically right.”
March 16, 2026
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Parliament backs tougher social media rules for under-16s
The report also notes that young people might circumvent restrictions using virtual private networks (VPNs), which can disguise internet traffic.
March 7, 2026
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Paddy Gower’s Vaxathon regret comes years too late
“My journalistic ethics and some of the basic rules went out the window.”
March 7, 2026
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Crime falls, but TVNZ leads with gangs — then scrambles to fix the story
“Pretty unbalanced reporting.”
March 7, 2026
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AI-generated fake news pages misleading thousands of New Zealanders
“It’s clearly an emerging problem, and it’s getting worse and worse.”
February 10, 2026
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XXX: Grok allowed to generate nonconsensual sexual images of women and girls
“I’m not speaking as Elon Musk’s baby mama.”
January 8, 2026
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Drug survey headline oversells findings while masking advocacy
Critics say the sample would not meet professional polling standards.
January 8, 2026
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Karl du Fresne says journalism schools are driving media’s credibility crisis
“No one should be in the least surprised” Centrist exists.
December 23, 2025
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Questions raised over media accountability in MUMA dispute
“We have received no notification from MBIE that any PGs have been lodged against the Manukau Urban Māori Authority.”
December 18, 2025
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Where elite interests and public money are involved, in potential scandals involving Māori organisations, MSM often goes MIA
“When the reporting simply stops, readers are left to draw their own conclusions — and none of them are flattering to the media.”
December 16, 2025
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