This is also misleading. The survey question was not whether the treaty should "feature" in news stories but whether it "applied" to journalism. Most respondents said the treaty was relevant to news stories "in which the treaty is referenced", not just news stories generally, as is stated here.
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is also misleading. The survey question was not whether the treaty should "feature" in news stories but whether it "applied" to journalism. Most respondents said the treaty was relevant to news stories "in which the treaty is referenced", not just news stories generally, as is stated here.
There is no reference to the claim a majority said their "political leaning directly informed their work". A majority said their "personal values and beliefs" influenced their work, but that's clearly different.
Even the date of the survey is wrong (2022, not 2023)
Even the date of the survey is wrong (2022, not 2023)
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is no reference to the claim a majority said their "political leaning directly informed their work". A majority said their "personal values and beliefs" influenced their work, but that's clearly different.
Even the date of the survey is wrong (2022, not 2023)
Even the date of the survey is wrong (2022, not 2023)
Story here: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Long neck, big journey: Kevin the giraffe sets off on road trip north
It’s not every day you get stuck behind a giraffe on the highway — Kevin’s heading north from Orana Wildlife Park, and this curious traveller might just poke his head out to say hello.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Story here: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Which makes it extra funny that Chris Lynch was moderating and responded to this by trying to protect someone who had paid him to make a video
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Which makes it extra funny that Chris Lynch was moderating and responded to this by trying to protect someone who had paid him to make a video
Perhaps it's appropriate - Brian Tamaki doesn't believe in free speech but he benefits greatly from it, so he is in some ways the ideal avatar of this issue, it would just be nice to see a tiny bit of push back.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Perhaps it's appropriate - Brian Tamaki doesn't believe in free speech but he benefits greatly from it, so he is in some ways the ideal avatar of this issue, it would just be nice to see a tiny bit of push back.
I don’t think RCR has much of an audience - and it’s a tedious interview that will convert no one - so I don’t think it matters. But it’s a window into the self-congratulatory rage baiting that has come to define VFF as it has lost issue salience.
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I don’t think RCR has much of an audience - and it’s a tedious interview that will convert no one - so I don’t think it matters. But it’s a window into the self-congratulatory rage baiting that has come to define VFF as it has lost issue salience.
The page on the March 15 terrorist attack boldly asks, what if the terrorist had a point? Great stuff.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The page on the March 15 terrorist attack boldly asks, what if the terrorist had a point? Great stuff.
The ACT party page is so rapturous that an economic contraction is cited as evidence of the party’s success. I don’t think ACT would want credit for that.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The ACT party page is so rapturous that an economic contraction is cited as evidence of the party’s success. I don’t think ACT would want credit for that.
Wellington continues its population slump - the city has fewer people now than it did in 2018, and had a net international migration loss of 1700 people in the last year. The Wellington region is likely to be overtaken by Waikato in the next couple of years.
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Wellington continues its population slump - the city has fewer people now than it did in 2018, and had a net international migration loss of 1700 people in the last year. The Wellington region is likely to be overtaken by Waikato in the next couple of years.
It's not a specifically RNZ problem, but they of all outlets should be trying to promote a more sophisticated news culture than this, in my (unsolicited) opinion.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's not a specifically RNZ problem, but they of all outlets should be trying to promote a more sophisticated news culture than this, in my (unsolicited) opinion.
This happens in the opposite direction, too, so it's not even a left or right bias. It's just habit. And I rarely see it in overseas media: It just seems like a way to avoid seriously engaging with a substantive issue.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This happens in the opposite direction, too, so it's not even a left or right bias. It's just habit. And I rarely see it in overseas media: It just seems like a way to avoid seriously engaging with a substantive issue.