2/ Peters in full flight gets his decades mixed up, saying Labour's leader Chris Hipkins got himself in a tangle "on the Holmes show this morning".

New Zealand is on track for a record number of liquidations this year – again – but it’s not all doom and gloom for Kiwi businesses. My latest podcast for The Detail RNZ Newsroom A boom in businesses going bust newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/14/a-b…

This was an interesting detail in my colleagues Anna Whyte and Alka Prasad's story this morning which ACT has picked up on. Read the full piece here: thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360795…

Thanks to NZIIA Wellington and Christchurch branches for hosting my book talks this week, and to Sam Sachdeva for an excellent piece on David Capie and my discussion: newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/26/the…

On June 15, I posted this photo of the Reserve Bank chair alongside the time-honoured lettuce, to accompany my article, 'Don’t you know who Neil Quigley is?' He finally resigned today. He outlasted the lettuce – but not by much. Newsroom newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/13/don…

🚨 Applications now open! The Asia Media Centre’s 2025–2026 Media Internship Programme gives NZ journalism grads + early-career journalists the chance to gain hands-on experience in top newsrooms across Asia. ✍️ Apply by 13 Oct. asiamediacentre.org.nz/apply-now-medi…

Absolute god-tier headline from Jenée Tibshraeny, no curiosity gap with this one.

👏👏 Sam Sachdeva - William Young's decision to join #HongKong's top court prompts #NZ's top judge to consider judicial ethics review Mark Sabah: 'His presence drags his reputation & that of the legal tradition he represents through the mud' newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/04/nz-…

A new capitalist nightmare just dropped

Chinese diplomats unsuccessfully lobbied a New Zealand university over its decision to host an event partly funded by Taiwan's govt – years after getting an official reprimand for similar interference. More on Newsroom ($): newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/chi…

Join us for a panel on "China and the Media Landscape in the Pacific" with Heidi Holz, Genevieve Collins, Barbara Dreaver, Sam Sachdeva and Anna Powles. 📍 RHLT2, VUW Pipitea 📅 Mon 22 Sept 5:30–7:00 pm wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-stud…

The irony…

Electoral Commission just told the Justice SC that the changes to electoral law the Govt are pushing through (limiting enrolment to 13 days prior) won’t make vote counting any faster. It will take 20 days to count all the specials. They noted they didn’t recommend the change.

From me this morning - Coalition’s Palestine cop-out puts pragmatism above principle: newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/28/coa…

I can’t help but wonder how the officials at Mfat are feeling about the coalition’s decision on Palestine: we’ve seen officials in other countries challenge their govts’ policy (theguardian.com/politics/2025/… and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U…), and NZ is now a real outlier on the issue

Earlier this month Rachel Boyack MP teanau tuiono and I carried out a NZ MPs fact finding mission on Myanmar. Check Sam Sachdeva 's story for a good summary. #NZMPsMyanmarFactFinding #Myanmar #SpringRevolution #ShamElection #whatishappeninginmyanmar newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/02/nz-…