Karl du Fresne

“I’m not going to play that game,” Christopher Luxon said – rather lamely – when Tova O’Brien asked him how many Maori National MPs were in ...

That’s it then. The End. Finito. That was my immediate reaction to the news that Stuff’s printing plant at Petone will shut down next year a...

It has been fascinating to observe the media’s treatment of allegations against Labour leader Chris Hipkins by his ex-wife. The first thing ...

(Estimated reading time: 10 minutes) Last Tuesday’s edition of my local paper, the Wairarapa Times-Age , devoted an entire page to an Associ...

The Treasury has publicly advertised vacancies on the RNZ board for a new chair and two “governors” (I presume that means directors). The ap...

A few thoughts on the announcement that John Campbell will take over next year as co-host of RNZ’s Morning Report : ■ RNZ chief executive Pa...

I did something last Sunday that I hadn’t done for probably a year or more. I listened to RNZ’s Mediawatch . There was a time when I tuned i...