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Hipkins ready to relaunch New Zealand Labour

New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has defied doubters to stay on after his election loss, and is ready to rebuild his party's lost economic credibility.

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The week New Zealand fell to pieces

Failing infrastructure is bedeviling New Zealand, from broken ferries, pot-holed roads, poorly maintained power lines and seemingly everything in between.

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NZ Labour MP in 'paid to kill people' sledge

The New Zealand police minister hasn't accepted an apology from a Labour MP who said he was "paid to kill people" as private security contractor in Iraq.

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NZ PM Hipkins admits regrets on COVID-19, co-governance

Chris Hipkins has expressed regrets over NZ Labour's handling of quarantine and its failure to explain its embrace of "co-governance" sharing power with Maori.

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A leaf out of John McCain's playbook

Chris Eichbaum argues Chrstopher Luxon could do with a dose of John McCain-style leadership and integrity

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Personal and confidential: Performance Review for CM Luxon

How has Christopher Luxon the businessman adapted to political campaigning? Here's Luxon's party leadership assessed, in the style of an executive performance review.

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Winston Peters firmly in New Zealand government frame

A veteran politics-watcher says New Zealand First is destined to be part of the next National-led government.

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NZME: Good times are just around the corner

MediaRoom column: Herald publisher NZME's statutory net profit down by three-quarters; Newstalk slightly less dominant in radio ratings; farewell to a private equity owner who farewelled Today FM, and latest online audience numbers.

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Raw Politics: A Budget of bits, a coalition of chaos

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Grant Robertson's eye-of-a-needle Budget's narrow political options, plus ACT's disciplined caucus amid chaos

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Yesterday, radio was such an easy game to play

The sudden closure of Today FM is recognition by MediaWorks that it doesn’t have the resources to stay in the fight with Newstalk ZB.

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Roald Dahl and the big fat fuss

Mike Hosking, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Roald Dahl, and culture wars: an editor's analysis

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Long, steep challenge for Today FM

Finding a niche in the country's most competitive media market is no easy thing and will require long-term thinking for a radio newcomer

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Mayoral candidates hit the road with transport policy

In their bid for the Auckland mayoralty, candidates have had to come up with clear transport policy while avoiding reinventing the wheel

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Today FM hopes for audiences tomorrow

The first commercial radio ratings covering new talk station Today FM are out and, while it's still to early to be definitive, the challenge to grab people's attention remains immense.

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Yesterdaze: Busted, shuffled and royally flushed

Awful, awful and awful - punters had some choice words for those shuffled around and right out of the parliamentary deck this week.

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Yesterdaze: Our satiable appetite for Hoskingese

When the weather's bad, the economy's hitting headwinds, and the country's 'in the crapper', who do you turn to for wisdom, insight and comfort? James Elliott's not sure Hosking, Tame or Sey

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Historic high in ratings for Hosking, NewstalkZB

The latest radio industry audience ratings show the Mike Hosking Breakfast on NewstalkZB hitting new highs - while online readership numbers reveal a strong bounce back for Stuff to number o

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An Ode for .. Mike Hosking

Bardic oracle Victor Billot on El Hosk

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Yesterdaze: Fresh out of wherewithal

James Elliott employs some compound nouns to join speculation about this week's Covid spinnouncement - and asks if Luxonaroll or a wobble.

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