Did a TVNZ news report deliberately reveal the identities of two men who have name suppression over an alleged voting scam? This news report seems to be in a similar vein to the breaches that blogger Cameron Slater was recently prosecuted for. It will be interesting to see if TVNZ will also be prosecuted, and…
The Fiji Club of New Zealand has issued a press release calling NZ state television’s token 2 week suspension of racist presenter Paul Henry “a joke.” A TVNZ spokeswoman had initially supported Henry’s remarks by saying “The audience tell us over and over again that one of the things they love about Paul Henry is…
Recently released police statistics show that crime in Marlborough has hit a 16 year high, with nearly 6000 offences reported last year. Most of the rise has been attributed to the ‘recession,’ according to the district’s acting area commander of police. Fraud and deception increased 78.8 % to 245, offences and assaults were up 14.3…
Unite Union and Global Peace and Justice Auckland have added their voices to the growing chorus of calls for TVNZ to sack their presenter Paul Henry. In a press release they highlight the problems caused in the NZ workplace by people bullied out of their jobs by the type of puerile ‘humour’ practiced by Paul…
NZPA News has tweeted: TVNZ has suspended Breakfast host Paul Henry without pay. He will return on air on Oct 18. This looks like a token effort by TVNZ to take the heat off themselves after they failed to publicly condemn Henry’s comments yesterday. For more see Racist Henry digs deeper hole Paul Henry, man…
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