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15/01/2021 Watch Newshub's 6pm report on the protest. Credits: Video - Newshub; Images - Getty/Newshub/Billy Te Kahika/Facebook A leading Kiwi health academic has hit out at people who do their own "research" and conclude the COVID-19 pandemic isn't real, saying it's "offensive" to those who've spent their lives in the pursuit of the truth.  Dozens of people gathered outside Parliament on Thursday protesting various causes, including COVID-19 lockdowns, the Chinese Communist Party, 1080 poison, the media, vaccines, masks, fluoridated water and the United Nations.  With New Zealand one of th...

'It's happening and it's devastating': Expert rips into 'offensive' COVID deniers after Billy Te Kahika lockdown protest Newshub 14/01/2021 Dan Satherley © Video - Newshub; Images - Getty/Newshub/Billy Te Kahika/Facebook Watch Newshub's 6pm report on the protest. A leading Kiwi health academic has hit out at people who do their own "research" and conclude the COVID-19 pandemic isn't real, saying it's "offensive" to those who've spent their lives in the pursuit of the truth.  Dozens of people gathered outside Parliament on Thursday protesting various causes, including COV...

In its ruling, the authority said broadcasters required “a high level of condemnation, often with an element of malice or nastiness” to breach the standard. It concluded Plunket exceeded that standard with aggressive questioning, insinuations the iwi were “bullies”, and in particular his suggestion they did not care about child abuse. The BSA was critical of his “apparent ridicule of Māori rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, and said his broadcast views “reflected ignorance at a level that is offensive and harmful to Māori”. MediaWorks responded to the BSA, agreeing that ...

While Ardern's 'kind' image is one of the features of her leadership that draws the most praise - particularly for how it was deployed during New Zealand's COVID-19 response - it's also been used to undermine her over the past year. Australian journalist Adam Creighton said he believed her likeability "means people ignore the actual policies", while former National Party leader Paula Bennett told Magic Talk her pleas for Kiwis to be kind during the coronavirus crisis were "patronising", and had the opposite effect. Most recently, British political satire show Spitting Image featured a musica...

Ardern opens up on 'kind' leadership style, says pressure to choose aggression over mercy 'doesn't sit well' Newshub 21/12/2020 Matt Burrows © Newshub. Jacinda Ardern says if choosing kindness means people don't accept her as a leader, then "so be it". Jacinda Ardern has opened up on her reputation as a kind leader and dealing with the pressure to show aggression and staunchness in a deeply personal chat with former All Black Sir John Kirwan. The revealing interview, recorded for an episode of mental wellbeing podcast Open Minded, also covers her mental health journey, wh...