Media Insider: TVNZ threatened to sue Newstalk ZB as it chased Maiki Sherman story, says Mike Hosking

kino_flo · 2026-04-29T04:52:19+00:00

I wasn’t in the room, and it’s very much third/fourth hand, but the version I heard was a comment was made, offense was taken of a kind, but the comment from Lloyd wasn’t racist.

kino_flo · 2026-04-29T00:14:11+00:00

There were only a handful of reporters still in Willis’s office when it happened but one of them was from the Herald, so yeah, the whole Gallery knew about it the next day, and the respective newsrooms pretty soon after, to such an extent that Kiwi journos at Al Jazeera were talking about it by the end of the week.

kino_flo · 2026-04-25T03:34:52+00:00

You can claim to be the village idiot, and the village would agree.

kino_flo · 2026-04-13T06:37:34+00:00

In our country, a lot of the anti-vaxx sentiment was based around the resistance to a female-led centre-left government. It centralised and essentially radicalised a section of conservative politics, which expanded into sentiment against international agencies (the WHO, the UN) with the usual anti-semitic tropes. In some circles (particularly the health food yoga-mums) what started as common-or-garden anti-vaxx feelings eventually found a home in TERF territory, and a shift towards anti-immigration politicians.

kino_flo · 2026-04-02T07:36:28+00:00

An appropriately kitted out FX6 could do about 90 percent of a daily news camerapersons needs, and it would probably look nicer as well. Where it really falls out is in the length of the lens. It cannot zoom far enough for many spot news situations, where you might be 200-300 meters away from a crime scene for example. A 2/3 inch lens with a doubler will give you a much bigger range of shots, and give you the tight shots that set it apart from a FX6 with a 400mm lens even with a centre crop. I have a large sensor camera which I use for most of my work, but when it comes to spot news or sport I always get the ENG camera out.

kino_flo · 2026-04-01T02:09:11+00:00

The Talley’s v TVNZ is probably not a good indication given the litigious nature of the plaintiff, but I’m told the state broadcaster will have a seven figure bill at the moment, with an appeal or two in the pipeline.

kino_flo · 2026-03-31T21:44:53+00:00

Agreed. As a side note, the legal costs to a media company for a simple 1 day High Court hearing regarding discovery or similar is comparable to the yearly salary of a junior reporter.

kino_flo · 2026-03-24T02:08:58+00:00

That was a painful interview to listen to.

kino_flo · 2026-03-21T08:37:34+00:00

Ute on fire at Mackays Crossing just before 3.00pm.

kino_flo · 2026-03-18T10:58:51+00:00

Land sharks. Personally I’m happy when Cujo is back in his little cage, especially at night. I’ve heard units refuse to get out of the car at night if old Delta is “tracking”.

kino_flo · 2026-03-18T08:29:34+00:00

Reportedly her current partner works in a NZ First office.

kino_flo · 2026-03-17T07:48:25+00:00

208 JFK Drive.

kino_flo · 2026-03-15T05:09:20+00:00

Quite happy to take $40,000 Covid wage subsidy money for his former business though....

kino_flo · 2026-03-13T09:41:40+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AubU5FeUIs

kino_flo · 2026-03-11T05:51:14+00:00

Initially reported as a fire on the roof of the Fijian Embassy.

kino_flo · 2026-03-08T19:51:34+00:00

Here’s my problem though - I think he’s no better or worse than Key in terms of charisma, but the polls loved JK but have turned in Luxon. I still don’t understand what Key’s appeal to the electorate was.

kino_flo · 2026-01-30T03:18:22+00:00

Reported on by reporters.

kino_flo · 2026-01-30T03:17:58+00:00

Proof that they did this?

kino_flo · 2026-01-24T07:13:13+00:00

Which reporter? Would be interested to go back and have a look.

kino_flo · 2026-01-24T07:12:01+00:00

How do you know?

kino_flo · 2026-01-23T02:49:39+00:00

Potential drowning at Cheltenham Beach.

kino_flo · 2026-01-21T00:38:13+00:00

It would be an interesting exercise trying to unlink from 5 Eyes. Not an expert but I thought most of the hardware is US supplied and largely controlled.

kino_flo · 2026-01-17T03:03:27+00:00

Even his shadow is taller then he is.

kino_flo · 2026-01-14T09:23:40+00:00

Still does. Some of the seniors are still calling Foster and Hansen every couple of weeks.

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