TVNZ has aired a rare report critical of the Greens, as backlash grows over Chlöe Swarbrick’s defence of MP Benjamin Doyle’s social media posts involving sexually suggestive content involving children.
“I’m telling you nine to one the Rainbow community is as mad about this as we are,” Winston Peters told reporters, accusing the media of double standards.
Broadcaster Sean Plunket, and Family First CEO Bob McCoskrie are calling for a formal investigation into Green MP Benjamin Doyle after dozens of deleted Instagram posts emerged, including one captioned “bussy galore” beneath a photo featuring a child.
On The Platform, McCoskrie criticised the media’s coverage, saying it spent days avoiding the story before suddenly aligning with Green Party messaging that cast Doyle as a victim. “The legacy media may have just destroyed themselves,” he said, adding, “Everyone saw it for what it was.”
A new RNZ–Reid Research poll shows that nearly two-thirds (61.5%) of New Zealanders believe parents should be primarily responsible for providing school lunches.
Only 32.4% of respondents favoured a government-funded lunch scheme.
Surprisingly, the poll found those on the lowest incomes were more likely to say parents should provide lunches, while the wealthiest were more likely to say it should be the state.
A new push to overhaul New Zealand’s English and maths curriculum is being led by an advisory group appointed by Education Minister Erica Stanford, with a focus on restoring academic rigour and reducing political influence in the classroom.
The group includes Professor Elizabeth Rata, a long-time critic of embedding identity-based content and unchallengeable cultural beliefs into the core curriculum.
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced plans to create a specialised sub-agency within the CDC focused on vaccine injuries, long COVID, and Lyme disease.
In a NewsNation interview with Chris Cuomo, Kennedy said the unit will aim to produce “gold-standard science” and improve treatment for affected Americans.
US drugmakers lost billions Monday after reports that Dr Peter Marks, the FDA’s top vaccine official, was forced to resign.
Marks is the most high-profile departure yet amid Donald Trump’s plan to overhaul federal health agencies alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Marks’ exit, effective April 5, sent biotech stocks into a tailspin, with the S&P 500 biotech ETF plunging nearly 5% and Moderna dropping more than 12%.
