Emily Simpson

Auckland

Commissioning Editor at TVNZ

Commissioning editor at TVNZ, writer

Articles

Jacinda Ardern on her cancer scare and a chilling public bathroom encounter

6 days ago | 1news.co.nz | Emily Simpson

The world’s media is lining up to interview Dame Jacinda Ardern about her memoir, A Different Kind of Power – CBS, BBC, even Oprah. But as the former prime minister sits down to talk to Seven Sharp, she insists the impression she makes on Kiwis matters most. “I’m sweating just as much as I did with Oprah,” she tells Hilary Barry in a conversation that traverses fertility, public hostility and the cancer scare that sparked her decision to resign.
How every family has a Prince Harry: the rise of adult family estrangement

1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Emily Simpson

While few of us can relate to a feud over royal duties, tell-all memoirs and the right (or not) to top-level security, the festering situation between Prince Harry and his family is infinitely applicable to the average Joe, with studies showing that one in four of us are estranged from a parent or sibling. But while adult family alienation is common, it's far from trivial, potentially having a profound impact on the wider family and on future generations as well.
John Campbell on Destiny Church: ‘I’ve never encountered so much fear’

1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Emily Simpson

Today John Campbell launches Under His Command, a five-part TVNZ+ investigation into Destiny Church and the women who live in its shadows. For more than 25 years Destiny Church and its controversial leader Brian Tamaki have occupied a small, if loud, fundamentalist corner of New Zealand’s religious culture.
My commute: I drive then E-bike to my job in the city each day

1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Emily Simpson

NEW SERIES: Steve Simpson lives in Laingholm in the Waitākere Ranges and works as an advertising sales manager in Ponsonby, Auckland. He commutes each day through a combination of driving and riding his E-bike. Using my bike was originally a bit of a hack just to eradicate the parking hassle and cost, and then from there it’s become more of an end in and of itself. I like that on a bike you keep moving.
Ali Mau: 'I've given up on that good girl thing'

2 months ago | 1news.co.nz | Emily Simpson

With her new book out today, journalist Ali Mau talks about letting go of dark secrets, the incredibleness of her girlfriend and how she used to think she was fat. In her incendiary memoir Ali Mau shatters forever the glossy image of TV blonde perfection she struck back in the early aughts when she read the news with then husband Simon Dallow.
‘RHOC’ star Emily Simpson recalls ‘traumatizing’ miscarriage with twins during second trimester

Oct 26, 2024 | newsini.com | Emily Simpson

“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Emily Simpson recalled her “traumatizing” miscarriage with twins on the Oct. 18 episode of Scheana Shay’s “Scheananigans” podcast. “When [my husband] Shane and I first got married 15 years ago, we started trying to have kids pretty early because I was 32 at the time,” Emily shared.
Seek Justice for Tracie Renee Simpson - A Victim of Brutal Murder in Harrogate, TN

Sep 17, 2024 | change.org | Emily Simpson

StartedSeptember 17, 2024Signatures: 11Next Goal: 25Why this petition mattersTracie Renee Simpson, a precious mother, grandmother, companion, and exceptional friend, who was from Bell County, was taken away from us brutally by the hands of Johnna (Jlynn) Lynn Miracle in Harrogate, Tennessee. Her loss has left an immense void in the lives of her loving children, Emily and Billy Simpson, who are forced to grow up without the warmth of their mother.
Liam Neeson movie dubbed greatest war film of all time is now on Netflix

Aug 20, 2024 | irishstar.com | Emily Simpson |Emily Hodgkin |George Simpson

Since the conclusion of World War II, the deadliest conflict in human history, hundreds of films have been made worldwide. The top 10 WW2 movies, as voted by fans on IMDb, sees Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning epic Schindler's List taking the top spot. Spielberg's other WWII blockbuster, Saving Private Ryan, came in second, but his Holocaust film holds the highest score on the site.
John Wayne left stunned by Maureen O'Hara's unscripted line in The Quiet Man

Jul 22, 2024 | irishstar.com | Emily Simpson |Emily Hodgkin |George Simpson

John Wayne's stellar performance as retired boxing champion Sean Thornton in the 1952 Oscar-winning masterpiece, sensitively directed by John Ford, is widely recognised. In the film, set against an arresting 1920s Irish countryside backdrop, Wayne's character seeks to reclaim his family estate. His path crosses with the indomitable Mary Kate Danaher, played impeccably by Maureen O'Hara, and her tenacious brother Red, brought to life by Victor McLaglen.
John Wayne battered with brutal two-word critique on set of iconic Western

Jul 3, 2024 | irishstar.com | Emily Simpson |Emily Hodgkin |George Simpson

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on a number of classic Westerns, but the one that made Duke a star was 1939's Stagecoach, which marks its 85th anniversary this year. The film, set in 1880, followed a group of strangers riding through dangerous Apache territory, and was admired by Orson Welles as textbook filmmaking. Welles watched it over 40 times to prepare for the creation of his iconic film, Citizen Kane, commonly referred to as "the greatest movie of all time".