Indira Stewart

New Zealand

Journalist and Presenter at TVNZ

Journalist @TVNZ 🇫🇯🇹🇴 Formerly @RNZ_News, @abcnews, @radioaustralia . [email protected]

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Articles

It was four days of brilliance, so why do I have the ASB Polyfest blues?

1 week ago | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

Watch this story on our home for news, indepth and consumer stories, TVNZ+. OPINION: It’s one week on from the 50th ASB Polyfest celebrations that packed out the Manukau Sports Bowl over four days and was a stunning display of Māori and Pasifika talent, community, hard work and joy. But why did the festival that's been a part of my life for nearly three decades feel different this year?
TVNZ’s Indira Stewart on Polyfest: From performer to reporter and backstage mum

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Indira Stewart

Happy Memories: Indira Stewart (right) and at the Polyfest in 2000 (top left) and 2002 (bottom left). Photos / suppliedAs a student at Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, you could tell when it was Polyfest season. The school halls came alive with the humming of waiata, Niuean kamata’anga chants, the slapping hands of a Tongan mā'ulu’ulu and Samoan tau’olunga.
The 'invisible' children of NZ's prisoners speak out about the care they need

Oct 25, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart
Thinking of buying a used EV? Consumers warned to get batteries checked

Aug 25, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

The trend for buying electric or hybrid vehicles is rocketing – but if you're buying a used one, what do you need to know first? Indira Stewart, reporting for Fair Go, talks to one disappointed EV owner and finds out why. Watch this story on our home for news, in-depth and consumer stories TVNZ+. To EV, or not to EV. That’s the question on the minds of many car buyers in New Zealand today.
Thinking of buying a used EV? Consumers warned to get batteries checked

Aug 25, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

The trend for buying electric or hybrid vehicles is rocketing – but if you're buying a used one, what do you need to know first? Indira Stewart, reporting for Fair Go, talks to one disappointed EV owner and finds out why. Watch this story on our home for news, in-depth and consumer stories TVNZ+. To EV, or not to EV. That’s the question on the minds of many car buyers in New Zealand today.
The power of denture cleaner and other surprising laundry hacks

Jul 31, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

FAIR GO compares some wacky (and also some quite normal) ways to deal to red wine and lipstick stains. By Indira Stewart. Watch this show on our new home for news, in-depth and consumer stories, TVNZ+. Type in #laundryhacks on most social media platforms and you’ll be flooded with tips, tricks and cheats for getting your sheets, towels and clothes pristine. But be prepared for the wild and wacky laundry hacks you didn’t know you needed.
'Why doesn't she leave?' Gang women on what they endure and why they stay

Jul 16, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart
What does a working grandma with a veggie garden buy at the supermarket?

Jul 9, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

NEW SERIES: Join Indira Stewart as she meets supermarket shoppers and learns how they spend, save and splurge their food budgets. This week, Kahoa Meimuli-Corbett, from Māngere Bridge, Auckland, who saves on veggies but treats the grandkids and will pay top dollar for a quality bag of cashews. Watch Receipt Reveal on our new home for news, consumer and in-depth stories: TVNZ+.
Census set for major changes: What this means for you

May 27, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

Stats NZ wants to overhaul the census and replace individual surveys with admin data. Indira Stewart explains what admin data is and how it profiles every New Zealander. The days of the traditional census survey forms could soon be over. Stats NZ has a massive transformation plan proposed for the future of our census, the five-yearly snapshot of the people who live in New Zealand. The statistics department is proposing an "admin data first" approach.
Leaked Oranga Tamariki proposal: 'Essential' Safety of Children in Care team axed

May 9, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Indira Stewart

Proposed redundancies to Oranga Tamariki include the internal watchdog team that reports on abuse occurring under the organisation's care. Indira Stewart reports. Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Children, is proposing to disestablish its Safety of Children in Care team, the team that reports on children abused under the Ministry’s watch, and reviews how it complies with care regulations. It comes as the Ministry announced 447 jobs would be cut in its proposed restructure.