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  • 3 days ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    MediaRoom column: Media Minister Paul Goldsmith anticipates blogger and lawyer Philip Crump will recuse himself from journalism funding debates on the board of NZ on Air now he is on a New Zealand Herald advisory board. Crump, who was part of the attempted board takeover of Herald owner NZME by investor Jim Grenon, but missed out on a director’s spot as Grenon was largely held at bay, will now advise the Herald’s editors on improving the paper and site’s journalism. Already have an account?

  • 3 days ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    There are gaps, big gaps, in the new memoir by Jacinda Ardern. It is not a book which gives the full political context of her rise and fall, or at least her rise and exit. There’s not as much as might be expected on the Covid years. No mention at all of her 2020 election opponent Judith Collins, with very little on other Nats.

  • 4 days ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    The battle to control NZ Herald owner NZME ended on Tuesday with shareholders endorsing a peace deal – just as major rivals Stuff and TradeMe joined forces to form an audacious new competitor. NZME shareholders voted former National cabinet minister Steven Joyce onto its board, replacing outgoing chair Barbara Chapman, and approved corporate raider Jim Grenon as another new face. Incumbent director Sussan Turner won re-election and re-joined two continuing, existing directors.

  • 5 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Sports journalist Suzanne McFadden has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Photo / PhotosportTim Murphy for LockerRoom Suzanne McFadden has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to sports journalism and women. In this Q&A, the founder of LockerRoom and passionate advocate for better participation, media coverage and recognition for women in sport, reflects on a 40-year labour of love.

  • 6 days ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Suzanne McFadden has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to sports journalism and women. In this Q&A, the founder of our LockerRoom section and passionate advocate for better participation, media coverage and recognition for women in sport, reflects on a 40-year labour of love. How hard was it starting out in the 80s as the only woman in the room in sports departments, press boxes and media conferences?

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Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
6 Jun 25

RT @peterbakernyt: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, has been returned to the U…

Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
6 Jun 25

Intro on a New York Times story on Trump vs Musk: “The moment had finally come, and it was every bit as lowdown, vindictive, personal, petty, operatic, childish, consequential, messy and public as many had always expected it would be.”

Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
6 Jun 25

That KFC halftime ‘race the colonel’ promotion would have to be lamest activity at the break since marching bands in the 1970s. #SuperRugby