Barry Soper on surviving a heart attack and raising toddlers in his 70s
It’s a rainy Wednesday morning at home in Auckland and Soper is in full-on dad mode. He’s dropped…
Alice Soper: Silver Ferns win highlights Netball New Zealand’s domestic crisis
Travel costs are high, our population base is low, pay for our athletes must walk the tightrope between…
King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Broadcaster Barry Soper made an ONZM for services to journalism
The book, which covers the tenures of 12 Prime Ministers, has spent four weeks on the best-seller list,…
Media Insider: RNZ board shake-up – David Seymour expects changes, outgoing chair hits back; Maiki Sherman steps down as TVNZ political editor; ANZ announces new ad agency
Opposition politicians and journalism academics have also criticised Seymour over his comments. Seymour, in turn, has said that…
Barry Soper on new book lifting lid on 12 prime ministers in the Beehive – The Front Page
As former PM John Key wrote in one of the book’s forewords, “Barry knew, and still knows, where…
Barry Soper says he almost quit after Duncan Garner’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour towards him on PM’s Afghanistan trip; Garner, Guyon Espiner respond – Media Insider
He details how Garner “lost his rag” with him during one incident after he asked Garner to move…
Barry Soper memoir: Veteran political journalist calls Dame Jacinda Ardern an ‘imposter’
Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis Allan, his girlfriend at the time and now his wife, was working in…
Rugby360 money could reshape women’s rugby as unions draw line – Alice Soper
The united statement is new, but the substance isn’t for New Zealand’s players. With the exception of sabbatical…
Rugby World Cup 2025: France bite incident reignites debate over captain’s challenge in rugby – Alice Soper
France held on by the skin of their teeth – literally, to beat Ireland in their quarter-final. Axelle…