Media Insider: Advertising industry shake-up – independent agency Bastion Shine poaches six key staff from VML
Bastion Shine has recruited, from VML Wellington, managing director Fleur Head, head of planning Anna Gunnell, creative director…
Media Insider: NZ Herald publisher NZME names a new chief financial officer
It has been an eventful year for NZME, with a new-look board now chaired by former radio industry…
Police Investigate Break and Enter at Farm Home
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Hamilton Police are investigating a break and enter that occurred at…
Spain probing clothing titan’s death as homicide
Another testimony by Estefania Knuth, a professional golfer who was Isak Andic’s partner, highlighted “the poor relations between…
Vehicle Collides with Pedestrian on Barton Street
On Thursday October 16, 2025, just after 9:00 PM, Hamilton police responded to a motor vehicle collision involving…
Media Insider: Broadcasting Standards Authority v The Platform – businessman Troy Bowker says he will help fund legal action to support Sean Plunket
“The BSA is no longer relevant or necessary. If Susie and her board think they can regulate the…
Students fuelled by social media and energy drinks are exhausted, disengaged, and withdrawn. They’re living in a parallel universe – Patrick Walsh
None of this should present as normal or be acceptable for our under-16 children. As a school principal…
Fatal Fire on Mohawk Road
On Saturday October 4th, 2025, at approximately 8:52 a.m., Hamilton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at…
Media Insider: Sean Plunket and The Platform ‘going to war’ with Broadcasting Standards Authority after watchdog claims jurisdiction over online comment
Sean Plunket labelled the person who complained about a comment he made on The Platform a “plonker”. Photo…
Fatal Collision on Claremont Access
The Hamilton Police Collision Reconstruction Unit has completed a thorough investigation into a collision that claimed the lives…
Rocket Lab launches satellite at dawn, stargazers mystified by strange cloud
From Whangārei, down to Auckland, Hawke’s Bay and Tauranga, people shared photos of the cloud and its long,…
Media Insider: TV advertisements can now be screened on Sunday mornings, Christmas Day and other public holidays
The Hui, now in its 10th season, is hosted by Julian Wilcox. Photo / The Hui , And…