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A drawn-out employment legal dispute, the sale of one of the country’s top media companies, fears AI could take newsroom jobs, and RNZ planning to cut roles.
The Kamahl Santamaria saga continues as the former broadcaster and TVNZ head to court next week.
Meanwhile, do the Aussies have what it takes to shake up our media landscape? And will AI take over our newsrooms?
All this while RNZ prepares to cut up to 30 roles as part of a major cost-cutting move.
Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald’s Media Insider and editor-at-large Shayne Currie joins us to talk about the changing tides and what the future looks like.
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The Government's working through merger proposals from councils around the country.
City and district councils were given until this week to pitch plans to create larger unitary councils, to replace existing local and regional councils.
Approved plans are due to be signed off next year and take effect after local elections in 2028.
So who’s likely to merge with who? What regions are deeply split? How will it all work out? And most importantly, how will it affect you?
Today on The Front Page, Gisborne Mayor and Local Government New Zealand president Rehette Stoltz is with us to breakdown what it all means and what could happen next.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is staying in the top job.
He's emerged from another confidence vote with the support of his caucus.
National MPs were summoned to Wellington for an urgent meeting this morning - after speculation about a potential coup.
The meeting ran for three hours.
But, questions remain... What happened behind closed doors? What will happen to the detractors?
Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald senior correspondent Katie Bradford joins us from Wellington to break it all down.
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Speculation is mounting over Christopher Luxon’s future as National Party leader, with reports of caucus unrest putting his leadership back under the spotlight.
NZ Herald Senior Correspondent Katie Bradford joins Chelsea to examine how serious the threat is, who could be waiting in the wings, and if National can really change leaders this close to an election.


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National has unveiled new fiscal rules promising tighter spending, lower debt and no new taxes on working New Zealanders. But Taxpayers’ Union executive director Jordan Williams argues much of it repackages existing policy and questions whether the Government has delivered on its earlier promises to rein in spending and return to surplus.
He joins Chelsea Daniels to discuss government debt, where meaningful spending cuts could come from, what actually counts as a tax, and whether National’s new language around “working people” risks muddying its election pitch on tax.
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