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Glenn McConnell

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Journalist covering politics in New Zealand. See my work on Stuff.co.nz and Three News.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6h

Hopefully we’ll know more by November

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6h

The loss of Te Kāea last year was a big blow. Now the future of both Te Karere and The Hui is uncertain, as Te Māngai Pāho looks to amalgamate Māori news and current affairs.

What does that mean for debate and plurality of voices in our democracy?

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Future in doubt for flagship Māori news shows Te Karere and The Hui

Stuff understands funding for both Te Karere and The Hui is on the line, following funding reductions for Te Māngai Pāho.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 1d

Craccum is fucked by the looks of it

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 5d

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Israel has assured it that the New Zealanders taken by the Israeli navy are “safe”, but consular staff still haven’t been able to speak to the three Kiwis in custody.

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Officials yet to hear from captured Kiwis in Israel as PM urges others not to go

Humanitarian groups say Israel breached international law by blocking a Gaza-bound flotilla, but Christopher Luxon isn’t criticising Israel.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 5d

The Government has served up $5 million for a roof to cover the main court of Auckland’s Stanley St tennis arena.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6d

I think those topic pages are auto-updated based on words in the article. For instance, the article also appears on these topic pages:
- Gaza www.stuff.co.nz/topics/gaza-0
- Ships www.stuff.co.nz/topics/ship
- International affairs www.stuff.co.nz/topics/inter...

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6d

Pressure is building on Te Pāti Māori, with Toitū Te Tiriti - the activist movement behind last year’s huge Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti - now speaking out against the party.

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Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti leader calls out Te Pāti Māori ‘dictatorship model’

Eru Kapa-Kingi, a leader of Toitū Te Tiriti and former Te Pāti Māori vice president, says the party’s leadership system is problematic.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6d

I went to speak to Samuel Leason's father, Adi, in Ōtaki. Others from the flotilla have told that "Israeli commandos" have taken 18-year-old Samuel, but neither the New Zealand nor Israeli governments have confirmed this.

Nevertheless, Adi is very proud of his son.

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How Kiwi teen ended up in Israeli detention as part of Gaza flotilla protest

Samuel Leason had at first tried to get to Gaza by land, marching across the Sinai desert, his dad says.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6d

A group of more than 11,000 health workers are the first to commit to a massive coordinated strike being planned by public sector unions.

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More than 11,000 health workers locked in for mega strike

And more public sector workers are likely to join the massive strikes planned for later this month.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 6d

How will we end the power price pinch? On this issue, Simon Bridges and the Greens agree

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Power companies make record profits while we pay more. What’s going to fix it?

The cost of power is costing jobs and driving inflation. This is how the powerbrokers want to lower prices.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 7d

Forty-one days before the Prime Minister sent Labour a letter pleading for a “credible, bipartisan approach” to solving the gas shortage, Labour had sent one to his energy minister asking for the same.

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Labour asked for energy bipartisanship 41 days before Luxon’s letter

Turns out the Energy Minister received a letter from Labour on August 20 asking to work together on a long-term solution to New Zealand’s dwindling supply of natural gas.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 8d

It's hard to keep up with Trump's tariffs...

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Films, now forests? Trump launches another surprise tariff on key NZ industry

As Trade Minister Todd McClay responded to threats of a “100% tariff” on films, US President Donald Trump launched another tariff for a key Kiwi industry.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 9d

Fewer than one in five countries don’t recognise Palestine.

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NZ is in a small club of countries that don’t recognise Palestine. What links them?

New Zealand is one of just 33 nations who don’t recognise Palestine. What does that say about our country?

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 12d

Why are police spending so much time chasing cannabis?

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Police celebrate ‘win’ on cannabis, but Kiwis aren’t all on board

The Drug Foundation says police are playing “whack-a-mole” and “devoting enormous amounts of resources” to finding weed growers.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 13d

The incoming Reserve Bank governor will be the first woman to hold the office. She will travel across the world to take up the position - but she’s been watching New Zealand for some time.

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What the next Reserve Bank Governor wants - and what it means for your money

The incoming governor will travel across the world to take up the position - but she’s been watching New Zealand for some time.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 14d

Big money, big problems.

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‘It’s a death trap’: Why $2.1b is being spent on this road

Transport Minister Chris Bishop says this “death trap” road near Wellington kills and injures, on average, 14 people each year.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 14d

Winston Peters is (sort of) right about migrants moving to Australia

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Winston Peters is (sort of) right about migrants moving to Australia

Is New Zealand being used as a “stepping stone” for migrants wanting to move to Australia? Here are the facts.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 15d

Residents of Gaza City, the target of a major Israeli offensive, offer mixed opinions after a slate of Western nations recognised the State of Palestine.

For Tawfiq Habib the move - condemned by Israel - means little. "I don't care about recognition while the killings are still going on here"

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · 15d

Te Ariki Tā Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII, the paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, has died, aged 84.

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Paramount chief, Te Ariki Sir Tumu Te Heuheu, dies

Te Heuheu was one of the longest serving and most respected leaders of te ao Māori. He died, aged 84.

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · Aug 20

TV current affairs programmes are virtually extinct in New Zealand. The return of Paddy Gower Has Issues could be the genre's last hope.

Paddy Gower’s TV comeback and the hunt for a fugitive father

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · Aug 15

No he’s not? He’s talking about “ratings”.

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · Aug 15

This is nonsense. RNZ now has one of the largest audiences in media. Sutherland’s review raises some good points - but crucially, it doesn’t explain how a broadcast audience could be sustained over the long term.

Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · Aug 13

Two private helicopters took the Australian and NZ prime ministers to a mountain top lunch in Queenstown. This week I asked, what was the purpose of that trip?

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Two helicopters, two prime ministers and a pavlova. Was this $27,000 lunch worth it?

Christopher Luxon hailed his Queenstown catch-up with Australia’s Anthony Albanese as a success for tourism and trans-Tasman relations. But what did it achieve?

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ICIJ @icij.org · Aug 12

From @aljazeera.com: An Israeli strike on a journalists' tent on Sunday killed four Al Jazeera staff members. Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza, making it the single deadliest conflict for journalists.

Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza

Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.

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Glenn McConnell @glennmccnz.bsky.social · Aug 11

Prime minister Christopher Luxon says a decision is weeks away. This issue was first raised with his Government in 2023.

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Why hasn’t NZ worked out whether to recognise Palestine?

Prime minister Christopher Luxon says a decision is weeks away. This issue was first raised with his Government in 2023.

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