Kerry Butler: Why Maori Stand to Gain a Controlling Role in The Leadership of NZ

Remember the Public Interest Journalist Fund introduced by Labour during Jacinda Ardern’s term ... which involved the media organisations and newspapers being given millions of taxpayer dollars.

The first tranche of payments was $18 million (out of a total of $55 million) which all media accepted except for The Platform and the Westport News. The latter is privately owned and the owner said: "We prefer to paddle our own canoe", but all other papers and media grabbed the money.