New Zealand's Press Gallery had a story. They buried it for a year.

Duncan Garner sits down with Ani O'Brien — the commentator and comms specialist who did what an entire industry of professional journalists refused to do: publish it.

The alleged incident involving Maiki Sherman and Lloyd Burr isn't really the story anymore. The story is the cover-up. The silence. The cosy club of gallery insiders who knew, said nothing, and kept cashing their paycheques while preaching accountability to everyone else.

Duncan and Ani go deep on Press Gallery culture, defamation law used as a silencing tool, Barry Soper's book, the slow death of political journalism's credibility, and what it means when Substack is more honest than the six o'clock news.

The hypocrisy is breathtaking. This conversation doesn't let it off the hook.
At 18:55 Duncan calls the mainstream media 'pricks'.

David returns to the tiles to unpack falling rent prices under ACT, the India–NZ Free Trade Agreement and growing scrutiny around Maiki Sherman’s conduct, raising tough questions about media standards and accountability.