Articles by Chris McMahon
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Technology
Apple previews eye-tracking for iPhone, iPad, anti-car-sickness dots
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 2:50PMApple has marked Global Accessibility Awareness Day by releasing a slew of new accessibility features - including a new AI-powered...
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Crime
Vicious assault: Young victim targeted in New Lynn McDonald’s attack
Monday, 13 May 2024, 1:57PMA young man has been targeted in a brutal daytime attack at a McDonald’s restaurant in West Auckland, bashed in a four-on-one...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Willis Not About To Deliver Her Own 'Black Budget'
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9:15AMIn the end, it all comes down to taxes. This Government has promised to cut New Zealanders’ income tax, and that is precisely...
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National
Shocking video: Wrong-way motorway driver crashes into elderly couple
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 12:58PMShocking video has emerged of the moment a car driven by an alleged drink driver careered the wrong way down a Dunedin motorway,...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: On Watching the NYPD Enter Columbia University
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:45AMIt is such a small world. There was I, seated in front of a television set in suburban Auckland, watching the NYPD clear...
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Business
Revealed: The most complained-about telco
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 3:55PMA free dispute-resolution service says there is a “new normal” of high complaints against phone and broadband providers. The...
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Business
Netflix reveals viewership for some of its biggest shows
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:28PMNetflix has just reported its biggest quarter ever - on the back of its ongoing password-sharing crackdown and punters absorbing...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Collision Course
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 11:47AMIt was the cry that rang through the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) in the autumn of 1917: “All power to the soviets!”...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Saving The World From Climate Change, One Judgement At A Time
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:24AMNo doubt the European Court of Human Rights is congratulating itself on striking an important judicial blow against Climate...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Making Choices
Friday, 5 April 2024, 12:27PM“It's all about choices” is how Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni defines the substance of political partisanship in New...
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World
Obama, Clinton and Hollywood big names help Biden raise a record $25 million for his reelection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 4:17PMBarack Obama, Bill Clinton and some of Hollywood’s biggest stars teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace...
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Sport
The best sport to watch this weekend
Friday, 29 March 2024, 2:09PMChris Rattue ranks the top sporting events to watch over the next few days. 4) Caitlin Clark, Monday 8am - Sky Basketball’s...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: God’s Own Country
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 8:15AMGloriavale docuseries Escaping Utopia, like Mr Bates v The Post Office, looks set to generate considerable upheaval. The...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: If Not The USA & Europe – Then Who?
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 8:54AMWang Yi’s visit to New Zealand is not accidental. The Chinese Foreign Minister came here in response to New Zealand’s all-too-evident...
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National
Watch: New twist in poisoned sparrows case, expert backs Daily Bread bakery claims
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 4:31PMWarning: This story may be distressing for some readers. A pest management expert says the poisoned sparrows found outside...
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National
'So cruel': Outrage after poisoned sparrows filmed outside Auckland bakery
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 8:10AMWarning: This story may be distressing for some readers. Poisoned sparrows seen struggling outside an Auckland bakery have...
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Auckland
'Hell in a handbasket': Aucklanders up in arms over council bin removal
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 1:29PMAucklanders have turned to social media en masse to complain about the sudden removal of public rubbish bins across the city. The...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Remembering The Halcyon Days of TV3 News & Current Affairs
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 6:15AMFor me, it will always be “TV3”. The “Newshub” name came later, as New Zealand’s first privately-owned television network...
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Lifestyle
'It was hot!' Auckland traffic worker reveals story behind viral pizza box hat
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 4:46PMThe Auckland traffic management worker who went viral for his makeshift pizza box hat has spoken of his choice of headwear...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Our Little Woes
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 1:53PMIt is helpful, at times, to obtain the perspective of someone from outside New Zealanders’ usual frame of reference. Events...
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Audio
Morgan Bailey: Space junk mission launch shows promising signs for future
Monday, 19 February 2024, 10:01AMA Japanese satellite launched into orbit by Rocket Lab will collect data on space junk. It's currently travelling about 27-thousand...
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World
Rocket Lab successfully launches ‘world first’ space junk mission
Monday, 19 February 2024, 8:38AMRocket Lab has successfully deployed a satellite that will rendezvous in orbit with a derelict rocket, which it will monitor...
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National
Migration drives New Zealand’s largest ever population increase to 5,305,600
Friday, 16 February 2024, 2:51PMNew Zealand has had its largest-ever population increase: 145,100 new Kiwis arrived in the year to December 2023. It is the...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Frightened of the People
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 9:42AMFear of democracy is growing. Not among the overwhelming majority of voters, but among those who fear their “prejudices”....