Campbell, John

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John Campbell: the growing rage and extremity of Brian Tamaki and Destiny

What exactly is Destiny Church's message? John Campbell highlights consistent themes: far-right prejudices, manifest anger and hatred.

6:00am

2:50

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po hosted her first koroneihana with style. Image: Office of the Kiingitanga

John Campbell: The Māori Queen speaks and it's a new, vital voice for NZ

TVNZ's Chief Correspondent reports from Tūrangawaewae where the energy of a future generation was on display.

Sat, Sep 6

Neither of the main party leaders are setting the world on fire.

John Campbell: Please, National and Labour, do something. Anything!

The results of the latest 1News Verian poll paint an uninspiring picture of the political parties, says TVNZ's Chief Correspondent.

Tue, Aug 12

8:25

John Campbell flanked by the coalition's two deputies Winston Peters and David Seymour.

John Campbell: Why is Peters laughing? And what is Seymour thinking?

Today, as Winston Peters hands the Deputy Prime Minister baton to David Seymour, John Campbell questions the two complex political survivors about their motives and goals.

Sat, May 31

1:20

John Campbell: Will Simeon Brown fix our 'dire' health system?

Experts say Brown has inherited a broken and 'systemically racist' health system that drives its workers overseas and results in premature deaths of New Zealanders.

Wed, Feb 12

John Campbell: the growing rage and extremity of Brian Tamaki and Destiny

What exactly is Destiny Church's message? John Campbell highlights consistent themes: far-right prejudices, manifest anger and hatred.

6:00am

2:50

John Campbell: The Māori Queen speaks and it's a new, vital voice for NZ

TVNZ's Chief Correspondent reports from Tūrangawaewae where the energy of a future generation was on display.

Sat, Sep 6

John Campbell: Please, National and Labour, do something. Anything!

The results of the latest 1News Verian poll paint an uninspiring picture of the political parties, says TVNZ's Chief Correspondent.

Tue, Aug 12

8:25

John Campbell: Why is Peters laughing? And what is Seymour thinking?

Today, as Winston Peters hands the Deputy Prime Minister baton to David Seymour, John Campbell questions the two complex political survivors about their motives and goals.

Sat, May 31

1:20

John Campbell: Will Simeon Brown fix our 'dire' health system?

Experts say Brown has inherited a broken and 'systemically racist' health system that drives its workers overseas and results in premature deaths of New Zealanders.

Wed, Feb 12

John Campbell with the Waitangi dawn service in the background.

John Campbell: Waitangi in the age of the Treaty Principles Bill

ANALYSIS: The crowd was smaller, the Prime Minister was absent and, one year after the jubilation of 2024, the mood was different.

Fri, Feb 7

December 2024

Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke with John Campbell

'I'd do it again and again': Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke talks to John Campbell

The 22-year-old MP on her world-famous haka and what she'd say to New Zealanders who find her confronting.

December 7, 2024

November 2024

Police commissioner Richard Chambers talks to John Campbell.

John Campbell: Is 'back to basics' Chambers the right police commissioner for 2024?

He's brave, principled and loyal to his staff. But how well will Richard Chambers navigate the complex landscape that's New Zealand now?

November 29, 2024

Scenes from John Campbell's small town roadie. (Composite image: Vinay Ranchhod)

John Campbell: Small town NZ – the optimism and the challenges

John Campbell hits the road and visits three very different regions – Ruapehu, Wairarapa and the West Coast – to find out.

November 16, 2024

October 2024

Mandy Molloy is haunted by unanswered questions about the death of her precious daughter, Rachel.

John Campbell: the strange, tragic death of Rachel Molloy and the mother seeking answers

In a new TVNZ+ series, John Campbell investigates the death of 30-year-old Auckland woman Rachel Molloy.

October 5, 2024

1:00

August 2024

Renters Rochelle Peck and Ursula Goodwin

John Campbell: How well does the law protect tenants from 'bad' landlords?

FAIR GO: John Campbell meets some out-of-pocket tenants and goes in search of the landlord who owes them money.

August 19, 2024

7:24

Malachi Subecz was murdered in 2021 – report finds NZ children 'no safer now'

Chief Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad talks to John Campbell about the "gutting" ICM report in the wake of the Subecz tragedy.

August 1, 2024

3:14

July 2024

John Campbell and Nikki Hurst, executive officer of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services

John Campbell asks Nikki Hurst: How safe are NZ kids in state care now?

This week New Zealand faced up to its shameful national history of abuse in state care. John Campbell asks a social services expert: how well does Oranga Tamariki protect vulnerable kids today?

July 28, 2024

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