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Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy is co-editor of Newsroom. He writes about politics, Auckland, and media. Twitter: @tmurphynz

Auckland’s $100m Eden Park dilemma

It’s a big weekend for Eden Park with a high profile sports double-header. A bigger couple of weeks lies ahead as the self-styled ‘national stadium’ fights for its life.

Feb 15 2019

Tim Murphy

Best of the Week

Auckland considers $220m tax dodge

Auckland Council is considering changing ownership of big chunks of land on the Auckland downtown waterfront to avoid a possible $220 million tax bill under new government legislation.

Feb 12 2019

Tim Murphy

Employment

A new frontier for employment law

Bell Gully’s Liz Coats says Fair Pay Agreements - among the biggest changes to employment law in a decade - face a tight timeframe to be in place before next year’s election.

Feb 11 2019

Tim Murphy

Media

MediaRoom: Putting a price on trust

In this week’s MediaRoom column - the Herald looks to trade in on its ‘trustworthiness’, what’s in store for Stuff, and staff shuffles at RNZ.

Feb 01 2019

Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings

Comment

Media Person of the Year

In the final MediaRoom column for the year, Tim Murphy nominates his Media Person of the Year.

Dec 19 2018

Tim Murphy

sportsroom

St Kent’s to ‘rebalance’ 1st XV scholarships

Top Auckland school St Kent’s is now reviewing its system of rugby scholarships that prompted 10 other schools to boycott it for 2019.

Dec 17 2018

Tim Murphy

sportsroom

Time for All Blacks to call Joe Schmidt

With Steve Hansen confirming his exit next year, the search for the All Blacks’ new head coach will focus on Ireland’s Joe Schmidt but also on what other people he and other contenders will bring.

Dec 14 2018

Tim Murphy

Best of the Year

Law firm faces new sex claims

Newsroom talks exclusively to Khylee Quince who has revealed new details of historical sexual misconduct at Russell McVeagh.

Nov 28 2018

Melanie Reid and Tim Murphy

Media

Herald owner’s market value plummets

In this week’s MediaRoom column: tough times on the sharemarket for NZME, newspaper sales figures released and who won big at the TV Awards.

Nov 27 2018

Tim Murphy

Legal

Whaleoil suffers new defamation case setbacks

The Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater has lost a bid to have hacked documents obtained by author Nicky Hager excluded from a High Court defamation case.

Nov 23 2018

Tim Murphy

Comment

Mayor Goff: First among unequals

A green light for Auckland Mayor Phil Goff over a secret waterfront report underlines how his council views its obligations to its own elected representatives.

Nov 21 2018

Tim Murphy

Media

Troubled NBR threatens to sue Newsroom

The troubled business newspaper and its publisher demand Newsroom remove an article on its dispute with Steven Joyce and apologise.

Nov 15 2018

Tim Murphy

Best of the Week

A grand rip-off or an innocent abroad

High Court judge must decide whether a Chinese-born kiwifruit grower conspired to sell one of our super varieties to China - denying NZ untold millions in exports.

Nov 14 2018

Tim Murphy

new auckland

Govt speeds up Tamaki housing build

Housing Minister Phil Twyford is changing the big housing regeneration project in East Auckland to get more houses built, sooner.

Nov 09 2018

Tim Murphy

Legal

Man in kiwifruit smuggling case named

Kiwifruit exporter Zespri now says an alleged plant smuggler might have taken its special gold varieties to Australia as well as China.

Nov 07 2018

Tim Murphy

new auckland

No such thing as a free stadium

Should the public ‘loan’ money to backers of the Auckland Waterfront Stadium to pay for more work on its feasibility?

Nov 07 2018

Tim Murphy

Trade

High stakes in kiwifruit smuggling lawsuit

The national kiwifruit exporter, Zespri, says smuggled New Zealand plants in China put a huge export opportunity at risk.

Nov 06 2018

Tim Murphy

Business

Zespri sues Chinese kiwifruit growers for $30m

Kiwifruit exporter Zespri is seeking $30m in damages from parties it alleges were involved in illegally taking two of its varieties of ‘gold’ fruit to China.

Nov 05 2018

Tim Murphy

News

Horse trainer guilty over young rider injury

Racehorse trainer Stephen McKee faces penalties of up to $300,000 after pleading guilty.

Nov 02 2018

Tim Murphy

Media

Mediaroom: Mel Reid in awards finals

The MediaRoom column salutes one of our own, finalists for TV and business journalism awards, and more.

Oct 29 2018

Tim Murphy