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Newstalk ZB apologizes, backs complaints over MP leak accusations

5/26/2026

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Newstalk ZB said it should have sought comment before naming five National Party MPs as alleged leakers and upheld the complaints.
MP Joseph Mooney and three other MPs received written apologies from Newstalk ZB after filing complaints.
The broadcaster named MP Joseph Mooney, MP Andrew Bayly, MP Sam Uffindell, MP Tim van de Molen and MP Barbara Kuriger in the April program, which the MPs denied.

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Newstalk ZB said it should have sought comment before naming five National Party MPs as alleged leakers and upheld the complaints.
MP Joseph Mooney and three other MPs received written apologies from Newstalk ZB after filing complaints.
The broadcaster named MP Joseph Mooney, MP Andrew Bayly, MP Sam Uffindell, MP Tim van de Molen and MP Barbara Kuriger in the April program, which the MPs denied.