Fiona Connor

Guest writer

Fiona Connor is Newshub's features editor. She joined the MediaWorks team in August off the back of 18 months living in Sydney where she was working as a news reporter for Daily Mail Australia. Prior to her stint abroad, Fiona was a contributor to the NZ Herald, MTV Australia, Woman's Day, Remix Magazine and Concrete Playground.

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Huffer at 25: The struggles and triumphs of the little NZ brand that could

From that Orlando Bloom moment to trying (and failing) to break America, it's been an eventful quarter century.

By Fiona Connor | 11th April, 2022

Blindspott, the only band in history to have the same album debut at number one twice.

The story behind the album that just hit No 1 – 18 years after its release

An interview with Blindspott, whose self-titled debut album just hit No 1 for the second time.

By Fiona Connor | 31st May, 2020

This is not what Tom Tana’s stay in prison looked like (Supplied)

What it’s like to get stuck in a Thai jail

Beatings, unhygienic overcrowding, no ventilation and bad food: Welcome to one Kiwi's experience of a prison in Thailand.

By Fiona Connor | 14th April, 2019