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Patrick Gower making an earthquake analogy, probably. Photo: Rae-Dawn Martin

‘What do you want us to do, be a bunch of boring shits?’ On the Lash with Patrick Gower

Fresh from reporting on the American Trumpocalypse, Newshub’s larger than life political editor Patrick Gower tells Toby Manhire about the lessons his US experience offers to NZ media, and how he’s preparing to tackle an election here in 2017.
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By Toby Manhire | 29th November, 2016
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“I think as a person she’d probably be very loveable if she stopped talking about products.”

On the Lash with Gilda Kirkpatrick, the realest Housewife of them all

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‘I don’t consider myself a celebrity because I’m not a fuckwit’ – On the lash with Anika Moa

Alex Casey interviews New Zealand legend Anika Moa about getting her own talk show, Nigella Lawson's butt and why you should never hold in a burp.
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By Alex Casey | 10th September, 2016
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