Wayne Hay

Emmy nominated correspondent, Aljazeera.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Yeah. There seems to be a theme.

[Sam @kaz_har_eye]

@wayne_hay @CroftyF1 Somehow they went from Col to Gasly 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

@CroftyF1 amazing how you run through the whole top ten finishers in the Canadian GP but you skip over Liam Lawson. If it was Lindblad finishing in 7th you would have waxed lyrical about how incredible the result was.
#f1

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

A photographer has been attacked by something, possibly a seal, while in the water shooting the @wsl event in Raglan, New Zealand. WSL say he’s been taken to hospital with minor injuries. #raglan

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Why wouldn’t the NZ government back a major international sporting event in Auckland yet spend millions on attracting big music acts who would probably come anyway?
@SailGP #sailgp

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

You forgot Chris Bishop.

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Incredible that the NZ Herald’s political editor Thomas Coughlan, managed to whip up a nationwide full media frenzy from a nonsense story from five backbench MPs that most New Zealanders have never even heard of.

The five MPs are:
Tim van de Molen
Barbara Kuriger
Andrew Bayly
Sam Uffindell
Joseph Mooney

Now that they’ve been named on ZB this morning, it’s laughable that the media is still treating this as a serious story.

This was about as far from a credible coup as you can get.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

makeover. It’s boring!

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

I’m glad you asked. The first thing that should happen is for schoolboy rugby to be given back to clubs. School 1st/2nd 15s can then be selected from the club sides to play the traditional exchanges/comps etc. Super rugby should be scrapped and replaced by a full season of..

[Ric Salizzo @ricsalizzo]

Rugby fan . School/club then provincial team to support . Then Super . Then we ask them to support 12-15 All Black tests . And they are time poor . And watch other sports . Design more fan focussed system .

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

pro NPC involving the pacific and Australian teams. Yes, it would require a bigger budget but at last we could have tribalism/parochialism. NZR needs a marketing guru as CEO. They need to copy the NRL’s model. And Sky TV’s coverage of rugby needs a complete..

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

New Zealand rugby is broken and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

@NZRugby

#rugby
#allblacks
#hurricanes

https://t.co/yvreZKqGSu

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Is it just me or the man he’s supposedly healing looks like Jeffrey Epstein?

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump responds to backlash over an image he posted which seemed to depict him as Jesus

"It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better!"

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Why New Zealand is ‘probably’ withholding intelligence from the United States.

#trump
#IranWar‌
#russia
#ukraine

https://t.co/paz7xyDs0p

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

@DonaldJTrumpJr But hasn’t the president been busy telling the world that Iran’s military has been decimated and that the US has control of its airspace?

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

This statement is quite incredible. During this time, New Zealanders are looking for leadership but they’re not getting it. Instead, the government and the National Party keep talking about the past.

[NZ National Party @NZNationalParty]

Getting economic management wrong during the Iran conflict will have long-lasting consequences that are difficult to unwind.

We saw this in the aftermath of Covid where decisions led to debt reaching $120b and inflation hitting a 32 year high. This saw mortgage rates and other prices skyrocket. Kiwis are still grappling with the effects of that today. National wants to ensure those mistakes are avoided.

Responsible economic management matters most when the world is volatile and unpredictable. By fixing the basics in the economy, we have been repairing the post-covid damage done by Labour:

- We’ve reined in wasteful spending saving taxpayers $43b to date in unnecessary expenses
- This has lowered interest rates, meaning Kiwis’ average mortgage repayments are down by as much as $10,000
- We’ve lowered taxes, and,
- Our economy has been growing again, which means exporters and businesses doing well and more job opportunities. Latest data shows 1.1% growth over the last 6 months of 2025 with growth still expected to continue, even with the conflict.

Sticking to National’s careful economic plan is how we can best insulate New Zealand and New Zealanders against this global shock and protect New Zealand’s future.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Christopher Luxon has again shown himself to be completely out of his depth when it comes to international affairs. In his press conference he couldn’t even clearly articulate whether he wants a ceasefire in the Middle East or not. He just repeats the same lines over and over.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

You asked on NRL 360 what has been wrong with origin in recent years.. the answer is simple! It clearly no longer involves the best players in the game because so many are ineligible.

[Michael Carayannis @MCarayannis]

Green light: Kalyn Ponga cleared to represent New Zealand https://t.co/I0LIdBDmko via @dailytelegraph

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

@scorad_AKL Mark Mitchell

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

I reckon New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon will be gone within 2 weeks.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

He was clearly outshone by Nicola Willis who gave clear and concise answers as opposed to his cliched corporate responses.

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Great start to the PM’s presser, immediately setting the tone and agenda by discussing potential economic impacts of the war in Iran - what matters!

Anyone from the press gallery still asking about last week’s poll is going to look out of touch and petty.

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Why haven’t any of the journos at this press conference put Nicola Willis on the spot and asked her if she backs Luxon as PM??

[Brian Ashby @BrianAshby2]

@wayne_hay Yep. Next election feels like a race to the bottom

[Wayne Hay @wayne_hay]

Is it just me or has Nicola Willis had something of a makeover? Interesting timing? And maybe I’m reading too much into it but it’s almost like she and Luxon are competing for the mic at this press conference.