Daybreak - 25 March 2026

In this episode of Daybreak - more attempts to liberalise Easter & Anzac Day trading laws; drug advocates continue their flawed and dopey campaign to legalise all drugs; a NZ Herald poll suggests that Hipkins' approval rating hasn't been affected by recent events; ACT MP Brooke van Velden is quitting but her voting record was poor; the NZ Herald do a (paid?) advertorial for transing children; certain protests are okay according to the media but others are on the 'wrong side of history'; Courts of NZ cry off X; a new faaaaaar-right playbook to be published by ActionStation; Winston Peters trolls both the media and the Greens; two reporters go with Luxon to the Pacific Islands and report completely contrary observations; and some hilarious examples of breakfast news reporting in NZ.