Morgan TaitMorgan Tait

Morgan is a journalist who has covered crime, justice, and women's issues for The New Zealand Herald and Newsroom.co.nz. She is currently working on a new project, Stored, an online culture, current affairs and creative publication for New Zealand women.

In NZ politics, do expenses leaks matter more than sexual harassment?

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Allegations raised today by four women about the conduct of rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross, and the response to complaints, send a bleak message to women in Aotearoa, writes Morgan Tait. Remember that time a senior political figure was the subject of a long and sustained pattern of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse of women … Read more

Confirmed: there is no toxic masculinity in New Zealand

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Kirsty Johnston’s piece recounting an encounter with a creep in a pub has prompted an online response which leaves Morgan Tait happy to conclude that Johnston’s conclusion – that NZ has an issue with toxic masculinity – is 100% irrefutably wrong. Rejoice! A New Zealand journalist wrote about a run-in with a man in a Dunedin pub this … Read more