‘It’s going to be a clear out’ – a long lunch with Council aspirant Bill Ralston

Once Bill Ralston was the baddest man in New Zealand journalism. Now he’s running for council. Over a long lunch at Prego Tim Murphy asks him why. I tried to warn Bill Ralston not to stand for the Auckland Council.  ‘Don’t do it Bill’ I tweeted when talk grew late last year of his interest … Read more

Before he was an Auckland Council candidate Bill Ralston was the wildest man in news

Yesterday afternoon three legends of news had lunch at (where else?) Prego. The Herald‘s former editor-in-chief Tim Murphy and ex-Mediaworks’ head of news Mark Jennings interrogated ’90s news icon Bill Ralston about his run for Council. Ahead of our publication of Murphy’s account of the lunch, Jennings remembers the glory days of his former colleague. Bill and … Read more