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Meet the new Whaleoil - blog site bought by defamation victim

Matt Blomfield sued Cameron Slater for defamation and won - now he's taken his website.

Cameron Slater ordered to testify in defamation case

Former blogger Cameron Slater ordered to answer questions or prove he's too sick to do so.

Best of 2019: Blogger, Blomfield and police - a catalogue of failure

Police admit string of errors investigating complaints made by businessman.

Bankrupt Cameron Slater ordered to pay $70,000 for 'character assassination'

Cameron Slater has been found to have carried out an "extended" character assassination.

Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater loses defamation case

Six years in the courts and blogger Cameron Slater fails to come up with a defence.

David Fisher: Whaleoil attacked me but I wish him well

COMMENT: Reporter David Fisher on why the Whaleoil blogger deserves sympathy.

Welcome to the Truman Show: The Kiwi bloggers putting their lives online

The Whanganui bloggers putting their lives online

Financial expert answers your burning money questions

Financial expert Tom Hartmann is on hand to answer all your big money questions.

Nicky Hager: Police raid nearly killed Hit & Run book

Nicky Hager says the police raid scared the key source for the Hit & Run book.

Political roundup: Dirty Politics 'done dirt cheap'

We can expect hacking, privacy and surveillance issues to be central to the way the political system works in this country, writes Bryce Edwards.

Deborah Hill Cone: How loss set me free

I can't believe it. I'm a finalist in the Canon media awards for my columns - in the 'humour' category, writes Deborah Hill Cone. The irony strikes "with the force of a cartoon anvil".

Bryce Edwards: The state of the media

Mass media, citizen media, new media, and politician media management - it all gets frequently evaluated, criticised and sometimes praised, writes Bryce Edwards.

Deborah Hill Cone: Finding a way to let bad times go

Ingredients needed for the exorcism: a lucky stone, fire, wine, candles, fairy dust, special treats, music.

John Armstrong: Outrageous behaviour leaves Key on the edge

This past week has surely been the most difficult and ultimately demeaning one in the otherwise stellar political career of one John Phillip Key.

Editorial: Collins in the clear but lack of judgment says it all

Judith Collins talked of being "let down" after being cleared of allegations that she was involved in a smear campaign against Adam Feeley, the former chief executive of the Serious Fraud Office.