
Barry Soper on Jacinda Ardern, Duncan Garner & 50 Years Inside NZ Politics
Published 6/14/2026

Published 6/14/2026
Barry Soper has been around New Zealand politics for so long that Rob Muldoon was Prime Minister back in the 1970s when Barry first started his life as a political reporter.Since then he has covered all 12 Prime Ministers of New Zealand. He’s seen the boozing, the backstabbing, the egos, the…