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🎥 Reporter for @AJEnglish in DC 🇳🇿 Cheeky kiwi stumbling across the states

Washington DC
Joined May 2009
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What a month! Help a Kiwi stateside out… is it going to be a red-blue flipathon? Both houses? No houses? Can anyone still afford houses?
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🔮 The Midterms are finally here... so, what could the U.S. look like tomorrow? Let’s all go gird our communal loins in the White House briefing room!
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Out in the wilds with Gen Z talking midterms - “there’s a what?”
With the US midterms a month away, tens of millions of potential Gen Z voters are emerging as a key bloc. Al Jazeera's Alex Baird looks at what could drive younger Americans to the polls.
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With the US midterms a month away, tens of millions of potential Gen Z voters are emerging as a key bloc. Al Jazeera's Alex Baird looks at what could drive younger Americans to the polls.
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No backing down either side of the border now - any punters? How far’s it going to go?
Canada’s counter-tariffs on $20bn worth of US goods have taken effect, in retaliation for tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump after trade talks collapsed. Al Jazeera’s Alex Baird explains.
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The US military footprint across the Middle East has expanded to sustain the war with Iran, with roughly 50,000 troops now stationed in the region and two of America's three available aircraft carriers pulled from the Pacific. Al Jazeera's @AlexBaird reports.
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Students’ Climate Change March... Rangatahi putting it on! Thousands of kids here at Parliament. #ClimateChange
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Alex Baird retweeted
. @AlexBaird opinion: Shame on those exploiting Moriori for their anti-Māori bigotry newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala…
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Sooo, I got this text while hosting RadioLive the other day, PURELY because I was using odd phrase in te reo māori... no more brushing this stuff off... – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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"Hello have I reached Wellington Airport media?" ..... "In a way I have? That's ominous" ..... "Well congratulations on having a child!" @AlexBaird with the phone conversation of the year
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Latest NZ suicide figures just came out. 606 people over the last year - up 27. 70% still men. 13 kids aged 10-14. Highest group is 20 yo's. – at Wellington City, New Zealand
Here's the story I did with some extremely brave families today dealing with the aftermath of suicide in NZ. newshub.co.nz/home/health/20…
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A pair of shoes for each of the 579 who committed suicide in NZ last year. 70% of those are men. 8 kids aged 10-14. 51 teenagers. – at Invercargill City, New Zealand
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TransTasmanResources has been granted consent with conditions to mine tens-of-millions of tonnes of iron ore sands off the Taranaki coast.
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Alex Baird retweeted
Well that escalated quickly...
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Fourth wet-wipe shower in Kaikoura, BUT *alert* there's an impending HOT WATER shower today to tackle the paua gut aroma. #littlethings
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Keeping the @MitchMcCannNZ, @EmmaRoseCropper & @AlexBaird busy in the 6 o'clock news on @PaulHenryShow. – at Auckland, New Zealand
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Wellingtonians taking to the city's highest point in case of tsunami. #eqnz #mountvic
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Gridlock traffic leading to the top of Mount Vic, Wellington due to tsunami warning #eqnz