Someone has to keep track of it.
The column is the polite version. The stage doesn't have an editor.
Don't (just) take his word for it.
The Campaigns are done. Voting booths close in less than a day. The country is mildly exhausted, but one man still has some yelling to do. James Nokise brings his 2026 One Night Rant Tour to a close the only way he could, with a filmed show at Wellington's Fringe Bar the night before the election. The jokes will be thick, fast, and fired towards any and all politicians who've been making headlines (and a few who should have been) over the campaign season. Book fast for a show that could only happen every three years (unless that policy changes).
One of them's an international award winner. All three are worth your time.
Six parts on the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace's flagship, and the Marshall Islands nuclear-testing story it was trying to tell. Written and hosted by James for RNZ and ABC Australia.
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James's guests join him in the shower — eating fried chicken, talking mental health, and the small stuff that actually helps. Four seasons in, now filmed for RNZ's YouTube as well as the podcast feed.
WITH ROSE MATAFEO
All 4 seasons at →
Co-hosted with journalists John Daniell and Talei Anderson — six episodes on who actually gets paid for Pacific talent in professional rugby. RNZ & Pacific Media Network, NZ On Air–supported.
TRAILER
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When the punchline needs a word count.
James Nokise is a multi-award-winning social excavator, cultural translator, and irreverent political therapist. Twice Billy T-nominated, a Fred Award and 2024 Topp Prize winner, and creator of three RNZ podcast series — including an ABU Prizes and Asia Podcast Awards winner.
