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Paddy Gower @patrickgowernz
Joined December 2009
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Paddy Gower@patrickgowernz
17 Jun 2024
“This is the Fucking News” is now a book.
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14 May 2025
Research by @ABI_bioeng and Kitea Health at Ngapouri Farm, trialling a device to help children with hydrocephalus, has now advanced to in-human clinical trials. Watch the story of one of the participants, Jessica Grainger, on Stuff with @patrickgowernz: bit.ly/3EUOkvW
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Simeon, please help our terminally ill kids die with dignity. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36067004…

Paddy Gower: Dear Simeon Brown, please spend $7.5m to help our dying children

What’s happening to kids and their families is inhumane in a modern Kiwi society.

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The Government is refusing to let me trademark "This Is the Fucking News". Do you think it is offensive. Or a bit of fun. Poll here. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36062745…

Paddy Gower: My trademark saying is not offensive - here’s why (please note this story contains the...

OPINION: Time has moved on, argues intellectual property lawyer ready to fight case with officials.

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Phillip Rollo@ByPhillipRollo
18 Mar 2025
Can check out Paddy Gower’s full 15-minute interview with Chris Wood here. Mentions his wife is due to give birth just four weeks after the World Cup qualifiers. “We planned it very well, let’s put it that way.” stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36061979…

Chris Wood on being bullied for choosing football over rugby

The All Whites captain talks to Paddy Gower about striking the best form of his career, playing in the Champions League and finishing his career at home in New Zealand.

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The Gandalf I know is a kind and gentle man. He has been arrested and charged for cannabis offences. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36060167…

Paddy Gower: How Gandalf and medical weed changed my life

OPINION: Interview with ‘Green Fairy’ made me question what was bad and what was good about drug use.

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Mike Casey@mikecasey
20 Nov 2024
Paddy Gower “it’s a fucking good tractor” - @MonarchTractor @RewiringNZ
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Karen McMillan@KarenMcMillanNZ
20 Oct 2024
The NZ Booklovers team and I reviewed five more fabulous books in the NZ Herald over the weekend. Check out these new books by RecipeTin Nagi Maehashi, Karen Zelas, Kate Atkinson, Paddy Gower and Jenny Kleeman!
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Andrew Murray@andrew_murray33
27 Oct 2024
This is the F#$%ing News: My Story by Patrick Gower Book 74: This is the best book I have read this year so far. ⁦@patrickgowernz⁩ thank you for sharing your awesome story. A great kōrero. #goodreads #greatread #leadership goodreads.com/book/show/2139…

This is the F#$%ing News: My Story

Paddy Gower has spent decades telling New Zealanders' s…

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The Listener
@nzlistener
27 Sep 2024
I know exactly why I felt compelled to read Paddy Gower’s new book, This Is The F#$%king News, for a second time, immediately after I’d only just finished it first-time round. I was reading about a lifestyle I well recognised, one I’d once lived. nz-listener.visitlink.me/LCt…

Duncan Garner: Why I owe Paddy Gower an apology

I wasn’t mature or responsible enough to say, “Paddy, stop, this will ruin you.”

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Agree. Global dominance. Deserves more recognition.
Lukáš Ronald Lukács
@lucxsronald
12 Oct 2024
For me not only the best cyclist of the year, but also the best sportsman of the year of all sports. Change my mind. 🌈 #ILombardia 📷: eurosportcycling
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Great day!
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💜 RIP Tim - LEGEND stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35044113…

TFN: Paddy Gower remembers a legendary supermarket trolley manager

The F#$%ing News pays respect to Tim Faith from Otaki New World who mastered the carts for 33 years.

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Do you pay attention to your supermarket trolley manager? It is a crucial job. When was the last time you said thanks? Timothy Faith did the job at Otaki New World for 33 years!
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Tim deserves our respect and our gratitude, and his life should be celebrated! So I have. #GoodnightKiwi #gratitude
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@joshcouchnz.bsky.social@JoshCouchNZ
2 Oct 2024
Stoked to have @patrickgowernz join @petrabagust on Grey Areas! Thanks heaps Paddy, and all the best with TFN! 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/GreyAreas
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JeremyReesnz@JeremyReesnz
1 Oct 2024
If @patrickgowernz had a $1 for every time @NZStuff ran the phrase "the F#$%ing News", they'd be bankrupt and he'd be retiring. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35043690…

The good stuff - with real Kiwis doing great things

Welcome to my new show which is all about bringing positivity into the news. We go deep with Dai Henwood, meet a good Kiwi, a smart Kiwi - and bid a Kiwi farewell.

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Thank you DG but no need to apologise I would have broke down anyway. nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/…

Duncan Garner: Why I owe Paddy Gower an apology

I wasn’t mature or responsible enough to say, “Paddy, stop, this will ruin you.”

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I could have been fired for this. Losing my passport before a trip to Iraq! (Exclusive book extract) stuff.co.nz/culture/35042937…

Paddy Gower’s passport blunder he feared might be career-ending

In a scene from his new book, This Is The F#$%ing News, Paddy describes how a trip to Iraq with then PM John Key in 2015 went badly wrong.

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Interesting call by Razor Ray to overlook Jayson Potroz as replacement back @OllieRitchie1 @TaranakiRugby #EndOfYearTour
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