Five stories that changed Aotearoa in 2022

These are our editors’ picks of the stories that had the biggest impact in Aotearoa. READ MORE:* Graham Philip: Trout fisherman, fan-fiction author, saboteur* The 10 biggest, baddest and weirdest NZ media stories of 2022* Wake up, sheeple! KAI SCHWOERER/Stuff Ruby Tui of the Black Ferns walks past the trophy after winning the Rugby World Cup. What happened before the Black Ferns wonThe Black Ferns’ World Cup win was one of the most glorious moments of 2022, not least of all because of the challenges the team overcame to get there. One of the year’s biggest political scandalsSenior writer Kirsty Johnston’s report that the National Party’s newest MP, Sam Uffindell, was asked to leave his exclusive boarding school after viciously beating a younger student late at night, triggered one of 2022’s biggest political stories.