1. Oliver Sean Plunket is a New Zealand broadcast journalist.
22 Facts About Sean Plunket
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Sean Plunket served as the communications director of The Opportunities Party during the 2017 New Zealand general election.
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In late 2021, Sean Plunket founded an online radio station The Platform.
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Sean Plunket was born in Christchurch, the son of journalist Patrick Sean Plunket.
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Sean Plunket was educated at Plimmerton Primary School and Nelson College from 1980 to 1982, where he was a member of the 1st XV rugby union team in 1981 and 1982.
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Sean Plunket went on to study at the Wellington Polytechnic School of Journalism.
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In 2009, Sean Plunket lost a dispute with his employer, Radio New Zealand, who he took to the Employment Relations Authority.
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Sean Plunket announced his resignation from Radio New Zealand in June 2010 and his last day on Morning Report was 8 September 2010.
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However, Mediaworks has stressed that Sean Plunket was not pushed to leave as a result.
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In September 2021, Sean Plunket announced plans to start his own online talkback station called The Platform, which he said would promote free speech, democracy and debate.
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O'Brien testified that Sean Plunket had acted aggressively on three occasions between May and June 2022, causing her mental health to deteriorate.
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Sean Plunket disputed O'Brien's claims that he had created an unsafe work environment and accused her of undermining his leadership.
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On 3 April 2023, Sean Plunket attracted media attention after asking Prime Minister Chris Hipkins during a press conference to define what was a woman.
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Subsequently, Sean Plunket removed references to the fake Ardern ad from his and The Platform's social media and encouraged his followers to delete any mentions of it as well.
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In late October 2022, Sean Plunket shared several screenshots on Twitter of a protection order filed against the investigative journalist and filmmaker David Farrier.
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On 27 April 2023, Sean Plunket appeared in the Wellington District Court on charges of publishing a report of court proceedings without leave.
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Sean Plunket pleaded not guilty to two charges of publishing a Family Court report, including identifying information about a person, without leave of a court.
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Farrier had claimed that Sean Plunket had not only revealed Farrier's identity but the names of other people connected with the Family Court proceedings.
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The Police countered that Sean Plunket had only shared redacted documents which were subsequently unredacted by other people on social media.
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On 3 April 2023, Sean Plunket was suspended from Twitter for breaching privacy rules as well as the "hateful conduct" rule.
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Sean Plunket credited Twitter owner Elon Musk, British broadcaster Piers Morgan, Canadian academic Jordan Peterson, Keen-Minshull, and Australian columnist Rita Panahi with reinstating his account.
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Sean Plunket has been a recipient of Qantas Media Awards in radio and television categories, the 1998 and 2009 New Zealand Radio Awards, the 2001 European Union Journalist Award and the NZ Skeptics Bent Spoon Award.