Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

Bradbury was the elected editor of the Auckland University Students' Association's (AUSA) Craccum magazine for the 1997 year, and elected co-editor with Stuart Gardiner for the 1995 year. Before that he was the poetry editor. According to Bradbury, he picked up the nickname Bomber from one of the editors of Craccum. Bradbury is a former editor (2004–05) of New Zealand music magazine Rip It Up. ==Radio==

Prior to his television work Bradbury was the host of the 'Late night talk lounge' on defunct alternative music station Channel Z from 1996 until 1998, as well as a regular DJ during various time slots. Until late 2011, he was a guest on various panel discussions on "Afternoons with Jim Mora' on Radio New Zealand (RNZ). Radio New Zealand saga After a regular guest spot on RNZ's show The Panel, the network withdrew an invitation for Bradbury to return as a panellist. While Bradbury claimed he had been "banned" for criticising the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, RNZ said he had not been banned, and that he had been removed as a panellist after breaching their editorial policy. According to Radio NZ "Mr Bradbury’s comments were inconsistent with information that he had provided to programme producers before going on air. Bradbury later apologised to the programme’s executive producer. It was made clear to him that while his invitation to appear as an occasional guest on The Panel was being withdrawn, it was not a 'lifelong ban' and it did not apply to other Radio New Zealand programmes". ==Television==

He hosted an investigative television series called Stake-Out which used hidden cameras to catch people in the act of committing criminal or immoral acts on film. He hosted Citizen A on Face TV. ==Online==

In late September 2024, Bradbury and former National Party staffer and lobbyist Matthew Hooton received legal letters from former National Party leader Don Brash's legal counsel Stephen Franks after Hooton made remarks attacking Brash's character and accusing him of promoting racism against Māori during his parliamentary career and as leader of Hobson's Pledge during a Working Group podcast; in which Bradbury served as a co-host. Following the complaint, Bradbury released a statement stating that Hooton sincerely apologised for his remarks about Brash. In late April 2025, Bradbury confirmed that he had suspended The Working Group current affairs podcast following a dispute with its co-owner Damien Grant over Bradbury's criticism of Israel's conduct during the Gaza war and the New Zealand Initiative's relationship with the Atlas Network. On 19 April 2025, The Working Group was replaced with a new online weekly current affairs podcast series called The Bradbury Group. It is sponsored by Waatea News and is available on Rova, YouTube, Sky TV and Facebook. Notable guests have included Labour leader Chris Hipkins, Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere, The New Zealand Herald columnist Matthew Hooton and New Zealand Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney. ==Politics==

Mana Movement Martyn Bradbury was a consultant to the Mana party until 2013, and provided a draft strategy document for the Kim Dotcom Internet Party in 2014. He was influential in promoting public opposition to expansion of GCSB spying powers. Colin Craig defamation trial On 23 September 2016, Bradbury testified as a defence witness in Jordan Williams' defamation trial against Colin Craig, the former leader of the Conservative Party. Williams, the co-founder of the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union had filed a defamation suit against Craig after the latter had produced a pamphlet entitled "Dirty Politics and Hidden Agenda" attacking Williams, the right-wing blogger Cameron Slater, and a dissident Party member John Stringer. In his testimony, Bradbury alleged that Williams had embarked on a political hit job against Craig and defended Craig's pamphlet. Bradbury described the trial as "an angry fight between two people who don't like each other much." Bradbury was also questioned by Williams' lawyer Peter McKnight for making alleged defamatory comments against Williams in The Daily Blog. ==Views and positions==

South Canterbury Finance bubble Bradbury was highly critical of the late finance company owner Alan Hubbard, whose company was placed under statutory management by the-then Justice Minister Simon Power. Conversion therapy ban legislation In response to the Government's proposed conversion practices legislation in 2021 which seeks to ban gay conversion therapy, Bradbury criticised bill's five year prison term as form of "government overreach" which distracted from the Government's failure to address what he regarded as their failed mental health, poverty and housing policies. ==References==