New Zealand public radio apologises for publishing ‘pro-Kremlin garbage’

Radio New Zealand building in Wellington (New Zealand Herald photograph via AP)

The head of New Zealand’s public radio station has apologised for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage” on its website after more than a dozen wire stories on the Ukraine war were found to have been altered.

Most of the stories, which date back more than a year, were written by the Reuters news agency and were changed at Radio New Zealand (RNZ) to include Russian propaganda.