Matt Nippert

Matthew Godfrey Nippert (born 1979) is a New Zealand investigative journalist. His 2016 series of articles for the New Zealand Herald has been credited with helping to drive New Zealand tax reform.

Education Nippert grew up in the Hutt Valley. He has an honours degree in public policy from Victoria University of Wellington, where he was a contemporary of a future prime minister, Chris Hipkins – they served together on the executive of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) in 1999.

After abandoning a journalism course at Auckland University of Technology, Nippert won a Fulbright Scholarship in 2005 and gained a Master of Science degree (graduating with honours) from Columbia School of Journalism.

In 2018, Nippert won a Press Fellowship to Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Career As a student, Nippert was deputy editor of Salient, the weekly student magazine published by VUWSA.

Nippert began his career writing general interest feature stories with a preference for the arts. From 2010, he began to focus on business and white-collar crime. He is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 2018: Voyager Media Awards – Wolfson Fellow and Business Journalist of the Year. 2016: EY New Zealand Business Journalism Awards – Business News Writer of the Year. 2016: Canon Media Awards – Reporter of the Year; Business News Writer of the Year, Best Innovation in Storytelling. 2015: EY New Zealand Business Journalism Awards – Journalist of the Year; Canon Media Awards – Business Reporter of the Year. 2009: Qantas Media Awards – Magazine Feature Writer of the Year (Junior). 2003: Aotearoa Student Press Association Awards – News Writer of the Year; Feature Writer of the Year.