Why, oh why, does Sky continue to pretend that Sky News is any way a local channel? They insist on slapping a poorly-placed '.co.nz' logo over the incoming Aussie feed (that doesn't even cover the one underneath it), and that is about as much effort as they go to.

*There are no longer any New Zealand news bulletins on the channel with the exception of a repeat of the 5:30pm Prime News bulletin.

*There are programmes on the guide called 'Sky National News' that are only national if you live in Australia.

*The skynews.co.nz website that they are so desperate to placate us with is nothing more than skynews.com.au with an adjusted header logo. There are zero New Zealand stories available, all categories are filled with Australian news. if you click 'local' at the top the header logo changed to skynews.com.au and serves you with local Australian news.

It is quite clear that Sky News Australia has little interest in providing any content for NZ, which is fair enough. But Sky, please stop pretending otherwise. We are not fooled into thinking that this channel has anything to do with you. Please take Sky News Australia off the air and put Sky News UK back on like the good old days and treat us like we actually have a brain.

My two cents.

Steve