Former adviser to National and ACT Matthew Hooton is The Post's newly appointed editor.
Reaction to The Post's newly appointed editor ranges from "inspired" to "shocked", with the overall position "wait and see".
But from those on the streets of Wellington the most common response has been 'Matthew who?'.
Former adviser to National and ACT Matthew Hooton - who has not worked as a journalist - was announced as the new editor by the daily publication and co-owned national news website Stuff on Monday.
Hooton told Stuff reporter Lloyd Burr he was planning to put his connections to use and hoped powerful institutions were "unsettled by the appointment".
