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The response to disaster in the Bay of Plenty; online anguish over dropped Bomber and how Australia has less rugby, but more satire on screen. Audio

The groin strain that gutted a nation; Parliament punishes the Herald; and the fallout from the PM playing DJ. Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch. This month: A right royal celebrity frenzy; tabloid tendencies on the… Audio

The PM as DJ; the focus on political personalities over policies; the ownership of NZ media and mocking McCaw on the day of a milestone. Audio

Two rugby stars squirm under the spotlight - while two others enjoy the exposure; a kiwi at the cutting edge of celebrity journalism - and a broadcaster from abroad who's shunned the showbiz life. Audio

"Coverage of the chaos on RWC opening night, Sir Paul Callaghan speaks on the media, the search for the 'Minister of Bad Manners', Cold War cliches nfor Russia vs US". Audio

RWC gets going; a New Zealand 'News of the World' journalist on the phone-hacking scandal; the response to claims the military spun our media; the Springbok Tour re-imagined and Erebus revisited. Audio

Signs of earthquake fatigue; the end of the NZPA - and what's planned to fill the void; an ironic political mix-up and putting words in Hone Harawira's mouth Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through queries and comments from listeners and updates recent Mediawatch stories. In this edition: The proposal to televise RNZ National; reaction to the controversial NZSO… Audio

Sex and celebrity propel two stories to the front page; a journalist committed to covering some risky regions; RWC media ructions; could your TV really be killing you? Audio

This week the Mediawatch team looks at: a proposal for public TV - using Radio New Zealand with pictures; the collapse of an odd ad campaign to abstain for the All Blacks; the week's extreme weather -… Audio

The price of milk - and All Black jerseys; TV3's John Campbell on campaigning journalism and confronting interviewees; former Financial Times editor Sir Richard Lambert on the global market mess and… Audio

Norway's recent atrocity - and how one New Zealand witness was mercilessly mocked, low-brow humour in a documentary about high art, a Fairfax fault stops the presses and do mavericks still have a… Audio

Mediawatch this week looks at: TVNZ's news boss on ethical questions and the future for news after the charter; a fishy mystery and; do political polls really reflect public opinion? Audio

Mediawatch this weekend looks at a newspaper scoop which raised big questions about Israeli espionage - and how the great and good of the press in Britain are being called to account by the inquiries… Audio

The fallout from the phone hacking scandal in the UK. Editors arrested, executives ejected, journalists jailed - and calls for curbs on the press. Will events over there have an impact here? Also: a… Audio

Mediawatch looks at the naming and shaming of the man the media dubbed 'the Jetstar urinator'; and how one politician got the blame for the lack of a crackdown on synthetic cannabis. Also on the… Audio

Promoting the comeback of a controversial broadcaster; where to find public service-style programmes on free TV; how British public telly is served up on pay TV; can you trust media reports of a… Audio

The Mediawatch team discusses the best of listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch. This month: reaction to Christchurch's latest quakes; those… Audio

The future for public television in New Zealand; the reporting of one man's extraordinary comments about women at work. Audio

The media response to Canterbury's latest quakes; threats of a World Cup media boycott; renowned war photographer Tim Page on the state of the art today; a plan to step up scrutiny of statistics in… Audio

Did Darren Hughes get fair treatment in the media?; former Australian finance minister Lindsay Tanner on the news media's sideshow syndrome; the fallout from Murray Deaker's 'N-bomb'. Audio

How real is reality TV when politicians are stars?; the contrasting coverage of two women whose online relationships went badly wrong; a surprising suggestion from government and; making a mountain… Audio

How a famous footballer's private life went public in spite of a so-called 'super-injuction'; a startling suicide story; the telethon on the TV news; a career-ending newspaper puzzle prank. Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch. This month: over-egging Hone Harawira's comments; the burger… Audio