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The iPad, TV in HD and even 3D: hi-tech advances to enhance the future of the modern media? Or will they make the job even harder and confuse consumers, while making a buck for the makers? And - how… Audio

TV3's Mike McRoberts and Dr Martin Hirst on the journalists getting involved in the catastrophe that's hit Haiti; stumbling upon suppression orders. Audio

The online-only companion to 'Mediawatch' which takes in queries and comments from the listeners and updates recent 'Mediawatch' stories. This month - reviewing reviews of the year; Jim Salinger's… Audio

Mediawatch looks back at the good, the bad and the ugly in the media in 2009 - and gives out a few 'awards' for some of the ugliest. Audio

Commercial broadcasters cutting costs and jobs. media boss Brent Impey on why he's quitting. a prize to help scientists manage the media and bring out your dead - the art of the obituary. Audio

TV3 is 20 years old, but its boss for the last 10 years is stepping aside; top-class TV shows about the world around us are made here - but not many are screened; and reviving a survivor - the future… Audio

A view on the future of NZ newspapers from a man who knows their past; reporting Rotorua's airport controversey; 'newsmercials' and naming names in the news. Audio

The online-only edition of Mediawatch, which takes in questions and comments from listeners and updates Mediawatch stories from recent weeks. This month: companies covering reporters' costs; taking… Audio

This week the Mediawatch team look at: rugby's grip on the sports media - and soccer suddenly in the spotlight; claims that cash-strapped media companies are going soft on the rich and powerful plus… Audio

Lack of scepticism in stories about stem cell treatments; the role of the media amid moves for more democracy in Tonga; more on businesses covering reportersÂ'costs. Audio

This week the Mediawatch team look at: assisted passage - companies encouraging media coverage by covering reporters' expenses; television news leaving little to the imagination and; the quest to get… Audio

TVNZ promo poses political problems; taking offence at what's in the news; the difficulties of sending up sensitive issues; 3D returns to TV, Hollywood . . . and Stratford. Audio

The online-only companion to Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme, taking in comments from listeners and updating recent stories from the show. This month: Samoa's tsunami; covering climate change… Audio

The prospect of wall-to-wall rugby on TV; talk radio boss Bill Francis on tough economic times and difficult personalities; belt-tightening at RNZ; scantily-sourced stories about male vanity. Audio

Broadcasting the World Cup becomes a political football; a charity unhappy with the income from a top TV show; does the media get it right reporting tragedies? and; is there ever a place for psychics… Audio

Authentic voices reporting from Samoa, the future of free-to-air sport on television and Maori TV's bid for the World Cup gets political and satirical. Audio

Tsunami strikes Samoa and Tonga - and mixed messages in the media about danger here; Mike King on confronting depression and addiction on the radio; the challenge of reporting climate change… Audio

Do farmers get a fair go in the media?; the challenge to fine photojournalism; twittering politicians and their imposters; overexposed and all over the news. Audio

The online-only companion to Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme, taking in comments from listeners and updating recent stories from the show. In this edition: the 'going forward' backlash… Audio

The media's role reporting the recent riots in Dunedin; how science managers try to manage the media; steering the switchover to digital TV and mixed messages as new NZ films hit foreign screens. Audio

This week the Mediawatch team look at: TV on the net - the broadband challenge for broadcasters; surprising sponsors for a Cook Strait crossing and; TV awards which fell somewhat flat. Audio

The documentary China didn't want you to see; going back to going forward; gathering news or gathering evidence? Audio

Metro's editor on magazines in the recession; the war on 'going forward'; the outcome of moustache-gate. Audio

The online-only companion to Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme, taking in comments from listeners and updating recent stories from the show. In this edition: bad language on air; the fallout… Audio

Charites under the media microscope; a Kiwi in Murdoch's business news empire; are the odds against broadcasters when government departments complain? Audio