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Australia's banning social media for teens, and there's a slick media campaign for the same here. The PM's onside, but will the government follow? And why is a social media pioneer resisting this… Audio

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about an unofficial roll out of the country's social media ban beginning today with the tech giant Meta starting to delete accounts held on its… Audio

Australia rolls out its under-16 social media ban - Emma Cropper reports from Sydney Audio

A new study shows a one-week social media break can boost young people's mental health. Audio

We've long been warned about the dangers social media poses for teens - now new data shows many are displaying addictive behaviour. Research lead-author Dr Samantha Mars spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Banning mobile phones in school has led to improved learning and behaviour - and the Education Review Office says social media should be next. Ruth Shinoda, Head of ERO's Education Evaluation Centre… Audio

RNZ Pacific Samoa correspondent, Galumalemana Tipi Autagavaia joins Pacific Waves to discuss Samoa's media freedom following the country's prime minister ban on it's daily newspaper. Audio

The Prime Minister plans to introduce a bill to restrict social media use for under 16s before next year's election. Cecilia Robinson, the co-chair of B416 spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Pacific social media wrap with Tiana Haxton. Audio

Police back away from taking Stuff to court - but issue a warning. Also: Dame Noeline Taurua blows the Silver Ferns saga open again with a media blitz on Monday, and NBR goes legal on its own… Audio

Labour biting the bullet on capital gains tax this week got approval from media pundits and editors, but coverage of the political pointscoring was a bit of a zero-sum game. Also: a big rejig of Maori… Audio

Severe storms bring the best out of media - but climate change mentions raise hackles. Also: netball's top-brass keep exasperated media out of their internal business - while the Silver Ferns do the… Audio

Pacific social media wrap with Coco Lance. Audio

A teenager's social media stunt at this year's Formula One Melbourne Grand Prix has seen him fined by an Australian court. A group of three people snuck into the event wearing fake security IDs and… Audio

A school north of Auckland says it is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on counsellors for students to help repair damage done by social media. Whangaparaoa College is funded for one… Audio

National MP, Catherine Wedd has introduced a private members bill to restrict social media for under sixteen year olds and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The broadcasting watchdog has told alternative online outlet The Platform it can consider complaints about it - just like TV and radio. Part of the problem is out-of-date media laws. Mediawatch asks… Audio

Pacific social media wrap with Coco Lance. Audio

Pacific social media wrap with Coco Lance. Audio

Tory Whanau criticised media and fellow council members in her valedictory speech. Reporter Bill Hickman spoke to Charlotte Cook following her remarks. Audio

An IPSOs survey morning has found that almost three quarters of New Zealanders support a social media ban for under-14 year olds, and that 44 percent of kiwis think mental health is as the biggest… Audio

Pacific social media wrap with RNZ Pacific Digital Journalist Coco Lance. Audio