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Mediawatch
There's never a shortage of opinions on the media - but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail twice a week, accompanied by to-the-point interviews and analysis. Mediawatch is a must-listen each week for those keen to know more about the news - and each edition must also stand up to the scrutiny of those who work in our media.
Sundays at 9:05am and 10:12pm
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WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal
20 Oct 2024Coverage of capital's troubled Council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and surge in social media scam… Read more Audio
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The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk
Midweek - The government turns 1 (or does it?), a 'Chris-tastrophic' political poll (or was it), TVNZ news not on TV, RIP BBC Hardtalk. Audio
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Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google
TVNZ's signaled more cost-saving cuts and started by scrapping its online news site next year. Meanwhile Google's threatening to cut ties with local news altogther. What's going on? Audio
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Midweek - Cuts, checks & a rude front page
9 Oct 2024Midweek Mediawatch - TVNZ's plans to axe its news website, ministerial fact-checking from Q+A - and a rude front page from The Press. Audio
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Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks backlash & feelgood news in bad times
Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new… Read more Audio
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Hospital blowout sparks backlash & feel-good news in bad times
Mediawatch looks at coverage of the controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped to drive the backlash. Also: Patrick Gower's kicked off a new… Read more Audio
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More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting
2 Oct 2024Midweek: What Colin learned watching TV the old-fashioned way, and news of more cuts to come at two TV broadcasters. Also: online changes at Stuff - and a 'crime against broadcasting' on RNZ National.
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Trial trauma & mental health, ABC boss on media pressures
29 Sep 2024Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia's public broadcaster the ABC - and the producer of a show putting mental health out in the open for the past 15 years. Also: fallout from the murder trial… Read more Audio
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Turning point for Australia’s ABC
29 Sep 2024A year ago our former government torched its plan for a joined-up public broadcaster more like Australia's one. But the ABC is a billion-dollar beast that's also been a political football. Mediawatch… Read more Audio
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Midweek- Polkinghorne trial & problem podcasts
25 Sep 2024The media's Polkinghorne trial preoccupation - and the audience's appetite; problem podcasts offline - but for very different reasons Audio
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Mediawatch for 22 September 2024
22 Sep 202422 Sep 2024: Our media put politicians' feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they're doing it part of the problem? Also: local iwi… Read more Audio
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Trump target, Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback
18 Sep 2024Midweek Mediawatch: Another threat to Trump's life as sad Springfield squirms under unwanted media spotlight. Also: pushbike pushback; big-money mistake on a new artwork; a fond farewell for pioneer… Read more Audio
Mediawatch
Sundays at 9:05am and 10:12pm
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On air since 2001 and as a podcast since 2007, Mediawatch looks critically at big stories and issues in the news right now - and what’s going on behind the scenes across the media.
Mediawatch examines the output of reporters, producers and editors - as well as the input of PR and the ad industry. It also questions the executives, policy-makers, politicians, regulators and tech companies which influence our media today.
Colin Peacock, Producer and presenter of Mediawatch
Colin studied journalism at the University of Canterbury then headed overseas to freelance back in the 1990s before pitching up at BBC News for eight years. He worked for BBC World TV and news and sport network 5 Live before ending up as a producer at the World Service. After a stint at World Update, a co-production with Public Radio International in the US, he returned to New Zealand and came to RNZ in 2003. He’s been producing and presenting Mediawatch since 2007.
Hayden Donnell, Mediawatch producer
Hayden Donnell has been a writer, reporter and editor for news outlets including the New Zealand Herald, TVNZ, RNZ and Newshub. In recent years he’s also worked for The Spinoff, where his story on the making of Kim Dotcom’s much-maligned album Good Times won a Voyager award for best entertainment feature. He also presented the web series Get It To Te Papa, which follows his quest to get underappreciated artefacts into our national museum. He joined the Mediawatch team at the beginning of 2020.
