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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.

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  • Midweek Mediawatch: Anger, anxiety, and Kerre McIvor

    media
    15 Dec 2021

    In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about a sympathetic story on the plight of the unvaccinated, a new doco from TVNZ, and anger and anxiety directed at a… Read more Audio

  • Young entrepreneur’s death sparks media backlash

    business internet
    12 Dec 2021

    The recent death of entrepreneur Jake Millar  - at the age of 26 - prompted an angry backlash against the media - over coverage of his failed venture Unfiltered. Some in business cited tall poppy… Read more Audio

  • Media angst and anger over ‘iwi checkpoints’

    media politics
    12 Dec 2021

    Waitangi Tribunal scrutiny of the government's Covid response this week revealed that advice which could have reduced Māori vulnerability had been rejected or ignored. But that was largely obscured in… Read more

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  • Mediawatch for 12 December 2021

    12 Dec 2021

    Young entrepreneur's death sparks media backlash; angst over 'iwi checkpoints' obscures big picture. Audio

  • Midweek Mediawatch: Style v substance; service station sausage rolls scandal

    media
    8 Dec 2021

    In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about style over substance in the coverage of Chris Luxon's first question time as leader, a Stuff column for the ages… Read more Audio

  • RNZ’s Tahi -'the one' for rangatahi?

    media te ao Māori
    5 Dec 2021

    RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort… Read more Audio

  • No man is an airline

    media politics
    5 Dec 2021

    The National Party has new leadership, after an intense focus on the outgoing leader Judith Collins. But while no-one will forget her in a hurry, the name of her successor still seems to confuse the… Read more Audio

  • An anti-intensification housing media blitz

    media
    5 Dec 2021

    Opponents of the bipartisan bill aimed at enabling housing blitzed the media over the past few weeks. Many of the reports failed to include relevant context and balancing opinion. Read more Audio

  • Mediawatch for 5 December 2021

    5 Dec 2021

    Spotlight swings onto new National's new leader; an anti-intensification housing media blitz; RNZ's 'Tahi' - 'the one' for rangatahi? Audio

  • Midweek Mediawatch: Chris Luxon's baptism of fire

    media
    1 Dec 2021

    In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the barrage of tough questions that met Chris Luxon upon his ascent to the National leadership, a media… Read more Audio

  • Bold business journalism play pays off with sale

    business media
    30 Nov 2021

    New Zealand Herald publisher NZME has shaken up the business news scene with an agreement to buy subscription-based service BusinessDesk. It rewards a bold moved by the founder 13 years ago - and also… Read more

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  • Bridges burned, Collins crushed, Reti takes the reins

    media politics
    28 Nov 2021

    Late on Wednesday night’s not prime time for political news to break, but Judith Collins' late-night kneecapping of rival Simon Bridges kicked off the chain of events that left her on the backbenches… Read more Audio

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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.

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Presenter: Colin Peacock