Colin Peacock

Te Pāti Māori livestreams from local marae don’t usually attract much mainstream media interest. But the defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri on Wednesday was carried by every major outlet… Audio

After putting almost all its news online for free for a quarter of a century, Stuff launched subscription-based websites this weekend for its biggest daily papers - The Press, Waikato Times and The… Audio

Stuff takes the paywall plunge; fear of brain drain drowns out victory for Kiwis' rights across the ditch; economic predictions wide of the mark. Audio

The country's biggest publisher of news will soon begin charging readers of three mastheads for its online news.

Stuff is launching subscription-based websites for The Press, Waikato Times, and The… Audio

The country’s biggest publisher of news will soon begin charging readers of three titles for news online for the first time. Stuff is launching subscription-based websites for The Dominion Post, The… Audio

What's the government plan for public media now?; regional news start-up seeking reporters and backing; airline snack swap secures sparks media appetite. Audio

This week ads for a new start-up appeared seeking reporters in the regions - and offering salaries reporters only get in the big cities these days. What is Regional News Network? How does it plan to… Audio

This week the prospect of pizza by drone from store-to-door hit the headlines again - seven years years after a similar PR fly-by prompted stories insisting this was just around the corner for needy… Audio

Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip. Audio

The capital's last daily paper The Dominion Post is dropping the word "dominion" from its name - and its parent company is signaling further change.

The Dom, which was started 21 years ago as a… Audio

Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about how the media reacted to a sudden switch of rules for those who lobby politicians. Also - an… Audio

Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us… Video, Audio

The government has boosted the annual budget of RNZ by more than 50 percent for the next four years after the recent collapse of the plan for a new public media entity. The broadcasting minister also…

RNZ will receive an annual increase of 25-point-seven million dollars ($25.7million) in a funding boost just announced by the Broadcasting Minister.

Willie Jackson says the boost will deliver what he… Audio

TVNZ’s chief executive Simon Power has resigned and will leave in June after just 15 months in the role - during which a new public media entity to replace TVNZ was scrapped. He’s the second media…