Colin Peacock

Media companies now offer us plenty of online video, both short and long: Netflix, Lightbox, Neon, 3 Now, TVNZ on Demand, WatchMe. But traditional viewing on old fashioned TV sets still makes up the… Audio

'Tis the season to be boozy; How Nicky Hager fought the law and won; The demand for on-demand video; 2015 - the Mediawatch mashup. Audio

Each week in 2015, Mediawatch looked at media coverage of issues in the news and tried to put them into context for you. For the last piece of our last show of the year, we mash them up without the… Audio

The government is under pressure to pay for another costly cancer 'wonder drug'. It's not the first time the media have weighed in on how the nation's pharmaceutical budget should be spent, egged on… Audio

Journalists have long complained that their Official Information Act requests are deliberately delayed and subject to political interference, but a review of the law - the largest ever - by the… Audio

Media clamour for new 'wonder drug', the information watchdog's health check on the OIA; contrasting coverage of cycleways Audio

The police ruffled feathers in the media by rifling through the home of a TV journalist this week. She had bought a gun to prove a point and break a story. But they say she broke they law and will be… Audio

TV3 has confirmed the canning of its weekly current affairs show 3D. It was no surprise as its owner Mediaworks had already said the show didn't pay its way in a tough TV market, even with public… Audio

Journalists strived to do justice to the Chris Cairns trial in the coverage from London in recent weeks, reporting with great restraint. But some commentators and comedians here at home didn't hold… Video, Audio

An unusual new advert featuring talking animals had an unfortunate outing on TV last weekend - hard on the heels of alarming revelations about animal cruelty. Audio

A warning shot for journalists; Chris Cairns caned by commentators and comedians; an unfortunate outing for an unusual advert and are TV current affairs shows an endangered species? Audio

Yokels Beehive and Sam Lout-Giga never turned up to Jonah Lomu's private memorial last weekend. That's because they only existed in stories about the service printed by large New Zealand… Audio

Voting is under way in the flag referendum and pundits, politicians and presenters alike have been pushing their preferences in the media - even if they pretended not to. Audio