Colin Peacock

Influence peddling: are journalists on the agenda of the lobbyists who persuade politicians?; how think tanks are teaming up to increase their impact; a big-name broadcaster confronts… Audio

Critics cry foul over ultra-fast broadband - and claim consumers could lose out; loose reporting of a sensitive story in the US; more on compromised coverage of the controversial convention centre… Audio

Will ultra-fast broadband mean broader choice for TV viewers? claims Sky could corner the online market for pay TV; controversial comments about women at work revisited; TVNZ names a new chief and the… Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments - and updates recent stories from Mediawatch. This month: Reaction to revelations about Sky City's media clients; anguish over public… Audio

A new subscription service offering TV, movies - and competition?; the newsman gambling with his reputation; a play questioning media manipulation in the digital age; good news buried by bad news… Audio

Commercial deals for media personalities - the compromises and conflicts of interest they can create; Finland's fury over a minister's mischief. Audio

Colin Peacock, of Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme, comments. Audio

The writing on the wall for evening papers; blogging broadcasters - and broadcasting bloggers; a controversial new law; Marmageddon: the end of the world - or just the media gone mad? Audio

Clouded coverage of the Ports of Auckland dispute; are we missing old-fashioned industrial reporters?; one man's account of unwanted media attention at a traumatic time; the blurry line between… Audio

Non-commercial public TV's disappearing - but the public's still paying for entertainment shows on commercial channels; a bad broadcasting stat that got a great run; reports that a TVNZ's show not… Audio

Emotional coverage of a law and order campaign; the Fiji regime's hired help; anguish over Wellington's 'spy car'; The Muppets trump welfare reform on TV; the backlash from taking the mickey out of Te… Audio

The challenge for media in Christchurch - reporting the recovery while rebuilding themselves; how the quake has changed journalists jobs - and their lives; reporting the anniversary from Japan; reborn… Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments - and updates recent stories from Mediawatch for the first time in 2012. This month: the PM's front-page reflections on Christchurch… Audio

Marking the upcoming earthquake anniversary in Christchurch; right of reply on The Panel; newspaper stories with overhyped headlines; a controversial contest backfies on radio - but not really. Audio

All Black in a media breastfeeding frenzy; who shapes media debate on economic issues?; two political broadcasting rows revived; a misreported comment goes global; Waitangi Day expat antics overblown.

Has Occupy had a fair go in our media - or the coverage it deserved?; an Aussie mining magnate turned media mogul with a big stake in our papers; an unfairly-outed bouncer; alarming reports of a… Audio

Death, danger, disaster and violence dominate summer news; the fallout from a controversial documentary; the teapot tape leak; Blanket Man in the media. Audio

New Zealand on Air is seeking advice over whether it can stop potentially politically charged TV programmes from airing during election campaigns. Audio

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments - and updates recent stories from Mediawatch one last time in 2011. This month: reaction to proposals for one media regulator to… Audio

Controversial proposals to keep the media honest in the future; Mediawatch looks back at the good, bad and the ugly in the media in 2011. Audio