Hayden Donnell

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately - back again for 2020. This week new guy Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about The Herald's hard line with Facebook followers, Stuff revealing a rogue in the… Audio

Story of the day with Hayden Donnell. Audio

Media commentator Hayden Donnell has written a "worst of" list, encapsulating some of the worst opinion pieces of the decade for a column on The Spinoff. Audio

Postal voting for local government candidates closes today. The Spinoff's Hayden Donnell , who's been following local body elections up and down the country for some months, joins us to chat about… Audio

A set of giant animatronic food items which simultaneously thrilled and terrified a generation of New Zealanders is up for grabs on TradeMe The 11 characters from the defunct Big Fresh supermarket… Audio

Today is the last day to enrol to vote in local body elections without casting a special vote.  Audio

Being paid to vote is one of the ideas put forward as a way to get more people voting in this year's local body elections. Voter turnout for council elections has been falling since the 80s and… Audio

The occasional Monday series I Didn't Know takes a reasonably complex topic and focuses on making it less confusing. Tonight - local government elections!  Audio

A UN report says Artificial intelligence voice assistants, like Alexa and Siri are perpetuating harmful gender biases, as the female voice helpers are too subservient and eager to please. Audio

Construction could begin next year on a shared bike and pedestrian harbour bridge crossing in Auckland. The walking and biking path will be separated from the traffic lanes, but is likely to be at the… Audio

What are you doing to reduce your plastic use? Audio

In an attempt to reduce ocean plastic pollution, the UK government is introducing tougher restrictions on single use plastics, such as straws, cotton buds and plastic stirrers. Should we do the same… Audio

Teachers are about to strike, fast food workers have been on strike and now staff at the retail giant Farmers are preparing to strike. Audio

Trade me is refusing to pull t-shirts with the slogan "It's Ok to be White" despite being told the t-shirts are racist and are associated with white supremacist groups internationally. Audio

The Destiny church has launched a new political party. This comes as National MP, Alfred Ngaro considers creating his own Christian party. We take a look at how minor parties might impact the next… Audio

Today's panellists, Clare Delore and Hayden Donnell share what they've been thinking about. Audio