Joanne Black
Calling home: Joanne Black
Each week an ex-pat gives their perspective on events we read about in New Zealand. As well as talking about their lives abroad they will be weekly citizen reporters talking about how international… Audio
Correction on Kiwirail comment
An error made in Mediawatch last week in an item on debate prompted by coverage of the future of Kiwirail: Mediawatch noted that the finance minister had warned that present levels of support for… Audio
KiwiRail on notice - what is its future?
The government has put KiwiRail on notice, giving it two years to identify savings and reduce Crown funding required. What is the future of the rail network and what is its importance to regional New… Audio
The Panel with Joanne Black and Mike Williams (Part 2)
Topics - An international study suggests that women are lazier than men. Aucklanders will this week receive their first bills under the new region-wide property rates system, with some facing big… Audio
The Panel with Joanne Black and Mike Williams (Part 1)
Topics - The BBC has apologised for failings in its Olympics coverage after viewers complained that broadcasts were riddled with mistakes and ignored impressive performances by British athletes. The… Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 30 July 2012
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The Panel with Joanne Black and Karl du Fresne (Part 2)
Topics - Children commit crime because they lack morals and not just because of the environment they live in, according to a new study. Today we learned that a terminally ill woman from South Africa… Audio
The Panel with Joanne Black and Karl du Fresne (Part 1)
Topics - A survey of Cantabrians shows support for the demolition of Christ Church Cathedral. A visiting psychiatrist says New Zealand teens are being let down by sex education that doesn't tell them… Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 25 June 2012
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The Panel with Garry Moore and Joanne Black (Part 2)
Could New Zealand's decade-long P epidemic finally be winding down? Some preliminary results from a new Health Ministry survey show the proportion of New Zealanders aged 16 to 64 who had used the drug… Audio
The Panel with Garry Moore and Joanne Black (Part 1)
Mortgage rates have plummeted to record lows as banks offer cash rebates and generous discounts on their advertised interest rates in response to pressure from home-buyers. Audio
The Panel with John Bishop and Joanne Black (Part 2)
This week's Complaints Choir, John Key isn't opposed to gay marriage, breastfeeding controversy, and Pike River families vow to stop Solid Energy mining the site if that's what's needed to recover the… Audio
The Panel with John Bishop and Joanne Black (Part 1)
A Kaitaia GP calls NZ's child poverty an "embarrassment to the country", DIY dentistry, and the mystery Southland medic on an $830,000 salary. Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 11 May 2012
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The Panel with Joanne Black and Finlay MacDonald (Part 2)
The latest One Direction news!!; Panellists have their say; News on rival consortia for Crafar farms; Rugby World Cup stronger than forecast, Ministry of Economic Development. Audio
The Panel with Joanne Black and Finlay MacDonald (Part 1)
Labour leader David Shearer and the introduction of the living wage and; The PM and the SkyCity Convention Centre bid. Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 20 April 2012
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The Panel with Sir Bruce Slane and Joanne Black (Part 2)
Topics - in an entertaining column, Natalie Reilly has had a go at the use of the Internet hashtag '#Just Sayin'. Cars may no longer require a six-monthly warrant of fitness check under reforms being… Audio
The Panel with Sir Bruce Slane and Joanne Black (Part 1)
Topics - The Privacy Commissioner is welcoming the Government's plan to overhaul New Zealand's 20-year-old privacy laws. An Australian judge has ruled the Family Court has no power to order a woman… Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 29 March 2012
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