Newshub

On this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an angry backlash over Ashley Bloomfield being asked a pointed question, and some sympathetic coverage for a Nazi… Audio

Newshub has put its weight behind a campaign to fund a “miracle drug” for cystic fibrosis patients from the public purse. But are its viewers getting the full picture? Audio

Two more TV opinion polls energised political reporters this week and put the opposition on the defensive. This created lots of drama but was it news voters can use?  

The government has taken urgent steps to overhaul the systems in place at the country's managed isolation facilities. Journalists' persistent, tough reporting on failures at those facilities helped… Audio

The return of TV channels’ political opinion polls piled the pressure on the National Party’s leader and kickstarted Friday’s move to replace him. Covid-19 has changed many things in politics and… Audio

Even before the first hints we had “turned a corner” with Covid-19, pundits were pumping up the volume on calls to loosen the lockdown and get more shops and businesses open again. But others in the… Audio

Patrick Gower, the National Party, and several political commentators have spent the week calling for government to quarantine the border. The only issue: the government had already signalled the…

The media were in emergency mode once again this week when Whakaari / White Island erupted. They raised important questions about risks and rewards of tourism - and some got involved in the emotional… Audio

Newshub's news director resigns, the The BSA's review of election programme standards focuses on the meaning of 'denigration', and moves in the magazine world with Healthy Food Guide's last print… Audio

With local elections looming, Newshub crunched the numbers on local councils “splashing cash” on Christmas parties for staff.  It turned out to be a drop in the bucket, and the online exclusive… Audio

Efforts to confront two different but potentially deadly diseases hit the headlines this past week. Both were complicated stories impressively reported and explained by the media - but sometimes… Audio

Struggling news media companies have been lobbying the government behind the scenes for some time. On Thursday broadcaster MediaWorks put it all out in the open, telling the minister responsible its… Audio

Broadcasters say their political polls aren’t perfect but they do reveal significant swings of support. In that case, they ought to notice more and more people don't like being asked to pick a… Audio

Two contrary political opinion polls this week raised big questions about the quality and the purpose of them. Politicians disputing the outcomes were dismissed as “in denial.” But are the media the… Audio

The Budget led the bulletins this week long before its scheduled release because of that leak. Some pundits praised Simon Bridges' strategy while others criticised breaking an important embargo solely… Audio

“Let’s do this” was Labour’s slogan before the last election. Now some pundits reckon timidity could cost the party at the next one - and a lot could hang on when the PM says: "I do.”    Audio

National served up the ‘slushies in jail’ story to the media, who then forced it down our throats for two days - then bit the hand that spoonfed them.   

The latest TV political poll was heavily hyped in-house as a “game changer” that could be "game over" for National’s leader. Did other media follow Newshub's lead? Audio

A political poll has shown National drop below Labour for the first time in its history. The Newshub-Reid Research poll just released has National dropping 3.6 points to 41.6 - the party's worst… Audio

The so-called “unruly tourists” were called all the names under the sun in a media pile-on that entertained and angered New Zealanders in equal measure. Every move these surprise summer celebrities… Audio