Tim Watkin

Guyon Espiner examines the rapidly changing media landscape Audio

The media landscape is changing rapidly as the traditional lines between radio, newspaper and television converge. Audio

Topics - when faced with auditory confusion we are more likely to select a word or phrase that we're familiar with, a phenomenon known as Zipf's law. Our brains are great creators of logical meaning… Audio

Topics - the hostage drama in Sydney ended with the tragic deaths of two hostages, as well as the gunman, and today in Sydney has been a day of mourning and flowers, the signing of condolence books at… Audio

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Topics - without giving any particular chocolate maker a plug, it seems the day of the chocolate box may be limited. Just as we don't buy collections of songs on albums much any more, we prefer to… Audio

Topics - Inspector General of Intelligence and Security Cheryl Gwyn's found attack blogger Cameron Slater requested and published politically damaging material about former Labour Leader Phil Goff… Audio

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Topics - it's getting tougher to get into the world's great universities. It's the deadline shortly for applications for Oxford, for example, and the Telegraph newspaper reports new requirements for A… Audio

Topics - one of the country's most expensive criminal trials has resulted in the conviction of one former director of South Canterbury Finance. David Cunliffe - should he have stayed in, as David… Audio

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Topics - the USA is one of the world's happier countries, but it's not quite the happiest, and interestingly its in America, from Central America up, where people report being most content. Are… Audio

Topics - the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has become the latest public servant to weigh in on matters pertaining to spying. The 3News/Reid Research poll out tonight, and the hint is… Audio

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Topics - Joon Yun is a rich radiologist from Silicon Valley he's in charge of a lot of money as the head of Palo Alto Investors, and now there's the Palo Alto Longevity Prize for the first researcher… Audio

Topics - the last of three pre-election debates between John Key and David Cunliffe last night and today the Auckland Council is concluding the sale of Queen Elizabeth Square in the CBD to Precinct… Audio

Dame Trelise Cooper apologises "unreservedly" for any offence caused in a catwalk show featuring models wearing Native American headdress. The quarter-acre dream is still alive in Auckland… Audio

Judith Collins has had to backtrack today after saying the Privacy Commissioner had cleared her of wrong-doing, A little immigration gaffe from Labour's David Parker at a function called the ASB Great… Audio

What is the greatest guitar riff of all time? The Auckland Rugby Union is looking at shifting ITM Cup games away from Eden Park as paltry crowds hit them financially. A victim of a sex crime revealed… Audio

Immigration New Zealand has this afternoon denied political pressure was involved in its allowing Kim Dotcom residency in New Zealand. Labour seems to be treading carefully over making Maori, Te reo… Audio