Anti Vaxxers
A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists
This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded… Audio
Thick-skinned stars savaged by summer scandals
While Brian Tamaki behind bars made headlines here, the world’s biggest anti-vaxxer created bulletin-leading drama round the world when he was detained across the Tasman. Meanwhile in the UK… Video, Audio
National distances itself from ex-MP after video with discredited academic
The National Party is distancing itself from a former MP who has questioned the effectiveness of the Covid vaccine in a lengthy video that has been labelled dangerous.
Matt King was National's MP in… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax coverage conundrum
In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about Discovery announcing a pair of new TV channels, media coverage of an anti-vax march on parliament, and a valuable… Audio
Auckland councillor victim of rising amount of antivaxers' abuse
Local Government New Zealand says it's hearing more and more stories of council members feeling unsafe because of their line of work.
Auckland Councillor Josephine Bartley, of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki… Audio
The case for cutting the coverage of anti-vaxxers
Analysis: Anti-vaxxers have been in the news a lot recently, and all the coverage is putting the media in danger of becoming a vector for misleading or false messages. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Anti-vax messages in the media
In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about anti-vax messages finding a media platform, some outstanding local investigative reporting this week - and… Audio
Suspected anti-vaxxers behind bogus vaccination bookings
Suspected anti-vaxxers have been making bogus vaccination bookings in one of the most unprotected areas of the country.
They've been targeting Tairāwhiti, where only 74 percent of people have had at… Audio
The psychologist who predicted how the pandemic would play out
Clinical psychologist and health anxiety expert Dr Steven Taylor's latest book, The Psychology of Pandemics, is a groundbreaking treatise on the subject, but it was a book that many thought would… Audio
MediaWorks refresh fires up fans of outgoing veteran
In the midst of a bid to move away from its troubled internal culture, MediaWorks hired new people for news and talk radio this week. But the sudden retirement of controversial veteran host Peter… Audio
Covid-19 update with Professor Michael Baker
The moment we'd been expecting to happen finally took place this week when New Zealand recorded its first community case of Covid-19. Professor Michael Baker returns to the show to answer your… Audio
Coverage of MIQ martyr raises red flags
Lucinda Baulch became an MIQ martyr and a cause celebre for Covid sceptics when she refused a Covid test and was held for a second stint in MIQ. The media reported her reasons for refusal in detail… Audio
Health experts call for action to curb anti-vax messages
New Zealand public health experts are joining international calls for Facebook and Google and other tech companies to do more to stop the online spread of mis-information about vaccines. Audio
Worried mother: Anti-vaxxers the 'ugliest form of privilege'
A Canterbury mother of an 8-month-old who is too young to be immunised against measles is calling anti-vaxers the ugliest form of privilege. George Cullen says she's angry people would chose to put… Video, Audio
What's going on with QAnon?
A group known as QAnon are being sent information online from a person whom they believe has security clearance in the White House. That person says there is a deep state Trump is fighting consisting… Audio