Media

This is a panel discussion recorded in Wanaka, at the 2021 Festival of Colour's "Aspiring Conversations" series. Lynn Freeman chairs the session exploring Fake News. She's joined by two experienced… Audio

“Not good enough” was the verdict of Sport NZ boss Raelene Castle after a fresh analysis of thousands of sports reports across our media found women feature in only about one in seven. But offshore… Audio

In today's look back at New Zealand Screen History we're going back to 1977, and the birth of a new show that became one of the longest running and most popular local TV shows in New Zealand Fair Go.

Mediawatch's weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind National's warnngs of "separatism". 'Bunny-pocalypse Now' in… Audio

Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has announced that public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under select circumstances for the next three years. There will be… Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind warnings of “separatism.” Also: ‘Bunny-pocalypse Now’ in the South… Audio

Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at how 11 media brands fared in a new study into trust in the news, Discovery is looking to merge parts of its Australasian businesses - are staff cuts on the… Audio

We're told that we shouldn't complicate matters, but a new study from the University of Virginia shows that our brains tend to default to addition rather than subtraction when it comes to finding… Audio

To sell or not to sell a slice of the commercial rights to New Zealand rugby was the squabble that pre-occupied the sports media this week. But the media couldn’t agree on who has the power over the… Audio

News organisations often report the results of informal polls they carry out by embedding surveys in stories or on social media. Mathematically minded people argue that in doing so… Audio

An independent research group says climate misinformation is the next major fight in the war against conspiracy theories. Helen Lee Bouygues - the founder of the Paris-based Reboot Foundation - says… Audio

An obituary is about life, not death. Writing them is a special art.  Audio