Media

The government is still under fire for not reaching all communities with its Covid-19 messaging.

More than a quarter of residents in Tāmaki Makaurau identify with an Asian ethnicity - the largest… Audio

The 1pm update, adverts, Facebook updates, emergency push notifications - the government has tried numerous ways to get us to Unite against Covid-19.

But after a number of people broke isolation… Audio

Fake news entered our collective vocabulary during the Trump presidency, but apparently the concept is nothing new. Reporter Ella Stewart spoke with the Head of Humanties and Creative Arts at the… Audio

Commemorating the anniversary of the deadly Canterbury quake was a huge undertaking for the media this week.  Video, Audio

Saturday night is usually quiet time for the news media. Not under the new normal of Covid-19. 

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

Last week Facebook turned off Australian users’ access to news over a looming law change to make them pay to distribute it. This week news is back in their feeds after a face-off with the government… Audio

When Simon Bridges called the Speaker "a twat" in Parliament, media pondered whether this unparliamentary insult was fit to print  - and broadcast. They all decided it was - with one surprising… Audio

MediaWorks has admitted a racist on-air exchange between John Banks and a caller on Magic Talk breached broadcasting standards  - and it represented an "organisational and editorial failure".

The story of young West Coast entrepreneur Jake Millar is an extraordinary one of tragedy, success, money, the high life, and now, a disappearance. Audio