Media
Mediawatch for 13 October 2019
Sports rights storm intensifies; news in and out of North Korea Audio
Listener feedback
Listener feedback for the Saturday Morning programme, 12 October 2019. Audio
The Rest Is History: Monty Python at 50
It's time for the rest is history when we look into the week's news in the past. This week we're going to be a tiny bit sacrilegious. Our resident historian Robert Kelly is looking back to the first… Audio
Podcast Critic: Alix Higby
Alix reviews her top two recent podcast picks - The Drop Out and BROKEN: Jeffrey Epstein and previews two she's heard about it Dolly Parton's America and Patient Zero. Audio
New NZ television psychological thriller, The Basement
Local TV production seems to be having a bit of a resurgence, with a host of new shows being made - including Mean Mums, Golden Boy, The Brokenwood Mysteries and now a new psychological thriller… Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Gavin's views on the Media Council's right to censure the ODT over publishing a photograph of an obsessive-compulsive woman in court. Also an opinion on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex taking legal… Audio
Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
Caitlin reviews Fleabag, Atypical and The Good Doctor. Audio
The fire this time: reporting climate now
Recent weeks have seen the most concentrated climate change coverage in New Zealand's history but it was still eclipsed by coverage of the Rugby World Cup. Audio
The fire this time: reporting climate now
Recent weeks have seen the most concentrated climate change coverage in New Zealand's history but it was still eclipsed by coverage of the Rugby World Cup.
AudioKeith Ng: reporting Hong Kong
New Zealand Herald journalist Keith Ng recently returned from covering the protests in Hong Kong and he tells Mediawatch being a Cantonese speaker was invaluable. Audio
Keith Ng: reporting Hong Kong
New Zealand Herald journalist Keith Ng recently returned from covering the protests in Hong Kong and he tells Mediawatch being a Cantonese speaker was invaluable.
AudioMediawatch for 6 Oct 2019
Covering Climate Now saw all of New Zealand's major media companies upping their environmental coverage but it was still eclipsed by the rugby World Cup and New Zealand Herald journalist Keith Ng on… Audio
Mediawatch for 6 Oct 2019
Covering Climate Now saw all of New Zealand's major media companies upping their environmental coverage but it was still eclipsed by the rugby World Cup and New Zealand Herald journalist Keith Ng on…
AudioPrince Harry to sue two British tabloids
The Duke of Sussex has begun legal action against the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.
Tour of Beauty book released
New Zealand Supermodel, Rachel Hunter, has released a book following on from her television series, Tour of Beauty. Audio, Gallery
Asia correspondent Julia Hollingsworth
Julia's been watching the fireworks in China as it celebrates 70 years of the People's Republic, while in Hong Kong it' s a different story. Julia is a digital news producer for CNN based in Hong… Audio
The Panel with Penny Ashton and Scott Campbell (Part 2)
Hundreds of University staff have signed an open letter declaring racism and white supremecy have no place at Auckland University. The University has said it won't remove white supremacists signs from… Audio
The Negotiators, The Spy and The Hunters
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at Maori Television's slick production The Negotiators, the true story of Israel's most prominent spy Eli Cohen and The Hunters, a series based on a 1996 Swedish… Audio
Story of the Day for 2 October 2019
Favourite fodder of the tabloids Meghan Markle is our story today. Audio