Media

For five years our news media kept the story of kidnapped nurse Louisa Akavi under wraps and this week they won praise for putting her safety ahead of a scoop. But the last time this happened, the… Audio

News of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions going up after two successive years of decreases failed to make the television news bulletins. Mediawatch takes a look at the state of climate change… Video, Audio

TVNZ made a bold move screening a contemporary local drama each weeknight this past week - but it was a foreign fantasy on pay TV that grabbed the media's attention. And turns out New Zealanders have… Audio

It's a very popular twitter account that makes fun of gender stereotypes by turning them on their heads. Audio

An introduction to our panellist and the topics for the day plus our panellists share their thoughts on something they've been thinking about. Audio

Doug Gold is the founder of radio stations More FM and The Breeze, but he's now turned his considerable talents to writing. Audio

Ten years ago, from the comfort of his Taranaki news bureau / garage, TVNZ reporter Haydn Jones hit on a novel idea: to tell positive stories of ordinary New Zealanders doing extraordinary things. Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at the speech News Corp CEO Robert Thomson gave last night slamming the New York Times' recent 20,000-word investigation into the Murdoch… Audio

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has doubled down on his criticism of the International Committee of the Red Cross over its decision to publicise the kidnapping of Louisa Akavi. Audio

Well know former Pacific journalist Sean Dorney has given his name to a new grant to encourage more Pacific news stories to be told in Australia. Audio

The Detail; a daily podcast helping you make sense of the news. Presented by Sharon Brettkelly and Alex Ashton. Debuts Monday April 29. Audio

"He was one of television’s most distinctive characters and a person who was totally uncompromising in his own ideas." How the legacy of the late television broadcaster Dylan Taite led to the creation… Video

Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has responded to the furor over his controversial instagram post last week. He's standing by the post he made which said the homosexuals and other so-called sinners… Audio