Media
NZ on Air funded programmes taxing your wallet and your eyeballs
Over the coming year NZ on Air plans to spend $37.7 million on factual programmes and $46.4 on dramas and eventually most of the resulting content will find its way to the on-demand services of the…
AudioGovernment turns off the tap for big water news
The government’s handling of an important announcement last Wednesday muddied the waters when it turned off the tap for all media but one.
Government turns off the tap for big water news
The government’s handling of an important announcement last Wednesday muddied the waters when it turned off the tap for all media but one.
AudioBroadcaster watchdog weighs up our attitudes to nudity on screen
Back in the day, nudity on TV was rare and the isolated sightings were almost national events. There's plenty of it available on-demand and on any device these days, but does it do us harm? The… Audio
Preferred PM polling's proving pretty unpopular
Broadcasters say their political polls aren’t perfect but they do reveal significant swings of support. In that case, they ought to notice more and more people don't like being asked to pick a… Audio
Broadcaster watchdog weighs up our attitudes to nudity on screen
Back in the day, nudity on TV was rare and the isolated sightings were almost national events. There's plenty of it available on-demand and on any device these days, but does it do us harm? The…
AudioPreferred PM polling's proving pretty unpopular
Broadcasters say their political polls aren’t perfect but they do reveal significant swings of support. In that case, they ought to notice more and more people don't like being asked to pick a…
AudioMediawatch for 4 August 2019
Government turning off the tap on big water news; preferred PM polling proves pretty unpopular; interrupting ads in publicly-funded programmes on-demand; tax the shock of the nude on TV. Audio
The end of Whale Oil
The Whale Oil Beef Hooked website is no more. Political blogger Tim Watkin joins the panel to analyse the blog's brief, polarising, but undeniably influential history in New Zealand politics. Audio
The end of Whale Oil
The Whale Oil Beef Hooked website is no more. Political blogger Tim Watkin joins the panel to analyse the blog's brief, polarising, but undeniably influential history in New Zealand politics. Audio
Whaleoil ends after 15 years of political blogs
The right-wing blog Whaleoil has closed in the wake of its parent company going bust, defamation cases and its controversial founder Cameon Slater suffering a stroke.
Funny As, The Boys and My Father's Kingdom
Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at documentary Funny As: A history of New Zealand Comedy, new offering The Boys from Amazon which has two Kiwis in leading roles and For My Father's Kingdom, a… Audio
Mediawatch: Party conference coverage follows the leaders
This week on Mediawatch Midweek, Colin Peacock looks at how National leader Simon Bridges and the party's cancer funding policy dominated reports at the party's annual conference in Christchurch on… Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Saving the takahē
In November 1948, Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell discovered two pair of South Island takahē living in a high valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. Video, Audio, Gallery
Stuffing the environment - and the party faithful
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about Stuff's environmental coverage (inbetween the travel ads), a clarification on comms claims, lifting the lid on a long…
VideoRivals Spark and Sky team up
Spark will pay competitor Sky Television to set up a new pop-up channel specifically for the Rugby World Cup, but said it was not an admission it could not deliver over its own streaming channel.
Kiwi site Neighbourly on staying local
A Kiwi community website has racked up three quarters of a million members, making it second only to Facebook in New Zealand. Audio
Squeeze on Facebook and Google
Gavin says recent moves in the US, France and Australia suggest a squeeze is coming on Facebook and Google. Also a look at Stuff's Homicide Report, and a research review for the BSA emphasises the… Audio
Television Critic: Alix Higby
Alix Higby reviews Schitt's Creek, Glow and Stranger Things 3. Audio
Pio Terei on loss, laughter and living off the grid
Pio Terei has had a any number of highs in his career as a comedian, actor and presenter - but his personal low was the loss of his 17-year-old son Teina three years ago to leukaemia. He and his wife… Audio
