Media
Mediawatch Midweek 13 March 2019
Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately: This week Colin Peacock and Karyn talk about Aussie rugby league's PR nightmare; a new app and a radio station giving high school kids a voice…
Video, AudioMichael Jackson documentary highlights uncomfortable truths about male abuse
Leaving Neverland has divided viewers, but last night's final episode detailed some of the realities of being a male survivor of sexual abuse. Audio
Hoarding as a business
You may have seen the television series "Hoarders" but you probably haven't seen hoarding like this... Canadian Antique Collector Alexander Archbold has found a way to make someone else's hoarding a… Audio
Is the Michael Jackson music ban a slippery slope?
Media commentator Gavin Ellis talks to Kathryn about the decision by commercial radio stations to ban Michael Jackson's music and whether it is a slippery slope. Could they ban an artist because… Audio
MJ documentary grips Kiwis
More than 700,000 people tuned into the first of the two-part documentary Finding Neverland, in which James Safechuck and Wade Robson detail the sexual abuse they allege they suffered at the pop… Audio
Graeme Tuckett on Leaving Neverland
Graeme Tuckett watched the full 4 hour Leaving Neverland documentary and gives us his verdict Audio
Journalism courtesy of (foreign) taxpayers
MediaWatch - Seven senior Kiwi journalists spent a week in Hawaii late last year and produced just one story between them. It didn't cost their organisations a cent - the tab was picked by the US… Audio
Journalism courtesy of (foreign) taxpayers
Seven senior Kiwi journalists from New Zealand's major news outlets spent a week in Hawaii late last year and produced just one story between them. It didn't cost their organisations a cent - the bill… Audio
Journalism courtesy of (foreign) taxpayers
Seven senior Kiwi journalists from New Zealand's major news outlets spent a week in Hawaii late last year and produced just one story between them. It didn't cost their organisations a cent - the bill…
Audio'Leaving Neverland' prompts Jackson radio blackout
While TVNZ was clearing out four hours of prime time to air a heavily-hyped documentary about Michael Jackson's alleged crimes against children, radio networks here were quietly easing his music off… Audio
Inflated expenses inflame the media
Politicians spending taxpayers’ money freely always make a good story for the media. Exposure of their expenses can damage their reputation, but the same doesn’t apply to the those who over-react to… Audio
'Leaving Neverland' prompts Jackson radio blackout
While TVNZ was clearing out four hours of prime time to air a heavily-hyped documentary about Michael Jackson's alleged crimes against children, radio networks here were quietly easing his music off…
AudioInflated expenses inflame the media
Politicians spending taxpayers’ money freely always make a good story for the media. Exposure of their expenses can damage their reputation, but the same doesn’t apply to the those who over-react to…
AudioMediawatch for 10 March 2019
Jackson doco jolts local radio - even before it screens; foreign governments flying journalists to foreign fields; politicians' expenses inflame the media. Programme Code Participants Colin Peacock… Audio
Was Melody Rules 'The Worst Sitcom Ever Made'?!
The homegrown comedy 'Melody Rules' that came out on TV3 in the 1990s has been panned as one of the worst sitcoms ever made. The critics called it cringeworthy, atrocious, awful, and a disaster in… Audio
The real origins of NZ Golf’s so-called ‘korowai’
NZ Golf wouldn't tell us who made the so-called 'korowai' it bestowed on the winner of the NZ Open, but we can confirm it's faux fur, with rooster or turkey feathers and is sold by Rozcraft - starting… Video, Audio
Tim Batt on living a real-life groundhog day
Comedian Tim Batt is one half of The Worst Idea of All Time - a podcast in which he and his co-host watch and discuss the same (terrible) movie every week for a year. Audio
NZ radio drops Michael Jackson songs as Leaving Neverland airs
New Zealand radio stations are dropping Michael Jackson's music in the wake of new allegations of chld abuse against the singer. NZME and Mediaworks are dropping the king of pop from their playlists… Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 06 March 2019
Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy talks to Karyn about: The Pakistan India conflict; Tom Scott quitting daily cartooning; E-Tangata's Conversations; Cardinal Pell's lesbian… Video, Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 06 March 2019
Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately. This week Jeremy talks to Karyn about: The Pakistan India conflict; Tom Scott quitting daily cartooning; E-Tangata's Conversations; Cardinal Pell's lesbian…
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