Media
Act's free-speech political pitch triggers the media
The Act party struggles to attract supporters, but has no problem getting the attention of the media. Its new proposals to beef up freedom of speech were debated throughout the week in the news.
AudioChristchurch correspondent confronts Daily Mail over online appropriation
The Mail Online is one of the world’s most popular websites - partly because it recycles the online journalism of other outlets as clickbait. You’ll never believe what happened when New Zealand-based… Audio
Christchurch correspondent confronts Daily Mail over online appropriation
The Mail Online is one of the world’s most popular websites - partly because it recycles the online journalism of other outlets as clickbait. You’ll never believe what happened when New Zealand-based…
AudioMediawatch for 23 June 2019
Act's free-speech political pitch triggers the media; offsetting our indulgences; Christchurch correspondent confronts online clickbait machine. Audio
Complaint on 'misleading' Tamihere advert upheld
A complaint against an advertisement for Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Swedish photographer wins plaudits for Migrant Caravan
Internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Pieter Ten Hoopen has won the Spot New Stories category in this year's World Press Photo Exhibition with his photo story called The Migrant… Audio, Gallery
In the Rainbow: true stories of young LGBTQ Kiwis
The real-life stories of seven young New Zealanders give light and shade to In the Rainbow – a new TVNZ web series directed by teenage filmmaker Rose McMahon. Audio
Has a media-hating US president killed a time-honoured institution?
It's more than 100 days since the last White House press briefing. Is this the end of a 90-year-old institution? Audio
Has a media-hating US president killed a time-honoured institution?
It's more than 100 days since the last White House press briefing. Is this the end of a 90-year-old institution?
AudioEscape at Dannemora and Deadwood:The Movie
Film and TV reviewer Lara Strongman digs into Escape at Dannemora - based on the true story of a prison worker who becomes romantically involved with two inmates and helps them escape. She'll also… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 19 June 2019
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about behind-the-scenes bluster from property profiteers out in the open, the maths of kiwifruit, a lookback at a story… Video, Audio
Midweek Mediawatch 19 June 2019
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about behind-the-scenes bluster from property profiteers out in the open, the maths of kiwifruit, a lookback at a story…
Video, AudioSound Archives: Chernobyl
It's the TV show everyone is talking about: the series "Chernobyl" which tells the story of the horrific 1986 Soviet nuclear accident. Sarah Johnston takes us back to 1986 and how we heard about the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Insta model feels internet's wrath
A Swedish model has quit Instagram after getting vitriolic abuse for a post she made in Indonesia. But was it all a storm in a teacup? The panel discusses. Audio
Are we really willing to pay for news?
Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at the differing approaches by New Zealand media to the third appearance of the Christchurch mosque attack accused, how a major international study has found only a… Audio
Television Critic: Irene Gardiner
Irene reviews Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, new on Netflix, Deep State - series two, TVNZ OnDemand, Cold Case - series two, TVNZ1 and Te Ao with Moana, Maori Television Audio
Newshub and TVNZ cop criticism over contrary political polls
Two contrary political opinion polls this week raised big questions about the quality and the purpose of them. Politicians disputing the outcomes were dismissed as “in denial.” But are the media the… Audio
Newshub and TVNZ cop criticism over contrary political polls
Two contrary political opinion polls this week raised big questions about the quality and the purpose of them. Politicians disputing the outcomes were dismissed as “in denial.” But are the media the…
AudioMore on the Oranga Tamariki uplift story
Today the welfare agency's chief executive Grainne Moss has spoken out saying the video didn't tell the whole truth of the situation. Meanwhile the court action against Newsroom over the story has… Audio
Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox come to NZ
Comedian Robin Ince is one half of the BBC science and comedy show The Infinite Monkey Cage, along with physicist Brian Cox. As the pair hit our shores for a run of live shows this week, Ince joins… Audio
