Media

The strongest cyclone to hit coastal India for years yielded spectacular shots of devastation for TV news and social media this week. But the real story was why so few people died in such a poor and… Audio

There's a new RNZ podcast on the way and the makers of it need your help. It's called Conversations With My Immigrant Parents. The producers Saraid de Silva Cameron and Julie Zhu are currently on the… Audio

A new study has found the effect social media has on children's happiness is "trivial". While the effects of time spent on social media were more wide-ranging for girls, that effect is quote "tiny". 

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately: This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about more fibre and new faces in broadcasters’ breakfasts; RNZ’s new show for early risers; a random typo… Video, Audio

A previously undiscovered early recording of 'Blue Smoke', the song that launched New Zealand's recording industry, has been unearthed. Audio

Are teachers funny? A new TVNZ comedy show is banking on it. Educators starts today on TVNZ and two of the co-creators Jackie Van Beek and Jesse Griffin join Jesse to explain how they wrote an… Audio

The discovery of a coffee cup in a scene in the most recent Game Of Thrones has shocked fans but it's nothing new for Hollywood. Robert Kelly takes a quick look at the rich history of modern objects… Audio

Media commentator Gavin Ellis takes a look at how the NZ Herald's paywall is faring one week on. Also the unwanted parts of the Australian Fairfax empire have been sold by Nine but there is no sign… Audio

Killing Eve - TVNZ on Demand and The Bay - TV1. Audio

Auckland's development remains one of the biggest talking points in New Zealand and since 2015 there's been a new big player in town.  Audio

For years, the country's top-selling paper talked about making online readers pay - just like subscribers to the printed paper. This week the New Zealand Herald finally did it. The ads they once… Audio

Any complacency about extremism here was extinguished by the attack in Christchurch on 15 March. The media claimed it marked “the end of our innocence”. We're still in the top ten for global press… Audio

National served up the ‘slushies in jail’ story to the media, who then forced it down our throats for two days - then bit the hand that spoonfed them.