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Big issues, barbecues and curly questions at Waitangi; cancer care hits the headlines; Brett Phibbs - a life in pictures. Programme Code mwatch-updateaudio-2018681839UP Participants Colin Peacock, Jim… Audio

Newspaper cartoonists job is to cast a critical eye on what’s going on and sum it up in images that can be understood at a glance at that time. But author Paul Diamond tells Colin Peacock cartoons… Audio, Gallery

Media commentator Gavin Ellis says if DHBs want to retain public confidence they must emerge from behind the shield of their PR departments. The Taranaki Daily News used its front page on Saturday to… Audio

The prospect of a new party for conservative conservationists became big news this past week. Some reporters and pundits reckoned it could change the government in 2020 - even though it isn't even up… Audio

In a potentially career-stalling move, satirist Robbie Nicol - aka White Man Behind a Desk - is biting the hand that feeds. He’s crowdfunded for a video to mock major media companies and how public… Video, Audio

A titan of tech was in New Zealand last week along with hundreds of the world’s “alpha geeks” to talk about huge digital-age issues affecting us all. But none of it got mentioned in our media. Did it… Audio

NZ Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson looks ahead to the local body elections in Auckland and why he thinks better people are needed for councils, how to stand and how to win. Audio

Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about the warm weather news, Magic Talk up and running, the outing of MP Sarah Dowie, slow TV sparking late-night talkback… Audio

If ever the weather deserves to hog the headlines, it’s when record high temperatures roll in and a bona fide heatwave has us in its grip. But did the media over-egg a story which mostly spoke for… Audio

A very powerful tool in this day and age , but with great power comes great responsibility ... We're talking about photos, often on the covers of glossy magazines, which are surreptitiously but… Audio

Wellington has been turned into a virtual reality game - where players can dive with whales, play the drums on Cuba Street, and admire the night sky at Matariki. In what's believed to be a… Audio

The actress Margot Robbie is getting sick of being asked when she's having babies. Audio