Media
The stories New Zealanders followed most closely this year
The rescue of the stranded school boys from an underground cave in Thailand was the most closely followed story by New Zealanders this year, UMR Research has found.
Press & Roma
Tamar Munch reviews the BBC drama series Press, set in the offices of two British newspapers and the film Roma, already being hailed as "the greatest film of 2018" . Audio
NZ's Wikipedian: is he winning the battle for content?
Mike Dickison is New Zealand's first Wikipedian-at-large. Nine to Noon spoke to him when he was starting the job, encouraging people and institutions to get involved and put more material on the… Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018
Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author… Video, Audio
Mediawatch Midweek 19 December 2018
Mediawatch's regular catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn Hay about Grace Millane coverage, murder podcast enthusiasm, A Spinoff series spinning out of control on the author…
Video, AudioSound Archives: New Year’s Eve 1999
As the millennium drew to a close in December 1999, the world was either ready to party at massive New Year's Eve celebrations - or braced for impending doom, due to the so-called Y2K "bug" which many… Audio, Gallery
Little meets with Google reps over suppression laws
Justice Minister Andrew Little is putting multinational companies on notice over their obligations to follow suppression laws in New Zealand.
Shorty St airs plane crash story after real-life crash
Shortland Street's annual summer cliffhanger aired last night, and featured a deadly plane crash. It was on our screens just hours after a real-life crash a happened. Two people died in a light… Audio
Name suppression ignored globally, regional news shake-ups
Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio
Expert feature: The history of NZ Comedy
We live in an age when New Zealand comedy is cool: not just in New Zealand, but in Edinburgh, New York and Hollywood. But how did we get here? Audio
Listener picks for best TV shows of 2018
We asked our audience to tell us their favourite tv shows of 2018. Here they are. Audio
Heart-breaking news and suppression frustration
The news of Grace Millane’s murder prompted a flood of media coverage and comment this week. A lot of it was devoted to the news media’s frustration over not being able to name the accused man. Audio
Heart-breaking news and suppression frustration
The news of Grace Millane’s murder prompted a flood of media coverage and comment this week. A lot of it was devoted to the news media’s frustration over not being able to name the accused man.
AudioTough times for training journalists
The annual gathering of journalism educators was held this week at a school that’s just closed its journalism programme. It’s not the only one and the number of journalism trainees is slumping too. Is… Audio
Tough times for training journalists
The annual gathering of journalism educators was held this week at a school that’s just closed its journalism programme. It’s not the only one and the number of journalism trainees is slumping too. Is…
AudioYusuf Omar: mobiles get stories the media miss
There are around three billion phones in the world that can shoot and send video. HashtagOurStories is a network of citizen journalists to capture stories most media miss with their phones. Video, Audio
Yusuf Omar: mobiles get stories the media miss
There are around three billion phones in the world that can shoot and send video. HashtagOurStories is a network of citizen journalists to capture stories most media miss with their phones.
Video, AudioMediawatch for 16 December 2018
Heart-breaking news and suppression frustration; tough times for training journalists; Yusuf Omar: mobiles get stories the media miss. Audio
Listener feedback for 15 December 2018
Emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio