Media
News going to the dogs
Odd yarns about dogs in the news lately - and a news presenter who slipped off the leash.
AudioMediawatch for 10 June 2018
Bringing the big meth myth mess to light; pokie turn-off turns on the media; news goes to the dogs. Audio
Coronation Street to fast forward 18 months
New Zealand is 18 months behind the UK, so TVNZ is giving viewers two options - catch up by watching a two hour special or keep watching the current series at their own pace. Video, Audio
Lucy Zee on growing up Chinese in Waihi
Video producer Lucy Zee had her school lunch thrown out and was called an "Asian prostitute" as a kid in Waihi. She talks about what it was like going back there to make the video Growing up… Audio
Is Netflix the future for Maori television?
A new Māori media industry group is being lauched to ensure Māori media keeps pace with a changing world, with one young producer believing Netflix is the future. A young Maori TV producer believes… Audio
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
Tamar Munch has been watching All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video and coming to Sky Sport later in the year), Knives Out (TVNZ on Demand - premiering Friday June 8)… Audio
How women are revolutionising television
Behind the scenes on many of today's most popular TV shows, women are calling the shots. It's the power of female showrunners we have to thank for the surge of more authentic female characters and… Audio
Media reaction to the journalist who faked his death
Media commentator Gavin Ellis has the reaction to the the Russian journalist who agreed to fake his own death: Damned if he did, dead if he didn't? Also the Sunday Star Times' embarrassing 200-year… Audio
Our Wāhine: 125 extraordinary NZ women
A mother-daughter project Our Wāhine is celebrating 125 years of women's suffrage with 125 illustrations of women, including radio broadcaster Aunt Daisy, astronomer Beatrice Tinsley, and master… Audio, Gallery
Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry - Love Is Dead
Glaswegian musical trio Chvrches may have relocated to New York but their recently released third album Love Is Dead has all the hallmarks of their previous records - with some extra pop sheen.
Lead… Audio
Feedback for Sunday Morning 3 June
Wallace Chapman reads listeners' feedback from this morning's show. Audio
This is Todd Niall
One of radio's most recognisable broadcast voices, Todd Niall from RNZ, is hanging up his microphone and heading into a new realm - working for Stuff. He talks about his 33-year career at RNZ in which… Audio, Gallery
Poll dancing already underway
The next election is a long way off and new party leaders are still bedding in. But already TV news networks and their political pundits are predicting what will happen next based on the opinion polls… Audio
Poll dancing already underway
The next election is a long way off and new party leaders are still bedding in. But already TV news networks and their political pundits are predicting what will happen next based on the opinion polls…
AudioPublishers take a punt on local papers
Two of the local papers offloaded by Stuff recently have been saved. The Kaikoura Star and The Clutha Leader have been bought by local publishers prepared to take a punt on print. Audio
Publishers take a punt on local papers
Two of the local papers offloaded by Stuff recently have been saved. The Kaikoura Star and The Clutha Leader have been bought by local publishers prepared to take a punt on print.
AudioReckons without research
Energetic editioraliser Mike Hosking angered nurses this week by inflating their employers' pay offer - just after telling the media off for "lapping up press releases." Audio
Reckons without research
Energetic editioraliser Mike Hosking angered nurses this week by inflating their employers' pay offer - just after telling the media off for "lapping up press releases."
AudioMediawatch for 3 June 2018
Reading too much into political polls; M Bovis - The big call on a big cull; local publishers pick up unwanted papers; reckons without research. Audio
Bits + Bytes: will Apple start making its own shows?
Wille Apple soon take on Netflix and Amazon with its own video streaming video service? Plus Mary Meeker's top tech trends for 2018 and the widespread "GDPR fatigue". Audio
