Media
Is tough the same as strong?
Psychologist Sam O'Sullivan is talking to people around the country about what it means to be tough on the inside. A diverse range of Kiwis share their own perspectives on the website Toughtalk. Video, Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Media matters with commentator Gavin Ellis, including National's claims of a black hole in Labour's budget, and whether the election campaign has entered a post-truth phase?. Also, the Press Council… Audio
Pundits with skin in the campaign game
Mediawatch - Elections are a boom time for PR consultants and pundits, but the public need to know if they're in the middle of a spin cycle. Audio
Zingers, bangers and clangers
Mediawatch - Three live leaders debates in a week pumped up the coverage of the election campaign. Who won? Who lost? Who cares? Audio
30-year-old Auckland newspaper to stop press
Fairfax-owned Auckland City Harbour News, delivered to 20,000 houses since 1985, is to go online-only.
Television Critic Jane Bowron
Jane discusses two documentaries, People and Power and Who Owns New Zealand Now. Audio
Sunday Morning Feedback for 10 September 2017
Listeners' feedback on Sunday Morning with Wallace Chapman. Audio
Mediawatch for 10 September 2017
Debatable benefits of head-to-head leaders' clashes; pundits with skin in the campaign game; digging deep for the fiscal hole truth. Audio
Debatable benefits of head-to-head clashes
Three live Ardern v English debates in seven days pumped up coverage of the election campaign. The media picked out the leaders’ zingers, bangers and clangers, and they agonised over who won and who… Audio
Debatable benefits of head-to-head clashes
Three live Ardern v English debates in seven days pumped up coverage of the election campaign. The media picked out the leaders’ zingers, bangers and clangers, and they agonised over who won and who…
AudioPundits with skin in the campaign game
Election campaigns are boom time for PR consultants and pundits, but the public need to know if they’re also in the middle of their spin cycle when they appear in the media. Audio
Pundits with skin in the campaign game
Election campaigns are boom time for PR consultants and pundits, but the public need to know if they’re also in the middle of their spin cycle when they appear in the media.
AudioDigging deep for the hole truth
National’s discovery of a 12 billion dollar-deep hole triggered a string of claims, counterclaims and sporting similes in the media. But did they get to the hole truth in time? Audio
Digging deep for the hole truth
National’s discovery of a 12 billion dollar-deep hole triggered a string of claims, counterclaims and sporting similes in the media. But did they get to the hole truth in time?
AudioMax Vernon: 'If it's going to save somebody, I will lie'
For six days in 1980, viewers were glued to TV screens around the world, watching a dramatic terrorist siege at the Iranian embassy in London. Max Vernon was the hostage negotiator who kept the… Audio
Counting sport stories: Toni Bruce and the sports media
Toni Bruce has been researching the mainstream media for more than 25 years and observing how it represents sport. A former sports journalist, she's now a professor at the University of Auckland's… Audio
Minor parties squabble over inclusion and exclusion
Minor party leaders Winston Peters and Gareth Morgan are both not at tonight's minor parties debate because one is upset at being included as a minor the other's upset about not being recognised as… Audio
Facebook finds divisive US ads may be Russia-based
Facebook has discovered an "influence" operation spent $US100,000 on US ads promoting divisive social and political messages, it says.
The Beguiled
The Beguiled - Sofia Coppola's Cannes favourite that re-imagines an old Clint Eastwood Civil War thriller. Stars Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell. Audio
