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Mike Hosking gets it wrong, again - Māori Party
Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox says Mike Hosking has got it wrong again. The Seven Sharp presenter went to air last night to clarify a blunder over his earlier comments that people needed to be on… Audio
New Māori TV building opens in South Auckland
Māori Television have formally opened their new South Auckland premises.
Maori Party wants Hosking dumped from debates
The Maori Party wants Mike Hosking to be dumped from his role as election debate moderator, saying the TVNZ presenter's misleading comments about the Maori roll have done "irreparable damage" to its… Audio
Media scum
US President thinks the news media are scum and New Zealanders are fearing fake news. Audio
NZME reports $7.8m profit as revenue slides
Media company NZME has recorded a first-half net profit of $7.8 million, with revenue down 3 percent for the six months ending in June.
Viewing with Lara Strongman
Lara has been watching British comedy show Friday Night Dinner, and Paula Penfold's investigation into New Zealand's role in Afghanistan The Valley. Audio
You Play the Girl
In many of the most popular movies of the last 50 years, women are often portrayed as sidekicks or the good girl encouraging the male hero to do the right thing. Former LA times film critic Carina… Audio
Sound Archives: The changing Kiwi kitchen
In the kitchens of mid-1960s New Zealand, broccoli was an unknown and cooking oil was a dirty word. The former food editor of the New Zealand Women's Weekly, the late Tui Flower, passed away last… Audio
"The biggest problem is science is PR Hype"
Peter Griffin, the founding manager of the Science Media Centre argues that there is a worrying trend towards hype and sensationalism in press releases issued by research institutions. Audio
SKY losing 90 subscribers every day
Nearly 34,000 people cancelled their subscriptions in the past year, and SKY today posted a 21 percent drop in net profit. Video, Audio
New CEO, rebrand for Fairfax NZ
Sinead Boucher has been appointed as Fairfax Media's new New Zealand chief executive.
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about the Fairfax Circuit team's multimedia investigation, The Valley, which has added more pieces to the picture of New Zealand's deployment to Afghanistan but only… Audio
Chris Webb: UK's leading expert in crisis management
Chris Webb has led the media and communication response to almost every major incident to impact on London and the UK in the last 30 years - including the 2005 London bombings, the death of Princess… Audio
Television Critic, Melenie Parkes
Melenie discusses three programmes today: Prime Suspect: Tennison, TVNZ1, Comrade Detective, Amazon Prime, Gay Of Thrones, Amazon Prime, You Tube. Audio
Narco's new kiwi star, Matt Whelan
New Zealand actor, Matt Whelan plays DEA Agent Daniel Van Wess on the Netflix show Narcos. The series is set and filmed in Colombia, and centres around the story of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Video, Audio
When shared, what's spared: Social media in the mainstream
Mediawatch - Many New Zealanders willingly share things on social media, but also think media should need permission to run it. Colin Peacock asks if that's realistic. Audio
Sunday Morning feedback for 20 August
Listeners' feedback about the show from Sunday Morning. Audio
Hope Hall: filming Barack Obama
Hope Hall was President Barack Obama's principal videographer at the White House for six years. The new position of presidential videographer was created and saw her filming all those fly-on-wall… Audio
Floating flaky facts on water
$18 cabbages? An extra $75 for wine? Eye-watering claims about the crippling costs of charging for water floated free in the media this past week - even in the rural press which should have known… Audio
Floating flaky facts on water
$18 cabbages? An extra $75 for wine? Eye-watering claims about the crippling costs of charging for water floated free in the media this past week - even in the rural press which should have known…
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