Media
New Chinese channel with bold goals
A new TV channel promising to “set a new standard for Chinese broadcasting in New Zealand” goes live this weekend on Freeview. What will NCTV offer Chinese New Zealanders - and other New Zealanders… Video, Audio
New Chinese channel with bold goals
A new TV channel promising to “set a new standard for Chinese broadcasting in New Zealand” goes live this weekend on Freeview. What will NCTV offer Chinese New Zealanders - and other New Zealanders…
Video, AudioThe ethics of hidden cameras
The Newsroom website launched this week with a scoop on caged eggs being passed-off as free range that was undoubtedly in the public interest, but did it justify the use of hidden cameras? Mediawatch'… Audio
The ethics of hidden cameras
The Newsroom website launched this week with a scoop on caged eggs being passed-off as free range that was undoubtedly in the public interest, but did it justify the use of hidden cameras? Mediawatch'…
AudioMediawatch for 19 March 2017
New news site makes headlines with big egg scoop; the ethics of digital-age hidden-camera filming; a new Chinese channel with bold goals. Audio
Tech news with Peter Griffin
Claims of misinformation over Spark's wireless broadband performance; Google's crackdown on fake news; and could political bias skew our internet search results - and even our elections? Audio
Virtual reality set to get more real
A team of computer scientists at Victoria University think they may be a step closer to making virtual reality more like... reality. Audio
Tonga PM threatens state broadcaster with closure
Tonga's Prime Minister has courted controversy with comments about the state broadcaster escalating tension between the two sides. Audio
Founder of Tahiti-Pacifique magazine Alex du Prel dies aged 73
Founder of Tahiti-Pacifique monthly magazine Alex du Prel dies aged 73. Audio
Masterpieces with Bill Ralston
Journalist, columnist and commentator Bill Ralston tells us about his favourite politician. Audio
Viewing with Tamar Munch
The return of David Tennant and Olivia Coleman in the third season of Broadchurch, and hit British comedy series Fleabag. Audio
In the spotlight on a dreadful day
TV reporter Thomas Mead was confronted with the worst consequences of ethnic extremism in his home town on March 15 2019 - and his reporting was seen around the world. Mediawatch asks how it has… Audio
In the spotlight on a dreadful day
TV reporter Thomas Mead was confronted with the worst consequences of ethnic extremism in his home town on March 15 2019 - and his reporting was seen around the world. Mediawatch asks how it has…
AudioDirections featuring Murray Ball
Murray Ball talks to Neville Glasgow about his values and beliefs in a 1992 edition of Directions - replayed as a tribute to the creator of the widely read Footrot Flats cartoon, who died on Sunday 12… Audio
Chinese TV - NCTV Launches
A new television channel featuring locally-produced content for New Zealand's Chinese community, as well as Kiwis and Asian Kiwis interested in Chinese culture, is being launched this Sunday. The… Audio
Media with Gavin Ellis
Newsroom, the brainchild of two of the country's top journalists, promises journalism on things that matter. Its launch offering - with a scoop on caged chicken eggs - lived up to the promise. Also… Audio
Television Critic
Former TV journalist and producer Phil Wallington analyses News and Current Affairs and laments the lack of, what he calls, quality journalism. Audio
New outlet’s egg scoop raises big issues
A new online news service launched this week, led by two experienced news editors who promised to cover "the things that matter". Audio
New outlet’s egg scoop raises big issues
A new online news service launched this week, led by two experienced news editors who promised to cover "the things that matter".
AudioMurray Ball remembered by fellow cartoonist Tom Scott
In his own way he captured rural life as exquisitely and as perfectly as Katherine Mansfield caught early Wellington. He was as funny as Fred Dagg and Billy T. James and as blokey as Barry Crump. He… Audio