Media
Viewing with Tamar Munch
Tamar Munch reviews Amy Street, a new web series about community-based assisted living program in Thames, Coromandel for adults with intellectual disabilities, Norwegian crime series Acquitted on… Audio
Nights' Overseas - Vietnam
Bloomberg BNA reporter Lien Hoang on high profile visitors to Vietnam, a rare act of gun violence, bribery, and a spat with Korea over a film. Audio
Zen and the Art of Dying
Zenith Virago is a self-described "death walker", her work includes demystifying death and encouraging open discussion. She's the subject of the documentary "Zen and the Art of Dying". Video, Audio
Bookmarks with Tim Wilson
Tim Wilson lived in New York for a decade, half of which he was TVNZ's US correspondent. He's been back home now for seven years and in that time has written three books, the latest "The Straight… Audio
100th anniversary of NZ’s entry into the Western Front in WWI
On September 15 New Zealand marks the centenary of the New Zealand Division's entry into fighting on the Somme in Northern France in 1916. Audio, Gallery
Mega media merger deal one step closer
New Zealand's two biggest media companies have signed a deal that will see NZME buy Fairfax for $55 million, but Fairfax will receive a 41 percent stake in the expanded company.
Morning Report to host live Auckland Mayoral debate
Morning Report will host an hour-long Auckland Mayoral debate from AUT's television studio from 8am tomorrow morning. Host Guyon Espiner joins Checkpoint Video, Audio
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks media matters with Gavin Ellis, including a Press Council ruling against the New Zealand Woman's Weekly which may pose new issues for coverage of domestic abuse. Audio
Paying anonymously for on-line news
Anonymous payment is one idea to get around your on-line habits being surveilled on news webites. Audio
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Wellington based short story writer, novelist and reviewer Linda Burgess asks are you appalled or impressed by reality TV? Audio
A fight to find facts on fighting crime
Mediawatch - A plan to reduce burglary numbers made headlines this week, and so did a reporter lifting the lid on previous burglary stats that didn't stack up. Audio
Playing the long game
A new policing policy to get burglary numbers down made headlines this past week, and so did a reporter lifting the lid on a previous burglary stats that didn't stack up after years of probing. Does… Video, Audio
Playing the long game
A new policing policy to get burglary numbers down made headlines this past week, and so did a reporter lifting the lid on a previous burglary stats that didn't stack up after years of probing. Does…
Video, AudioFFS! How the media handle rude words
Rude words and bad language are a problem for the new media. But there's little consistency in words they think we should be shielded from and how they try to keep them clean. Mediawatch looks at some… Audio
FFS! How the media handle rude words
Rude words and bad language are a problem for the new media. But there's little consistency in words they think we should be shielded from and how they try to keep them clean. Mediawatch looks at some…
AudioThe takeaway from a low-fact flying fast food yarn
Was it really news that a pizza was dropped onto a picnic blanket by a drone in a field outside Auckland? Is an age of food-by-air for the needy and greedy really upon us? Mediawatch looks for the… Video, Audio
The takeaway from a low-fact flying fast food yarn
Was it really news that a pizza was dropped onto a picnic blanket by a drone in a field outside Auckland? Is an age of food-by-air for the needy and greedy really upon us? Mediawatch looks for the…
Video, AudioOh the humanity: Facebook's fail
Facebook gets rid of people picking the news for its feed, and the machines made a mess of it almost immediately.
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Hera Lindsay Bird
Kim Hill talks to painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien, whose latest book (with Nick Bevin) is Futuna: Life of a Building. He will discuss the debut poetry collection by Hera Lindsay… Audio
Kirsty Griffin and Viv Kernick: Amy Street
Kim Hill talks to filmmakers Kirsty Griffin and Viv Kernick, makers of the celebrated 2014 documentary Wayne. Their follow-up to that film, which focused on a resident of the Supported Life Style… Audio
