Media

A charity is asking for a ban on all junk food advertising within 300 metres of schools, including on dairies. Audio

Veteran of the Radio Hauraki Pirates and founder of Radio Pacific, Derek Lowe, remembers his friend and colleague Chris Parkinson, who has died in Auckland aged 74. Audio

Paul reviews Meryl Streep's new movie Florence Foster Jenkins, Forensics NZ and discusses going down a Prince rabbit hole on Youtube. Audio

Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

The biggest name in newspapers and online news is now doing twice-daily TV-style news bulletins. The Herald says the 6pm TV news is in decline while online news video is on the rise. So are they… Audio

A local magazine and a TV production company have teamed up to take natural history content out of the vaults and onto the net. But will people pay to see it? Audio

Our media don't usually get in behind a politician angling for a top job, but there's been plenty of cheerleading lately for Helen Clark's campaign to be the UN secretary general. Audio

Sally Faulkner, Journalist Tara Brown and her film crew are back in Australia now after the plan to abduct Ms Faulkner's children went horribly wrong. They have been released after charges against… Audio

Paul Casserly's been watching Louis CK's glorious pay per view folly, Horace and Pete, Series 3 of the Scandinavian crime hit The Bridge, on DVD, and TV1's version of Coast New Zealand. Audio

In the lead up to Anzac Day on Monday the researchers at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision have been busy preparing more sound recordings and film footage about World War I to go on their website 'Anzac… Audio

Dr Ron Hoenig of the University of South Australia talks about the botched Australian 60 Minutes child recovery story. Audio

Gavin Ellis looks at the Reserve Bank's decision to end embargoed lockups following a breach by MediaWorks. He says it's an unwarranted over-reaction that punishes the innocent. Gavin Ellis is a media… Audio

The Path, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Chef's Table Audio

The national media usually have little interest in local election issues, but it was a different story with banning beggars from big city streets recently. Mediawatch looks at how it hit the headlines… Video, Audio