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Peter McLennan - Deepgrooves 90s music label backing local hip hop
Deepgrooves was a 1990s Auckland-based record label that released the first ever local hip-hop single to reach number one on the NZ charts with 3 The Hard Way's 'Hip-hop Holiday'. The label reflected… Audio
The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been re-released. Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the… Audio
Perrin Hastings: The Gender Agenda
Perrin Hastings is the co-creator and presenter of a new YouTube docuseries The Gender Agenda, a resource to bring gender identity with all its associated questions, fears, hopes and dreams, into the… Audio
Film Review: Hugh Grant's latest, Heretic
Dom Corry is in the studio to talk what's on in the theatres. He reviews Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; a Lucy Lawless directed documentary Never Look Away and the drama Memory, featuring Peter… Audio
US proposes partial break-up of Google
The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company's Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year found Google had violated US antitrust law with its search…
Podcast Critic: pods to send you to sleep
RNZ News reader Evie Ashton reviews an eclectic bunch of podcasts that can help send you off to sleep. Audio
Midweek - Hikoi bias claims, Herald v Bain, mag strife
Midweek - Accusations of bias and a lack of impartiatality in coverage of Hikoi mo Te Tiriti. Also the Herald v David Bain, Facebook scam surge and problems for local magazines. Audio
Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will introduce the movie at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, northern Poland.
Council deal threatens Westport News
One of New Zealand's smallest newspapers is fighting for its life after the local council decided to move most of its advertising to an out-of-town publication.
Too many parts of NZ are becoming 'news deserts'
Analysis: NZME's proposal to shut 14 community newspapers risks removing a central or only source of verified local news for many.
Australian broadcaster Alan Jones charged with indecent assault
In Australia, broadcaster Alan Jones has been charged with indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning over two decades. Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Whakataukī of the Week with Dale Husband
Dale Husband started his career on Aotearoa Radio and is now widely known as Radio Waatea's breakfast show host, and writer and interviewer for the online magazine E-Tangata. Audio
Who is Australian 'shock jock' Alan Jones?
Commentators say the former broadcaster - who has been charged with 24 indecent assault offences - rose to power after dominating Sydney airwaves for decades.
North & South magazine stops press
The current affairs magazine is pausing its print version to focus on its digital presence.
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 18 November 2024
In today's episode, the hikoi that left Cape Reinga a week ago is now in Porirua, ahead of the final journey to Parliament on Tuesday. Meanwhile the contingent from Te Waipounamu the South Island has… Audio
MP's haka viewed about 700 million times as Te Pāti Māori and ACT both claim credit
A video of MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performing 'Ka Mate' has now been viewed around 700 million times, a news media boss says. Audio
'You don't know what you've lost until it's not there' - Proposal to close community papers will gut local news
Mediawatch - The closure of 14 local papers in the North Island could see the end of a century-long history.
Journalist barred from accountability event for holding people accountable
Mediawatch - An award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care was briefly banned from the official apology. Why? And what did he make of it?
Local and global: a decade as a newspaper columnist
Tommy Kapai Wilson spent a decade as a columnist at The Bay of Plenty Times where he observed local events and wider societal changes. Now a richly illustrated collection of his writing, Paperboy… Audio
Mediawatch for Sunday 17th November 2024
Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers… Audio
