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Mediawatch: Whatever happened to NZ's music journalism?
Music reviews and writing used to be eagerly read in our papers and magazines. Mediawatch asks a former entertainment editor where that went and what could bring it back. Audio
Kim Hill talks to Jim Mora: 'There is nobody who fails to be interesting'
After making her name as an unparalleled interviewer over decades of broadcasting, Kim Hill switched places today and let Sunday Morning's Jim Mora ask her the questions. Watch it here. Audio
Not the greatest story ever told
The three political coalition partners finally sealed the deal on Friday, bringing to an end more than 40 days of limbo - and Shane Jones' biblical quotes. Never has so much been said by so many… Audio
Watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade
The chief of the country’s most powerful media watchdog says we need new laws now to hold media to account in future. The outgoing government had a plan for one single body to oversee rules for all… Video, Audio
Mediawatch for 26 November 2023
Parties seal the coalition deal to end long limbo for media; watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade; media tuning out of music journalism; Covid response reckons ramp up in inquiry season. Audio
Music journalism all but vanishes from our media
This week the country’s biggest arts funding agency published a plan to boost coverage of culture which has been dwindling in our media. Music reviews and writing used to be eagerly-read and… Audio
Short-Cut with Dan Slevin
This week Dan's got 3 movies for us including a dystopian future comedy, a focused on the biggest star on television in the 1970s and the the original documentary that inspired Taika Waititi's new… Audio
'Fred Is Cold' and the first Mental Health Film Fest.
Aotearoa's first Mental Health Film Festival is currently touring the country. It's had stops in Auckland & Christchurch, with events in Wellington, Hamilton, Napier & Tauranga still to come. The… Audio
Lynn Freeman's pick of the science pods
Lynn Freeman joins Mark Leishman to review the pick of the podcasts. This week she's sharing her pick of science podcasts. Featuring: Ologies, The Naked Scientists, Inside Science & NASAs Curious… Audio
The Panel with Ruth Money and Duane Major (Part 2)
Today on The Panel, Wallace and guests Ruth and Duane talk about the future of Auckland CBD and whether locals will cope without a soon-to-be-demolished multi-story carpark.
The panelists also… Audio
New NZ-made plane to save lives in natural disasters
New Zealand's only commercial aircraft manufacturing company has built a new plane to save lives during natural disasters and fight fires. NZAero CEO Stephen Burrows speaks to Jesse. Audio
Is life worth living after 90?
A new play set to premiere this Saturday at Wellington's Circa Theatre tackles a subject tackles that often bothers many people: "Is life worth living after 90?" That's the core question at the centre… Audio
150-year milestone for independently owned West Coast newspaper
One of New Zealand's smallest independent daily newspapers turns 150 today.
OpenAI's latest breakthrough a threat to humanity, board heard
CEO Sam Altman was fired after staff wrote a letter claiming their latest advance was a step towards an artificial general intelligence, sources say.
Tech: Sam Altman back after sacking debacle, Optus CEO quits
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at the debacle over the firing of Sam Altman as OpenAI's CEO. The non-profit is behind the hugely successful AI ChatGPT, but Altman was sacked by the board… Audio
Good as gold: New Kiwi platform shakes up gold investing
Gold has long been considered a safe investment; one that's more immune from vagaries of the market or global uncertainties. It's also out of the reach of most people. A new trading platform is being… Audio
NZ aeronautical company develops new plane
A Kiwi aeronautical company with a chequered past has developed a new plane it says can help save lives during natural disasters, and fight the impacts of climate change.
NZ Aero, based in Hamilton… Audio
Māori being used as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology says ethicist
A Māori technology ethicist says the government is allowing tech companies to use Māori as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology.
A Māori Reference Group at the Ministry of Social Development… Audio
Sam Altman back as CEO of OpenAI days after being fired
Generative AI is the extraordinary new technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.
It works by predicting what's likely to come next. But even ChatGPT is unlikely to have predicted the recent… Audio
