5 Mar 2026

Media independence is under the spotlight

From Midday Report, 12:43 pm on 5 March 2026

Media independence is under the spotlight after revelations that the chair of the TVNZ board raised its own journalists' coverage of a law and order story with the broadcasting minister Paul Goldsmith. Tim Murphy is co-editor of Newsroom and writes about politics and media for the website. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.