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Time for govt to 'front up' on public broadcasting plan - media expert
29 Jan 2020The government is being criticised for keeping the future of public broadcasting a mystery.
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Cabinet agrees on RNZ, TVNZ public broadcasting decision
Cabinet is forging ahead with the plan to create a new, super-sized public broadcaster, but ministers have taken some convincing.
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Sussex pair's retreat prompts right royal media pile on
26 Jan 2020Mediawatch: It was no surprise that Harry and Meghan's decision to retreat from royalty fired up the hyperactive British media. But half a world away, ours were strangely in a frenzy over it too. Audio
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Low-flying helicopters to measure minerals around Queenstown
22 Jan 2020A specially adapted helicopter is completing the third part of an aerial survey over Queenstown this month.
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MediaWorks sells TV studios
15 Jan 2020MediaWorks has reached an agreement to sell its Auckland property, housing its head office and television studios.
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National criticises public broadcasting decision delays
The National Party is slating the delay of a final Cabinet decision on public broadcasting as the latest broken promise in the government's so-called "year of delivery".
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Media Council rules ODT Samoa measles cartoon 'gratuitously hurtful'
23 Dec 2019The Otago Daily Times cartoon joking about the Samoa measles epidemic was "gratuitously hurtful" and had a "racist quality", the Media Council has found.
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Robert Downey Jr's doco features University of Auckland's AI baby
22 Dec 2019YouTube has premiered a Robert Downey Jr-fronted series, with the first episode focusing on a University of Auckland lab's research project. Video
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Concern journalists could be used as 'de facto servants' of foreign spies
22 Dec 2019Mediawatch - Dan Eaton wrote No White Lies - a thriller involving a kidnapping, spies and dodgy journalism. He's also a former editor and the national security policy director at the Department of the… Audio
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Cycle of outrage called out on talkback
22 Dec 2019Mediawatch - To pump up interest in its transport policy, the National Party spoon-fed the media part of it: police fining cyclists who spurn cycleways. But the prospect of Bike Force Raptor… Audio
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On the brink? The state of our media in 2019
Mediawatch: Our Fourth Estate is "collapsing" according to Winston Peters. But what does the most comprehensive annual survey of the state of it all reveal? Audio
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Media probe risks and rewards of adventure tourism
Mediawatch: The media were in emergency mode again this week, raising key questions about tourism's risks and rewards - and some got involved in the emotional push to recover those missing on Whakaari… Audio
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Louise Nicholas calls for ODT and Tremain apology over 2004 rape case cartoon
6 Dec 2019Sexual abuse survivor Louise Nicholas is demanding an apology from the Otago Daily Times and its cartoonist Garrick Tremain after revelations he made light of her rape case. Audio
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Controversial Otago Daily Times cartoon: 'We got it wrong'
5 Dec 2019The Otago Daily Times has issued a front-page apology for Samoa measles cartoon and thanked the "many thousands of people" who told them it had no place in modern society.
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Students 'a lot more active' after mobile phone ban
3 Dec 2019Students at an Auckland secondary school are rediscovering the joy of card games, lunch time play and the simple art of conversation thanks to a total ban on phones during the school day.
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RNZ and TVNZ media proposal enters tricky territory
Mediawatch looks at a plan formed behind closed doors which could be the biggest shake-up in broadcasting for 30 years. Audio
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Plain sailing: Travel bucks the trend bringing big dollars for print media
24 Nov 2019Mediawatch - Newspapers have been shrinking for years along with the advertising that pays the bills - but travel is proving the exception. Does this compromise commitments to sustainability? Audio
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Listen to Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
23 Nov 2019Listen live to Saturday Morning as Kim Hill delves into current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.
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Google to restrict political adverts worldwide
21 Nov 2019Google will no longer allow political campaigns to target advertising at people based on their supposed political leanings.
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NZME confirms it is in discussions to buy Stuff
19 Nov 2019The Commerce Minister is refusing to comment on reports the government is backing a new bid from NZME to buy Stuff.
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'Bolstering public broadcasting is the answer' - Ardern
14 Nov 2019The Prime Minister says doing nothing to address the challenges facing public broadcasting in New Zealand is not an option, after news of a proposal to replace RNZ and TVNZ.
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Cautionary tales about your digital data
10 Nov 2019Mediawatch: As Facebook faces legal pushback in the US for exploiting users' data, three reporters here produced eye-opening tales of online intrusion into people's most private stuff for commercial… Audio
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Ian Cross: editor, broadcast boss, critic and conscience
17 Nov 2019Mediawatch: Former public broadcasting boss and Listener editor Ian Cross died this month leaving a lasting legacy in journalism. He also presided over the creation of TVNZ and New Zealand's first TV… Audio
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Listen to Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
16 Nov 2019Listen live to Saturday Morning as Kim Hill delves into current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.
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