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Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ shuffles its pack
31 Jan 2024Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about just-announced changes to RNZ National's schedule and an RNZ news story last weekend which…
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Media cop flak over MP’s startling downfall
The summer holidays are usually a dead zone for domestic political news - but the unseasonal and unexpected downfall of Golriz Ghahraman bucked the trend this month. Media copped criticism from some…
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Water woes flood silly season as news runs dry
28 Jan 2024Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, predictable reports of shark sightings signalled the start of the summer silly season. And with water running out in the capital, and a…
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Mediawatch for 28 January 2024
28 Jan 2024What you missed over summer: harmless sharks, woke worries, sewage smells and water woes flood the holiday news drought; media cop flak for coverage of Golriz Ghahraman's downfall.
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Midweek Mediawatch - Hōhā over hui coverage
24 Jan 2024In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about accusations of bias over media commentary on the national hui at Tūrangawaewae marae and the media response to…
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The Mediawatch Christmas bonus
24 Dec 2023A special edition of Mediawatch looking back on the year in the media - ending with the Mediawatch five-minute mashup of 2023’s news.
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Midweek Mediawatch - 2023 Awards
20 Dec 2023Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell and Colin Peacock joined Mark Leishman to hand out Mediawatch’s not very prestigious and not at all coveted annual awards…
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Mediawatch for 17 December 2020 - Horowhenua special
17 Dec 2023Covering news all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling income. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch's Hayden Donnel…
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Mediawatch for 17 December 2023 - Horowhenua special
17 Dec 2023Covering news all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling incomes. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch’s Hayden…
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Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage
13 Dec 2023In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a much-reported recording of Wellington’s mayor which made many headlines recently - but has not yet appeared in the real…
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From paper to platform - media's online dependence
Five years ago Dr Merja Myllylahti warned our news media were becoming dangerously dependent on global digital platforms which gave them online audiences but undercut their income and didn’t seem to…
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Todd Niall - local matters really matter
‘Look ahead, not back’ - the last words of Todd Niall after 46 years in daily journalism. The last of these were spent reporting the complicated and highly-contested issues afflicting Auckland and its…
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Midweek Mediawatch ‘Kin oath’ - new Parliament sworn in
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the new government getting underway with plenty of ceremony, lots of protest - but no…
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Mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports
Wellington’s mayor is under pressure after acknowledging an alcohol problem. Her admission was prompted by media questions about drunken ‘antics’ based in part on a reported recording which no media…
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Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one
It didn't take long for Winston Peters’ news media grievances to make headlines - and headaches - for the new government. Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to his claims of media 'bribery' -…
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Mediawatch for 3 December 2023
3 Dec 2023Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one; politics shows off air just as politics hots up; mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports.
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Midweek Mediawatch: Winston's war
29 Nov 2023In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Winston Peters' war with the media, a new streaming app for Three, and Kim Hill's farewell to RNZ.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Are we there yet? No . . .
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the ongoing process of forming a new government testing the patience of political reporters -…
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Screen producers push for tax on streamers
This week the people who make the local stuff for our screens big and small urged the powers-that-be to tax the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus to fund it. But producers here can already get tax…
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Media campaign of the century?
19 Nov 2023As we wait for a new government, one election did deliver a clear-cut result this week - Forest and Bird's Bird of the Century poll. The winner had considerable offshore input thanks to a celebrity…
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Mediawatch for 19 November 2023
19 Nov 2023Media campaign of the century; producers push for tax on streamers; the legacy of a 'true newspaperman'.
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