Colin Peacock

Cantabrians who follow sport on the radio were sad to hear last month that one of the stalwarts of local broadcasting down the years had called it quits. Brian had covered every Olympic Games since… Audio

Living in Auckland in Level 3 for so long has been taxing - and continues to be. No wonder some people have been venting their frustrations on social media - even though doing so probably doesn't do… Audio

Planned obsolesence isn't a new concept - most of us probably get a new phone every year or two, without necessarily thinking about the impact on the environment, or how we might've prolonged the… Audio

More than a decade after commiting to make poet Hone Tuwhare's final home a creative residence - his whanau is almost finished restoring and refurbishing the property. In 1992 poet Hone Tuwhare bought… Audio

At the end of August, a true veteran of the entertainment industry died at the ripe old age of 91 - actor Ed Asner. Ed Asner appeared in movies and TV shows from the mid 1950s onwards - but became a… Audio

The lockdown in August and the lockdown dragging on in Auckland has seen people turn to books for an escape This despite bookshops unable to sell books during level 4, and only post them to online… Audio

A couple of stunning results in Dubai and in Manchester. Pakistan has blown away India in the T20 World cup, winning by 10 wickets, while Liverpool humiliated Manchester United in the English Premier… Audio

As the Covid crisis deepens and lockdown levels give way to traffic lights, the mental health effects of it all are being aired more than ever in the media - sometimes along with assumptions that… Audio

Last weekend’s hastily-organised eight-hour Vaxathon TV extravaganza silenced most critics after a record number of jabs last weekend - but not all.  We ask the brains behind the broadcast - Bailey… Audio

The media marked a quarter of a century of MMP with a lot of mixed reviews on how it has changed our politics - and our country. Mediawatch talks to a documentary-maker who created one of the most… Audio

Super Saturday’s vaxathon was the biggest and longest local live TV broadcast we’ve seen for years. While some critics carped about the entertainment value, all that mattered in the end was pumping up… Audio

Big tech platforms have failed to tackle the misinformation and toxicity they spread - and their dominance of the market for digital media revenue is becoming increasingly obvious. Australia's… Video, Audio

Nine out of ten people think funding expensive new medical treatments is more important than Covid vaccines, according to news reports this week. That's pretty surprising when you consider how… Audio