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  1. Midweek - Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife2024/11/20
    Midweek - Accusations of bias and a lack of impartiatality in coverage of Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti. Also the Herald v David Bain, Facebook scam surge and problems for local magazines.
  2. Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block 2024/11/16
    Why was an award-winning journalist dedicated to reporting abuse in state care briefly banned from the official apology for that this week? Also - NZME plans to close 14 local North Island papers, possibly leaving some towns without coverage.
  3. Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint2024/11/13
    Midweek - Hikoi hits the road; Seymour vs TVNZ; TV news cuts latest and how sketchy reports of a foreign football flashpoint sparked a diplomatic incident.
  4. Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media2024/11/09
    “It’s their media world now. We just live in it” - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; Media message from Trump’s triumph, how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry
  5. Midweek: He's back2024/11/06
    Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic
  6. Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy2024/11/02
    Could the boss of the country’s biggest news publisher joining a local ginger group alongside political figures compromise her own company's coverage in the capital? Also: award-winning NZ Geographic adopts maximum transparency to secure its survival
  7. Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns 2024/10/30
    Midweek: Kiwi journalists in the US ramp up election reflections - and some politicians here too. US papers cop it for u-turns on backing Harris; TVNZ backtracks on its 1 News website - and Colin meets football elite (sort of . . . )
  8. A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours2024/10/26
    A look at how US media have coped with the controversial campaign for the upcoming election there - and we look back at how our media fared covering the election here one year ago.
  9. Midweek: Sweating the small stuff2024/10/22
    Midweek - fallout from RNZ's scrapped Anika Moa podcast featuring former Labour MP Kiri Allan, intervention in the WCC, the lack of excitement about the America's Cup win, and Health NZ’s $9200 on canapés
  10. WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal2024/10/19
    Coverage of capital’s troubled city council - and claims the government could intervene. Also: news publishers respond to a survey showing more Kiwis dodging their news - and a surge in social media scam posts co-opting big names in news media.

  11. The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk2024/10/16
    Midweek - The government turns 1 (or does it?), a 'Chris-tastrophic' political poll (or was it), TVNZ news not on TV, RIP BBC Hardtalk.
  12. Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google2024/10/12
    TVNZ’s signaled more cost-saving cuts and started by scrapping its online news site next year. Meanwhile Google’s threatening to cut ties with local news altogther. What’s going on?
  13. Midweek: Cuts, checks & a rude front page2024/10/09
    TVNZ's plans to axe its news website, ministerial fact-checking from Q+A - and a rude front page from The Press.
  14. Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks big backlash; feel-good news for bad times2024/10/05
    The controversial call to cut back the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital - and how local media helped drive a big backlash. Also: Patrick Gower’s got a new ‘feel-good’ weekly show. But do we really want feelgood news in not-so-good-times?
  15. Midweek: More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting2024/10/02
    What Colin learned watching TV the old-fashioned way, and news of more cuts to come at two TV broadcasters. Also: online changes at Stuff - and a ‘crime against broadcasting’ on RNZ National.
  16. Trial trauma & mental health on-air, ABC boss on public media pressures2024/09/28
    Mediawatch talks to the boss of Australia’s public broadcaster the ABC - and the producer of a show putting mental health in the frame for the past 15 years.
    Also: fallout from the murder trial that preoccupied the media for the past two months. * this programme discusses the issue of suicide and how it is covered by the media *
  17. Bonus: Turning point for Australia’s ABC2024/09/28
    A year ago our former government torched its plan for a joined-up public broadcaster more like Australia’s one. But the ABC is a billion-dollar beast that’s also been a political football. Mediawatch asks its outgoing boss where it - and David Anderson himself - is heading.
  18. Midweek: Polkinghorne preoccupation & problem podcasts 2024/09/25
    The media’s Polkinghorne trial preoccupation - and the audience’s appetite; two problematic podcasts go offline - but for very different reasons

  19. Politicians dodge interviews, local iwi revives local paper2024/09/21
    Our media put politicians’ feet to the fire in the name of accountability - but some won't front up in the first place. Is the way they’re doing it part of the problem? Also: the local iwi steps in to save the local paper in Wairoa.
  20. Midweek: Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu 2024/09/18
    Another threat to Trump's life as sad Springfield squirms under unwanted media spotlight. Also: pushbike pushback; big-money mistake on a new artwork; a fond farewell for pioneer of political broadcasting - and an MMA quiz fail.
  21. Big city bad vibes & are media harming minorities? 2024/09/14
    Bad news about bad vibes in our big cities right now - and Wellington's woes in particular. Also: new research for the broadcasting watchdog says some minorities say discriminatory stuff is turning them off our media. But where is it coming from? And - fact checking claims about the legality of peeing in public.
  22. Epic show for new epoch in te ao Māori, road rage, toast-gate2024/09/07
    How the epic broadcast to mark a new epoch in te ao Māori was made at Tūrangawaewae Marae, media focus on small stuff in big bucks plan for roads; 'Toast-gate' prompts a backlash and a u-turn on maternity ward snacks.
  23. Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom2024/08/24
    Holding ministers to account - but also amplifying their spending statements without scrutiny; two editors in Asia holding the line on media freedom; update on advocacy ad angst.
  24. Midweek: Guns in the gun, Raygun & TV guys' new jobs2024/08/21
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a lid-lifting Sunday paper scoop about gun crime - and a minister in the spotlight over gun law reform. Also - Australian media go rogue on Raygun, and more Newshub TV talent scooped up by Stuff.
  25. The good & bad of AI in news, advert aggravation2024/08/17
    Mediawatch looks at how the news media are using artificial intelligence these days. What is AI technology good for? What is it bad at? And do media need to be ready for the fake AI content that's undermining news? Also: further fallout from a controversial advert run by The New Zealand Herald.
  26. Midweek: Herald denies Hobson's Pledge2024/08/14
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald backing away from running another ad from Hobson's Pledge, a question going begging in the coverage of the government's benefit sanctions announcement - and a cynical PR move by the All Blacks.
  27. Mediawatch for 11 August 20242024/08/10
    Mediawatch looks back at the media in the middle of political rows about race relations - and why Maori journalists want an apology over a controversial advocacy ad in the Herald. Also: how social media amplified anger over the riots in the UK - and boxing at the Olympics.
  28. Midweek: AI, the IOC & an AGM2024/08/07
    Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about reactions to the revelation the Herald used AI to write editorials - and what was revealed by coverage of the National Party's AGM last weekend. Also: some standout Olympic media moments and unexpected acapella jingles.
  29. Mediawatch for 4 August 20242024/08/03
    Mediawatch looks at a controversy over the use of AI artificial intellgince the New Zealand Herald - and asks if readers should be told when AI technology creates news content. Also: how the media jumped the gun over our lack of medals at the Olympics - and an unconvincing complaint about the All Blacks spurning our media.
  30. Midweek: Punching below our weight2024/07/31
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald using AI for an editorial - and he delves into the disappointment over our lacklustre Olympic medal count so far. Also - peeling back layers of health bureaucracy and a very personal challenge to a reality TV show.
  31. Mediawatch for 28 July 20242024/07/27
    Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the Abuse in State Care report - and the role the media played in bringing the issue to light.
  32. Midweek: Biden's bolt blindsides media 2024/07/24
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about how the media handled the news that Joe Biden had thrown in the towel - and the final report from the Inquiry into Abuse in State Care. Also Colin also looked at a revealing local report about a local high school - and something he got wrong about his own primary school days.
  33. Mediawatch for 21 July 20242024/07/20
    Mediawatch looks at what our media made of the government's new emissions plan - and how best to cover global climate change without pumping up people's despair. Mediawatch also talks to an RNZ reporter who got a rare opportunity to find out what's going on Nauru, where journalists have been kept at arm's length for years.
  34. Midweek: Breakfast gets cooked2024/07/17
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME, TVNZ's exclusive interview with isolated Green MP Darleen Tana - and Hayden apologises for mixing up his memes.
  35. Mediawatch for 14 July 20242024/07/14
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  36. Midweek: False gods of sport2024/07/10
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's financial reprieve. Also: the unhealthy obsession with the world's most famous footballer - and Emile gives Mediawatch the (remixed) gift of music.
  37. Mediawatch for 7 July 20242024/07/06
    Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place. Mediawatch takes a look at its debut - and asks the question: what do people want from the 6pm TV news these days anyway?
  38. Midweek: Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures 2024/07/03
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the government backing a law change - which they once slated in opposition - to help the media get more money from Big Tech. Also - the end of Newshub coming closer - and another round of concerning closures in the media in local newspapers, the once-mighty Sunday News and at Newstalk ZB.
  39. Mediawatch for 30 June 20242024/06/29
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  40. Midweek: A PM forced to dish his own plaudits2024/06/26
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the prime minister becoming his own hype man, a strange malfunction in RNZ's push notifications, and a grab bag of media business news.
  41. Mediawatch for 23 June 20242024/06/22
    Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here. This week Mediawatch looks at a new history of New Zealand newspapers' golden years, from one hundred years ago until the new millennium when digital technology and devices turned the news business upside down.
  42. Midweek: Plaintive plane complaints2024/06/19
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on RNZ - and a huge few months at Stuff.
  43. Mediawatch for 16 June 20242024/06/15
    How the media copped criticism for reporting allegations of personal data misused for political purposes - and the struggle to get meaningful responses from official sources. Also: the popularity of an ultra-long local podcast contradicts assumptions about short attention spans - and how one journalist's trip to his local cafe ended up as national news.
  44. Midweek: New jobs, more podcasts, fewer post-cabs2024/06/12
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about more moves between broadcasters, more new podcasts - but fewer Prime Ministerial press conferences. Also: TVNZ makes football fans happy.
  45. Mediawatch for 9 June 20242024/06/08
    Regional reporting cut back for NZME's new national focus; sports news that was too late - and too early; the controversy over cancer treatment funding missing from the Budget,can we trust surveys of our media which say we don't trust them?
  46. Midweek: Changing stories on cancer drugs2024/06/05
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's latest reason for not funding 13 cancer drugs, a mammoth loss expected at TVNZ, AI faking the news and even our contemporary history -and a slight directed at the Ōtaki Today.
  47. Mediawatch for 2 June 20242024/06/01
    Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag - so what happens next?; stories based on stats sliced from surveys; shock horror over incomplete houses.
  48. Midweek: New live news & music of the dead2024/05/29
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garner's new live morning show - and an old name for a new 6pm TV news show. Also - a couple of awkward moments at this year's national journalism awards and an awkward confrontation between a rugby coach and a reporter; an outlet devoted to the music of the dead - and who gets struck by lightning?
  49. Mediawatch for 26 May 20242024/05/25
    New Zealand's big awards for journalists were given out this week at a time when many are losing their jobs. Also - Mediawatch talks to an editor who has secured the future of two important medical magazines in tight times - and looks at coverage of the A-League scandal that's posed some awkward questions with reputations at stake.
  50. Midweek: Justice for Herbertville 2024/05/22
    Hayden Donnell and Emile Donovan apologise poetically to a small Tararua seaside settlement inadvertently insulted by RNZ online. Also: Stuff launches crime podcasts you pay for - while another new podcast hit a hitch this week; ScarJo's lawyers 1, Chat GPT nil.
  51. Mediawatch for 19 May 20242024/05/18
    A long-running plan to reform the oversight of our media has come to a sudden halt; how public toilets suddenly became political this week.
  52. Midweek: TVNZ's cuts hit the screen2024/05/15
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Fair Go and Sunday coming to a sad but dignified end this week at TVNZ, as the broadcaster itself copped criticism for its handling of the redundancies and closures. Also: a complaint against a newspaper's controversial coverage of roading and new offerings from RNZ.
  53. Mediawatch for 12 May 20242024/05/11
    Pre-budget teasers increase exposure - and scrutiny; Green MP under pressure over conduct; bid to backstop local news; Gaza coverage attract complaints - and prizes.
  54. Midweek: StuffHub takes shape2024/05/08
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about new hires for the upcoming Stuff-Newshub 6pm bulletin. Also - TVNZ and the journalists' union face off over job cuts while the outgoing boss of TV channel Three took a swipe at its state-owned rival; and a fringe online radio station's set to return after raising money from its listeners.
  55. Mediawatch for 5 May 20242024/05/04
    One opinion poll prompts intense political pushback; new report urges sweeping changes to media, law and funding - and fast; Wairoa Star closes after more than a century in print.
  56. Midweek: Polls, papers and a post-match snafu 2024/05/01
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an MP taken to task about his knowledge of the arts - and a TV producer taking on a funding agency in court. Also: a new political poll causes ructions; a century-old newspaper folds - and a spurned sportsman's great save on camera.
  57. Mediawatch for 28 April 20242024/04/27
    New media minister rolls in after PM's surprise reshuffle; TV news and current affairs on the way down here, but highly competitive across the Tasman.
  58. Midweek: Another broadcasting minister down2024/04/24
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the departure of broadcasting minister Melissa Lee - and the arrival of the next one Paul Goldsmith. Also: a controversial TV interview with the Israeli ambassador - and some truly startling stuff in a Stuff illustration.
  59. Mediawatch for 21 April 20242024/04/20
    Stuff is taking over Newshub's 6pm TV news. A bold move for an outfit that's never been a broadcaster before. Will it work? Also: Mediawatch talks to two editors about the latest survey showing another alarming slump in New Zealanders' trust in the news.
  60. Midweek: Stuff's bold TV play2024/04/17
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Stuff leaping into uncharted waters by taking on Newshub at 6. Also: TVNZ going 'beyond broadcasting,' NZ Post and NZME add to predictions of print's demise; recognition for a one-man band in Southland - and Colin's mistaken identity mix-up... again.
  61. Mediawatch for 14 April 20242024/04/13
    End of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back
  62. Midweek: Little light at the end of the TV news tunnel 2024/04/10
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an historic day - not in a good way. The confirmation of the closure of Newshub and more cuts confirmed at TVNZ means more than 300 journalists' jobs will go by midyear - and TV news and current affairs will shrivel. Also: the latest report on trust in the news media reveals a further decline - and listeners' questions about what it all means.
  63. Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ 2024/04/08
    TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a proposal to close Newshub in June is expected tomorrow from its owner Warner Brothers Discovery.
  64. Mediawatch for 7 April 20242024/04/06
    We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government's new political action plan gets the media's attention.
  65. Midweek: Chunking out some decision gates2024/04/03
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's new chunked-out action plan, a new channel coming to the ThreeNow app - and why media companies chasing online engagement risk alienating their users.
  66. Mediawatch for 31 March 20242024/03/30
    Gabrielle review lessons for media; Dolphin drama fires up media.
  67. Midweek: Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow2024/03/27
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the dolphin drama that divided the nation (and the media) last weekend - and royal revelations that overshadowed a terrorist atrocity in Moscow. Also: the PM and party leaders drop hints about upcoming policy to help cash-strapped news media.
  68. Mediawatch for 24 March 20242024/03/23
    Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech.
  69. Midweek: Rod Oram; state of the Winston 2024/03/20
    Hayden Donnell talked to Emile Donovan about Winston Peters attacking the news media in his State of the Nation speech - and the death of Rod Oram, a much-admired journalist dedicated to coverage of business and climate change. Also: how many journalists are left in New Zealand - and the rights and wrongs of airing 'hot mic' comments.
  70. Stuff deploys AI for DIY news 2024/03/16
    Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it's also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has warned AI could wreck the business of journalism - used Chat GPT to write a stories about readers' opinions. Mediawatch asks an unimpressed editor if we all just have to get used to this now.
  71. Mediawatch for 17 March 20242024/03/16
    What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news.
  72. Midweek: Manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy2024/03/13
    Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a manic Monday afternoon of news - cricket, Oscars, terror in the skies... and the post-Cabinet media conference. Also: the royal photo fakery frenzy; political responses to the TV newspocalypse; US politics satirised and fact-checked by TikTok; the leap-year community's struggles.
  73. Mediawatch for 10 March 20242024/03/09
    TVNZ has proposed big cuts to news that could leave the country with only one daily TV news bulletin and almost no current affairs on TV within weeks.
  74. Midweek: It's the end of the news as we know it?2024/03/06
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about job cuts looming at TVNZ as its crosstown rival Newshub faces a shut-down. Also: coverage of Chris Luxon's terrible, no-good week - and Heavy Metal Morning Report.
  75. Apocalypse now? 2024/03/02
    For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub's owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ambivalent government do?
  76. Three no longer a hub for news2024/03/02
    Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to shut down Newshub was met with mourning within the media - and also concern about what could replace it in the media ecosystem
  77. TVNZ's losses point to media-wide strife 2024/03/01
    Mediawatch: TVNZ's latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it's the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry.
  78. Midweek: Newshub's brutal 'proposal' 2024/02/28
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub's impending demise in a 'proposal' from the global owner. Also: is it wrong for journalists to use 'big tech' tools to scrub the sound of real people from reports - or bum notes at the Superbowl?
  79. Welfare and immigration set for a 'reset' 2024/02/24
    The PM's State of the Nation speech got the media's attention when he said welfare needs reform. He didn't mention record-level immigration but that's also been deemed unsustainable and set for a reset too. What did the media tell about these problems - and what's at stake?
  80. A lifeboat to keep news afloat?2024/02/24
    Last week the great and good of New Zealand's news media urged MPs to back a law change to make Google and Facebook pay them for their news. They say the income could be critical to the survival of journalism here. But the lobby group campaigning for better public media says there's a better way to 'send a lifeboat'.
  81. Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO2024/02/24
    As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties' anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why Swift gave New Zealand a swerve in the first place - and where the big gigs might be held in future.
  82. Mediawatch for 25 February 20242024/02/24
    Government 'resets' immigration and welfare; another way to make Google and Facebook to pay for journalism; media milk Kiwi Swifties' stadium FOMO.
  83. Midweek: A clash of polls2024/02/21
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the death of Efeso Collins, big conclusions drawn from conflicting polls - and the problems with an old media adage.
  84. MPs urged to take sides in media vs big tech tussle 2024/02/17
    Media bosses warned MPs this week journalism is in jeopardy here if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. It's based on laws already in place in Australia and Canada. Mediawatch asks the ex-editor leading the publishers' pitch how it might work.
  85. $500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected 2024/02/17
    A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need to reprioritise. But AT said the true cost was a fraction of what was reported.
  86. Mediawatch for 18 February 20242024/02/17
    Auckland's transport turmoil reports lack full facts; publishers pitch to Parliament to make Google and Facebook pay for their news.
  87. Midweek: Retail rat-astrophe & awkward interviews 2024/02/14
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the Port Hills fire prompting another state of emergency; questions posed by two awkward interviews with political leaders - and the retail rat-astrophe in our supermarkets that suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda.
  88. Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media 2024/02/10
    In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this year. Some even called it historic and a possible turning point. How did the media depict all that?
  89. Mediawatch for 11 February 20242024/02/10
    Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media; Why is Sky screening more top-dollar sport for free?
  90. Why Sky is screening some of its top-dollar sport for free2024/02/10
    Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball and league will soon screen in weekends free-to-air. Why?
  91. Midweek: Copy-and-paste Chris2024/02/07
    Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about Chris Luxon being harangued by the media for copy-and-pasting his Waitangi Day speech, an eye-opening column on police recruitment numbers - and a sensational-sounding political scoop that has yet to see the light of day.
  92. Does bad economic news trump good news? 2024/02/03
    Stories about surging inflation, successive food price rises and more Kiwis in arrears topped bulletins and filled front pages last year. But recent news about slowing inflation, cheaper food and rising business confidence hasn't had the same impact. How come?
  93. Todd Scott - taking a punt at NBR2024/02/03
    It's more than a decade since Todd Scott staked everything to buy the business news weekly where he worked, the National Business Review. Since then NBR's gone online-only, axed ads entirely and the owner moved to Fiji. During a flying visit back to HQ, Mediawatch asks Scott if he's still in it for the long haul.
  94. With one last hurrah, goneburger is goneburger2024/02/03
    When James Shaw tweeted "James Shaw goneburger" it was the zenith of one political reporter's eight-year effort to goneburger every departing politician in New Zealand. But Jo Moir is now leaving Twitter (X) - and goneburgering - behind.
  95. Mediawatch for 4 February 20242024/02/03
    This week on Mediawatch, does bad news about the economy trump good news? The end of the line for goneburger?
  96. Midweek: RNZ shuffles its pack 2024/01/31
    Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about just-announced changes to RNZ National's schedule and an RNZ news story last weekend which prompted complaints. Also: an ex-MP's emotional interviews; defining sport once and for all - and what do Jacinda Ardern and Liverpool FC have in common?
  97. Media cop flak over MP’s startling downfall 2024/01/27
    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 for reporting the allegations that led to her resignation - while others railed at media for failing to condemn her alleged crimes and playing the 'mental health card'.
  98. Water woes flood silly season as news runs dry2024/01/27
    Just 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 controversial campaign from Auckland's Watercare, even the culture wars didn't run out of steam over the holidays.
  99. Mediawatch for 28 January 20242024/01/27
    What 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.
  100. Midweek: Hōhā over hui coverage2024/01/24
    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 the downfall of Green MP Golriz Gharahman.
  101. The Mediawatch Christmas bonus 2023/12/23
    A special edition of Mediawatch looking back on the year in the media - ending with the Mediawatch five-minute mashup of 2023's news.
  102. Midweek Mediawatch - 2023 Awards 2023/12/20
    Midweek 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 - including worst media cliche, most shameless ripoff, best media drama, and media over-reaction of the year.
  103. Mediawatch for 17 December 2020 - Horowhenua special2023/12/16
    Covering 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 finds out who's doing the business in Horowhenua - and how they're doing it.
  104. Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage2023/12/13
    In 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 world. Also: a report into New Zealand's media landscape - and what will replace The Project in the 7pm current affairs slot on Three - and Dunedin set to lose its local TV news.
  105. From paper to platform - media's online dependence2023/12/09
    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 care much about news. What's the story five years on?
  106. Mediawatch for 10 December 20232023/12/09
    Parliamentary pomp and ceremony - but no honeymoon; 'From Paper to Platform'- media's online dependence; Todd Niall - local matters really matter
  107. Todd Niall - local matters really matter 2023/12/09
    '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 supercity council. Unlike his other passion - yacht racing - that's not glamorous, but Todd tells Mediawatch local matters really do matter for every citizen.
  108. Midweek Mediawatch ‘Kin oath’ - new Parliament sworn in 2023/12/06
    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 honeymoon. Also: Sky puts prices up; The Project comes to an end - and are letters to the editor on the way out?
  109. Mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports 2023/12/02
    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 outlet has yet confirmed - and which was contradicted by the only eye-witness on the record.
  110. Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one2023/12/02
    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' - and what he was hinting at.
  111. Mediawatch for 3 December 20232023/12/02
  112. Midweek Mediawatch: Winston's war2023/11/29
  113. Not the greatest story ever told 2023/11/25
  114. Watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade 2023/11/25
  115. Music journalism all but vanishes from our media2023/11/25
  116. Mediawatch for 26 November 20232023/11/25
  117. Midweek Mediawatch - Are we there yet? No . . . 2023/11/22
  118. Producers pressure government to tax Netflix and co 2023/11/18
  119. Media campaign of the century? 2023/11/18
  120. Mediawatch for 19 November 20232023/11/18
  121. 'True newspaperman' Fred Tulett leaves a legacy 2023/11/18
  122. Midweek Mediawatch - feathers fly over election outcomes2023/11/16
  123. Three bananas and a coalition cauliflower 2023/11/11
  124. Burying the Bird - is trashed Twitter facing extinction?2023/11/11
  125. Are the Irish twice as rich as us? 2023/11/11
  126. Mediawatch for 12 November 20232023/11/11
  127. Midweek Mediawatch 8 November 2023 2023/11/08
  128. Keeping it confidential to properly protect sources2023/11/04
  129. Mediawatch for 5 November 20232023/11/04
  130. Rugby in recovery as a media spectacle 2023/11/04
  131. Midweek Mediawatch - Gaps in Gaza coverage2023/11/01
  132. Whanganui - What we miss when we miss out on local news2023/10/28
  133. Mediawatch for 29 October 20232023/10/28
  134. Midweek Mediawatch - screwing the scrum2023/10/25
  135. Take me to your leader 2023/10/21
  136. Mediawatch for 22 October 20232023/10/21
  137. Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims 2023/10/21
  138. Midweek Mediawatch - PM's parlour game claim peeves press pack2023/10/18
  139. Mediawatch special - campaign culminates in a 'bluenami'2023/10/14
  140. Midweek Mediawatch - major scrutiny for minor parties 2023/10/11
  141. Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines 2023/10/07
  142. Murdoch's real life succession becomes reality 2023/10/07
  143. What are the political parties' plans for media?2023/10/07
  144. Mediawatch for 8 October 20232023/10/07
  145. Midweek Mediawatch - a sacred shield soiled2023/10/04
  146. Giving young people an election voice2023/09/30
  147. Mediawatch for 1 October 20232023/09/30
  148. A new paid-platform for news and opinion2023/09/30
  149. Midweek Mediawatch - The state of debates 2023/09/27
  150. Debate stalemates fuel election fatigue2023/09/23
  151. Current and future state of Stuff 2023/09/23
  152. Mediawatch for 24 September 20232023/09/23
  153. Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises2023/09/20
  154. Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy 2023/09/16
  155. Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length 2023/09/16
  156. Mediawatch for 17 September 20232023/09/16
  157. Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane & sporting flops 2023/09/13
  158. AI coming ready or not for our news and music 2023/09/09
  159. Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially2023/09/09
  160. Mediawatch for 10 September 20232023/09/09
  161. Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus2023/09/06
  162. Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle2023/09/02
  163. Mediawatch for 3 September 20232023/09/02
  164. Scrutiny of candidates prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'2023/09/02
  165. Midweek Mediawatch - Spain's football boss (& mum) v the world 2023/08/30
  166. Brought to you by . . . 'partners'2023/08/26
  167. Mediawatch for 27 August 20232023/08/26
  168. Low-key reveal of law to make big tech pay for news 2023/08/26
  169. Midweek Mediawatch - polling death spiral & sandwich slump 2023/08/23
  170. Our World Cup runneth over - and out. What next?2023/08/19
  171. Migrant exploitation finally in the media spotlight2023/08/19
  172. Mediawatch for 20 August 20232023/08/19
  173. Midweek Mediawatch - football and fruit & veg frenzies 2023/08/16
  174. Report finds history repeating in coverage of calls for crime crackdown 2023/08/12
  175. Mediawatch for 13 August 20232023/08/12
  176. Calling it quits after 30 years 2023/08/12
  177. Midweek Mediawatch - climate, cellphones and how not to spell cat2023/08/09
  178. Political road rage - budget holes and emissions omissions2023/08/05
  179. Putting right what went wrong with RNZ's online news2023/08/05
  180. Mediawatch for 6 August 20232023/08/05
  181. Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ review, Cup crackers, Palmy peeved2023/08/02
  182. Minister’s downfall triggers premature election speculation2023/07/29
  183. Allan’s resignation sparks another at RNZ 2023/07/29
  184. Mediawatch for 30 July 20232023/07/29
  185. Midweek Mediawatch - a media storm over a mental health crisis2023/07/26
  186. A triumph - after a day of tragedy2023/07/22
  187. Political parties roll out crime control policy2023/07/22
  188. Mediawatch for 23 July 20232023/07/22
  189. Poll analysis unhitches itself from reality2023/07/22
  190. Midweek Mediawatch - too much information too soon? 2023/07/19
  191. Could a 'mortgage bomb' blow up borrowers?2023/07/15
  192. Australia puts big tech under more pressure2023/07/15
  193. Mediawatch for 16 July 20232023/07/15
  194. Mary Holm - 25 years with readers and writers 2023/07/15
  195. Midweek Mediawatch - Greens gazumped; Cane caned 2023/07/12
  196. Christopher Luxon, the unknowable man2023/07/08
  197. The death and rebirth of a long-lasting column2023/07/08
  198. Mediawatch for 9 July 20232023/07/08
  199. Midweek Mediawatch - tipsy Tory & allegedly angry Allan2023/07/05
  200. Shock of the news - and the state of the arts2023/07/01
  201. Mediawatch for 2 July 20232023/07/01
  202. The right to be wrong - even in a crisis2023/07/01
  203. Midweek Mediawatch - a Titanic amount of coverage2023/06/28
  204. Surgery scoop sparks rows over equality and equity2023/06/24
  205. One weird trick for getting uncritical media coverage2023/06/24
  206. Mediawatch for 25 June 20232023/06/24
  207. 1XX changes hands - but not the mission2023/06/24
  208. Midweek Mediawatch - 'Mad Max' mob scenes; election fever; Ellsberg RIP2023/06/21
  209. Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘garbage’2023/06/17
  210. Mediawatch for 18 June 20232023/06/17
  211. Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ's Russiagate; 'rinky-dink' politics & forecast fatigue 2023/06/14
  212. Digging out the facts on crime and punishment2023/06/10
  213. Mediawatch for 11 June 20232023/06/10
  214. RNZ investigating Kremlin-friendly story edits2023/06/09
  215. Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in2023/06/07
  216. Mediawatch for 4 June 20232023/06/03
  217. Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season2023/05/31
  218. The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster2023/05/27
  219. Mediawatch for 28 May 20232023/05/27
  220. An hour of Gower2023/05/27
  221. Midweek Mediawatch: Miami not nice 2023/05/24
  222. A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus 2023/05/20
  223. Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals2023/05/20
  224. Mediawatch for 21 May 20232023/05/20
  225. Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context2023/05/17
  226. Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings2023/05/13
  227. Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media 2023/05/13
  228. Mediawatch for 14 May 20232023/05/13
  229. Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen2023/05/13
  230. Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new2023/05/10
  231. A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?2023/05/06
  232. Mediawatch for 7 May 20232023/05/06
  233. Political defection takes media by surprise 2023/05/06
  234. Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri2023/05/03
  235. Stuff takes paywall plunge2023/04/29
  236. Citizenship celebration turns sour in record time2023/04/29
  237. Mediawatch for 30 April 20232023/04/29
  238. Stuff to put up first paywalls for news2023/04/27
  239. Midweek Mediawatch - big bills for media billionaires2023/04/26
  240. What’s the government’s post-merger media plan?2023/04/22
  241. Mediawatch for 23 April 20232023/04/22
  242. New regional news network seeks reporters and backers2023/04/22
  243. Midweek Mediawatch - an unwanted Twitter tag2023/04/19
  244. Droning on about flying pizza - again 2023/04/15
  245. Mediawatch for 16 April 20232023/04/15
  246. A rainy day for the mayor's media freeze out2023/04/15
  247. Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage 2023/04/12
  248. Mediawatch: Turning off the news?2023/04/08
  249. Midweek Mediawatch - All the President's luggage2023/04/05
  250. Today FM turned off - and erased 2023/04/01
  251. Mediawatch for 2 April 20232023/04/01
  252. Media mismatch on an 'out-of-control mob'2023/04/01
  253. Today FM goes up in flames after on-air explosion2023/03/30
  254. Midweek Mediawatch - incorrect Corrections ad?2023/03/29
  255. A source burned and spurned - in the public interest?2023/03/25
  256. Posie the provocateur captures media's attention2023/03/25
  257. Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media 2023/03/25
  258. Mediawatch for 26 March 20232023/03/25
  259. Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist 2023/03/22
  260. Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire2023/03/18
  261. A muted media response to March 152023/03/18
  262. Mediawatch for 19 March 20232023/03/18
  263. Mis-match of the day at the BBC 2023/03/15
  264. Mediawatch for 12 March 20232023/03/11
  265. Kids and consultants - Media run the rule over opposition policy 2023/03/11
  266. Big bills for aborted media merger - but what next? 2023/03/11
  267. Mediawatch for 12 March 20232023/03/11
  268. Midweek Mediawatch - transport reporting skids and u-turns2023/03/08
  269. Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on2023/03/04
  270. Signal to noise - is AM radio really under threat?2023/03/04
  271. Mediawatch for 5 March 20232023/03/04
  272. G-word deemed a slur in news, but still fit for primetime TV2023/03/04
  273. Midweek Mediawatch - contested crime wave claims2023/03/01
  274. Mediawatch for 26 February 20232023/02/25
  275. Claims and counter-claims on post-cyclone crime spike2023/02/25
  276. Boring old infrastructure rises to the top of the agenda 2023/02/25
  277. Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media2023/02/25
  278. Midweek Mediawatch - cyclone talkback backlash2023/02/22
  279. Radio hosts fixate on schools closing as Gabrielle closes in 2023/02/18
  280. Mediawatch - before and after Gabrielle2023/02/18
  281. Midweek Mediawatch - Covering another catastrophe2023/02/15
  282. Supermarkets shaping the food price story2023/02/11
  283. Mediawatch for 12 February 20232023/02/11
  284. Southlander goes solo to tell southern stories 2023/02/11
  285. Midweek Mediawatch - the day the merger died 2023/02/08
  286. Public media policy put out of its misery2023/02/08
  287. Rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age2023/02/04
  288. Communications recriminations after the deluge 2023/02/04
  289. Mediawatch for 5 February 20232023/02/04
  290. Midweek Drongowatch: A woeful week in Wayne's world2023/02/01
  291. Political pressure on media merger pumped up 2023/01/28
  292. Mediawatch for 29 January 20232023/01/28
  293. Mixed messages on state of the highways 2023/01/28
  294. PM’s exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer2023/01/27
  295. Midweek Mediawatch - suprise demise of a PM 2023/01/25
  296. Midweek Mediawatch: The year in review2022/12/22
  297. Midweek Mediawatch December 212022/12/21
  298. Turning a more sceptical eye on the tech titans2022/12/17
  299. Mediawatch for 18 December 20222022/12/17
  300. Mediawatch's mashup of 2022 in review 2022/12/17
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