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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. Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell and Col...

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. Major media organisations have been cutting back in the regions for years leaving reporters thin on the ground - and local...

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. In this week's...

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? Five years ago Dr Merja Myllylahti warned our news media were becoming dangerously dependent on global digital platforms which gave them online aud...

Parliamentary pomp and ceremony - but no honeymoon; 'From Paper to Platform'- media's online dependence; Todd Niall - local matters really matter Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

'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. 'Look ahead, not back' - the f...

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? Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Ma...

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. Wellington's mayor is under pressure after acknowledging an alcohol problem. Her admission was prompted...

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. 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...

Claims 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. Mediawatch looks at how Winston Peters' grievances against the media made headlines this week - as soon as the new government took power. Also: reports that have put Wellington's mayor under pressure - and why are all the weekly TV...

In 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. In 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. Go to t...

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 political reporters with so little information for so long. It wasn't exactly season 4 of Borgen. The three political coalition partners finally sealed the deal on Friday, bringing to an end more than 40 d...

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 media, including the internet, but that slow-moving overhaul looks stalled. What does the Broadcasting Standards Authority want from our new rulers? The chief of the country's most powerful media w...

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 hotly-contested in our papers and magazines. We ask a former entertainment editor where that went and what could bring it back. This week the country's biggest arts funding agency published a plan to boos...

Parties seal the coalition deal to end long limbo for media; watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade; media tuning out of music journalism; Covid response reckons ramp up in inquiry season. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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 - and the audience. Also: more financial woe for media companies, 123 years of history ends in Invercargill - and Australia's rugby boss meets a sticky end. Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly...

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 breaks and public funding, so can they really persuade the incoming government to make the streaming services another source of funds? This week the people who make the local stuff for our screens big and...

As 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 comedian's campaign which generated heaps of media exposure - but also some claims of media manipulation. As we wait for a new government, one election did deliver a clear-cut result this week - Forest...

Media campaign of the century; producers push for tax on streamers; the legacy of a 'true newspaperman'. This week, Mediawatch looks at producers putting pressure on the incoming government to tax the likes of Netflix and Amazon - and the legacy left by old-school newspaper editors. Also: as we wait for a new government, one election did deliver a clear-cut result this week Go to this episode on r...

Long-serving Southland Times editor Fred Tulett has died - leaving a legacy of more than 50 years in journalism in which he mentored many top journalists who followed in his footsteps. Long-serving Southland Times editor Fred Tulett has died - leaving a legacy of more than 50 years in journalism in which he mentored many top journalists who followed in his footsteps. On Wednesday last week the Sou...

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about allegations of foreign interference in the Bird of the Century vote - and dubious concerns about the general election result. In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about allegations of foreign interference in the Bird of the Century vote - and dubious concern...

The news media see themselves as the eyes and ears of the public - but so far political leaders have mostly turned a deaf ear to their questions about forming the new government. How are they handling the silent treatment? The news media see themselves as the eyes and ears of the public - but so far political leaders have mostly turned a deaf ear to their questions about forming the new government...

Twitter emerged as an important source of live updates, news and images during the Arab Spring more than a decade ago. Many in the media also joined the platform to share news and commentary with users worldwide. But a year after Elon Musk took it over, 'X' is a mess - and a group of local users recently gathered to 'Bury the Bird' for good. Twitter emerged as an important source of live updates,...

This week Mediawatch looks at how the media have followed the formation of the next government going on behind closed doors. Also: a push to persuade policymakers to emulate Ireland's economy - and local media people lamenting the decline of what was the media's favourite social media platform, Twitter. This week Mediawatch looks at how the media have followed the formation of the next government...

Mediawatch - A business lobby group is urging New Zealand to emulate Ireland, which has a GDP twice as big as ours - but is the GDP picture warped? The incoming government wants to grow the economy and attract more foreign investment. A leading business lobby group is urging us to emulate Ireland, which had a GDP the same size as ours 30 years ago, but now has a GDP twice as big. The statistics ar...