The Fold

Founded almost 20 years ago, Laneway began in the era of CDs and radio, and now finds itself in one defined by TikTok and Spotify. That it has retained its focus on new music without succumbing to nostalgia is a rare triumph of vision and curation. The festival's co-founder Danny Rogers and Julian Carswell, creative producer for the Auckland show, join Duncan Greive on The Fold to explain how they...

Clare Winterbourn is a New Zealander who moved to Sydney in the 00s, and now runs Born Bred Talent, the most impactful talent agency in social media across Australia and Aotearoa. She represents powerhouse talent like the Inspired Unemployed and Uce Gang, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to give an unparalleled insight into TikTok, Instagram and YouTube – the most powerful new media forces of t...

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: She arrived off the boat from Ireland, and within a couple of years was interviewing the prime minister weekly. That led to one of the biggest political scoops of the decade, a long career at RNZ and the extraordinary life she lays bare in her acclaimed memoir Grand...

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Over the past two years TikTok has risen to become the cultural heart of the internet, for better and worse. And throughout that time, Kate Lindsay has been there to document it. The former staffer with The Atlantic joins Duncan Greive live from New York to spend a...

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Red Nicholas is the founder of the D*List, a bold new media brand which just launched aiming to provide a salty, raw and exuberant platform for, by and about disabled people. He and editor Olivia Shivas join Duncan Greive to explain the genesis and kaupapa behind th...

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Gaven Morris oversaw the entire news division of the ABC during a transition from a public radio and TV behemoth, to a market leading digital operation. He talks with Duncan Greive to share what he learned in that process, and give his advice on what the future of R...

SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 2023 is the crossover to end all crossovers. From int...

Founder of LitCrawl and editor of The Spinoff Books Claire Mabey has a front-row seat to what has been a vibrant decade for books locally and overseas. She joins Duncan Greive to discuss the impact of BookTok on the publishing industry and why she could never have started LitCrawl today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duncan Greive runs through highlights from the recent NZ TV awards, discusses the dangers baked into TVNZ’s dominance, and theorises what might happen with poking the government bear during a particularly sensitive time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Monday marks the first week of retirement for one of New Zealand’s greatest beat reporters. Todd Niall started his career in print in 1977, but spent a glorious 33 years at RNZ, the latter part of it delivering brilliant reporting on Tāmaki Makaurau as it became the super city. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss his career, leaving RNZ for Stuff and the specific challenges of cover...

New Zealand’s most internationally acclaimed living artist, Simon Denny has built his career on extremely close reading of and responding to the impact of technology on society and culture. On the eve of a major new work at Auckland Art Gallery, he joins Duncan Greive for a conversation about the original mass media, and how technology has informed his practice. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Chris Schulz has spent years reporting on a healthy New Zealand music industry. Now, the rise of tech platforms like Tik Tok and the decay of music media have made it a really challenging landscape for artists and journalists alike. He talks to Duncan Greive to discuss what’s bedevilling the industry, and what we can do to solve its issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

The tech and startup community can, at times, be hostile to the idea of journalism. Caffeine Daily plans to change this. They've hired one of this country’s best business journalists to oversee a site with a different and innovative approach to a fascinating sector. Founders James Hurman and Julie Gill sit down with Duncan Greive to explain what they’re up to. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

With historical context and Three's no show in mind, Duncan Greive gives his thoughts on TVNZ’s annual Showcase event held this week and what it signals for the current strength of the media industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the founder of a number of New Zealand’s most enduring and thoughtful publications, Vincent Heeringa has spent years operating in spaces like sustainability, technology and marketing. He is also Duncan Greive’s former boss. He joins the podcast to discuss how the world has come to be dominated by the exact conversations he's been having for years, and what lessons he's learned along the way. Le...

It’s normal for comedians to have parallel careers in writing or acting – but few people in this business have range like Tom Sainsbury. His latest project is his most ambitious yet – a chilling, thrilling horror film called Loop Track. He joins Duncan Greive to discuss how his extraordinary career has lead to this role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He had a long career at the Sunday Star-Times, running the sports pages when they dominated the national conversation. Then the internet happened, and Michael Donaldson felt the light go out. He turned a taste for craft beer into the Pursuit of Hoppiness, a print publication and Substack which exemplifies the power of niche media. He joins Duncan Greive on The Spinoff to talk about his long, circu...

Duncan Greive hits the studio to analyse what’s driving the shock decision to end Three’s popular and successful 7pm news-entertainment hybrid The Project. He digs into recent ratings and explains the history and function of 7pm shows in New Zealand, then imagines what might come next from the digital-first direction hinted at in an email from Newshub’s Sarah Bristow. Learn more about your ad choi...

She became a spokesperson for gaming almost by accident, but as chairperson of the New Zealand Game Developers Association, Chelsea Rapp went on to score the industry’s biggest ever win in this year’s budget. She joins Duncan Greive to discuss how she secured a tax rebate scheme for the gaming sector that is similar to Australia's and the growth she believes the extra investment will bring in the...

Paula Browning is the chair of WeCreate, an umbrella organisation which represents the interests of design, screen, fashion, music and more – a combined $15bn sector. Yet it still struggles to get attention and funding from government. Browning speaks to Duncan Greive to make the case for that to change in the next government, no matter which party is leading it. Learn more about your ad choices....

In the aftermath on an underwhelming Better Public Media NZ debate, in which half the parties didn’t show, Duncan Greive goes solo to vent his frustrations on the current state of political engagement with media in New Zealand, and why the underlying issues matter in what (he self-interestedly thinks) are quite profound ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic saw a huge surge in share prices, as investors processed the step-changed reality of an extremely online, locked down population. Stake distinguishes itself from other trading platforms not just in focusing on a more strategic investor, but also in using content as a core part of its way of gathering and connecting to audiences. Its CMO Bryan Wilmot joins Duncan Greive to talk about t...

Yesterday NZME announced the formation of ZB+, a new subscription platform associated with its much-loved, much-loathed Newstalk ZB brand. It will be edited by Philip Crump, a lawyer-turned-Substacker who found big audiences wading into uncomfortable areas. Reaction to the idea was mostly negative, but Duncan Greive thinks it’s the right play, and explains why in this monopod. Learn more about you...

She has spent her career in television, but when the position of CEO for the NZFC came up, Annie Murray found the opportunity irresistible. She joins Duncan Greive to talk about what makes a New Zealand film, how the sector is handling the prolonged actors and writers strikes, and what recent changes to government incentives are likely to do for the embattled sector. Learn more about your ad choic...

The challenge of climate change is discussed every day, but another issue that's almost as knotty: how do we talk about it in a way which induces the desired response? Nikki Wright runs Wright Communications and has worked with clients like Toyota and Urgent Couriers for almost 20 years in the sustainability space. David Robertson runs Hardwired, a consultancy which deploys behavioural psychology...