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We talk to someone who was on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the explosion 40 years ago. Audio

TVNZ’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could end up with almost no national current affairs on TV within weeks. It’s a…

Tony Stamp meets the people behind some of New Zealand's smaller record labels, marketing and distributing music they love. It's often done in their free time, for little, if any, profit… Audio

In this extract from Everything I Know About Books Mary McCallum, of Mākaro Press explains how she came to publish a modern New Zealand classic - Auē! by Becky Manawatu.

The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into what had been a relatively subdued election campaign. Its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better… Audio

Alexander Behse explains how he came to tell the story of Peter Ellis and the Christchurch Civic Creche Case.

Three years ago Sinead Boucher took over the country’s biggest publisher of news from Aussie owners who gave it away “like a set of steak knives.” In the absence of big backers and the government… Audio

In the 1990s, a flight of stairs on Auckland's High Street led to the pioneering clubs Box and Cause Celebre. Tony Stamp talked to some of the people who were there. Audio

This weekend live American late-night shows - The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live plus those hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers - go off-air and turn to repeats… Audio

Prime Minister’s farewell speeches are rare events. We have photos, video and the full transcript of Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory address. Video, Audio

Perlina Lau picks out six of the best on the streamers this month, including the return of the Roy dynasty in Succession and the much anticipated second series of Yellowjackets. Video

National MP Maureen Pugh was censured by her bosses and made to walk back her words after calling man-made climate change into question earlier this week. But similar sentiments still find a platform… Audio

When Che-Fu released his 2nd album Navigator it charted new territory for New Zealand Hip Hop. Its seamless blending of reggae, RnB and Hip Hop telling real life experiences reflected a truly Pacific… Audio

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar was already controversial before this weekend’s kick-off. Organisers have told the media to ‘focus on the football’ but human rights, workers’ suffering and and allegations… Video, Audio

This week in Parliament, a Member's Bill is duelling with a Government Bill to enable easier transferral between the Māori and general electoral rolls.

Award-winning music producer Joel Little talks to Kim Hill about songwriting, ambition and the brand-new music-making hub he's created in Auckland. Video, Audio

While New Zealand comedy is often branded as self-deprecating, laconic and deadpan, media studies lecturer Nick Holm says the defining characteristic is that it's a bit s**t. Audio

Parliament at night is a different vibe to Parliament during the day. Staff numbers on precinct have mostly thinned out, but it's a time when the weird and wonderful can happen. Audio

Booker Prize-winning Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his new novel, Young Mungo which is breaking hearts. Young Mungo develops into a romance between two teenage boys… Audio

The House sits down with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, David Wilson, whose team runs the machinery of Parliament. Audio

Newshub's Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer and cameraman Dan Pannett have witnessed some of the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine first-hand. They talk to The Detail about what it's like… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media targeted in Gaza live on TV - and the Gaza crisis spilling over into sport on screen. Also - an… Video, Audio

A core part of your business is screening the world’s sport to customers keen enough to pay for it. Then Covid stops almost all of it stone dead. What do you do? Mediawatch asks a Sky exec how they… Video, Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about claims a new train service is a "railway renaissance" or a slow train to nowhere. Also: Stuff beefs up… Audio

A single tweet sparked bulletin-leading calls to scrap one of our most enduring and most-watched local TV shows this week. Many arguing whether the show was racist or not also admitted they don't… Audio

Tony Stamp examines new albums from chucklesome Christchurch singer-songwriter Jed Parsons, golden-voiced RnB muso Jordan Gavet, and frenetic UK post-punks Shame. Audio

Mediawatch looks at how the blame game played out in the media over the latest Covid cluster and the rulebreakers - while the previously-praised Covid communications strategy was called into question… Audio

People are used to getting news from public broadcasters paid for by taxpayers - or as a customer of commercial media organisations. But is news as a social enterprise an idea whose time has come… Video, Audio

In warehouses near motorways and on backlots in West Auckland, players who contract to the movie industry are making their mark - in business, and on the world.  Audio

On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about who's responsible for Facebook comments, and how the media should cover peddlers of misinformation. Audio