Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Death, danger, disaster and violence dominate summer news; the fallout from a controversial documentary; the teapot tape leak; Blanket Man in the media. (35′01″)

The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments - and updates recent stories from Mediawatch one last time in 2011. This month: reaction to proposals for one media regulator to regulate them all; TVNZ's new pay-TV partnership with Sky; good and bad press during the election campaign; a curmudgeonly columnist's churnalism; The Herald goes crime-crazy; Air NZ plays the news media like a puppet on a string (32′13″)

Controversial proposals to keep the media honest in the future; Mediawatch looks back at the good, bad and the ugly in the media in 2011. (35′26″)

TVNZ in business with Sky, and what it means for viewers; major freedom surveys back NZ - but not other Pacific countries; and a sensitive interview bungled. (35′19″)

Political punch-ups, why we could get more details of court cases in the media than juries hear in courtrooms and a international TV star who doesn't watch TV. (35′30″)

The Mediawatch team looks at the coverage of election night on radio, on TV and online; how the campaign unfolded in the media; how NZ First returned from the media wilderness; and the likely long-term impact of that 'teapot tape'. (35′30″)

Has the public interest been served in the teapot tape affair?; and an Australian journalist on reporting the Pike River disaster. (35′17″)

What the political parties contesting the election have in mind for the media; how one woman became the face of poverty. (35′21″)

The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch - with guest Toby Manhire. This month: one eyed-rugby coverage; what we missed while the Cup was on; exclusions from election campaign coverage; dropping Bomber - and bomber Barbie (38′37″)

Making sense of the sudden surge of election campaign coverage; Australian inquiries which could have an impact here; the futile hunt for baby seven billion. (35′22″)

Was the wall-to-wall RWC coverage over the top? And will it change the way sport is covered in future?; some of the mistakes made in the media during the rugby; the election campaign kick-off; do they think we're all on drugs? (35′22″)

The media mauling of Wallaby Quade Cooper; what visiting journalists made of our media during the RWC - and the picture of NZ painted overseas; how tabloids turned a morbid murder mystery into a cannibal killing. (34′05″)

The response to disaster in the Bay of Plenty; online anguish over dropped Bomber and how Australia has less rugby, but more satire on screen. (33′58″)

The groin strain that gutted a nation; Parliament punishes the Herald; and the fallout from the PM playing DJ. (35′17″)

The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch. This month: A right royal celebrity frenzy; tabloid tendencies on the rise; scientific shortcomings in the modern media; the reaction to books by Hager and Holmes; Coro Street backlash; rugby wars update. (39′29″)