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Mediawatch for 4 June 2023
9:08 AM.Mediawatch talks to the radio industry's top spokesperson who called on commercial companies to curb their rivalry - and the brains behind a small music radio network spreading around the country -… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season
7:59 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media… Read more Audio
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The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster
9:12 AM.Years before the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 residents, it was foreshadowed by another fatal fire in London which wasn't adequately investigated. A journalist who has worked on that story for six… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 28 May 2023
9:08 AM.Lessons for Loafers Lodge investigation in the long game of the UK's Grenfell saga; new fund backing business and economics coverage; an hour of Gower (and friends . . . and his issues). Audio
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An hour of Gower
9:07 AM.Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues walks a tonal tightrope - balancing comedic heckling and faux-serious investigations with in-depth reporting on important issues of the day. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch: Miami not nice
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the outrage over Paora that sparked escalating apologies from Zoo Miami - and how the media reacted to a Budget which wasn't quite what… Read more Audio
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A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus
9:12 AM.The nation’s news outlets aren’t usually interested in local government ructions in the south, but deep rifts in one dysfunctional council have made many headlines lately. When a ‘showdown’ meeting in… Read more Video, Audio
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Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals
9:10 AM.Brian Tamaki couldn't get on TV last weekend to announce the launch of a new umbrella movement to contest the next election. But other political leaders had better luck recently week getting a media… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 21 May 2023
9:08 AM.Gore blimey - a little local political difficulty pulls national media focus; Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context
9:36 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about coverage putting the Loafers Lodge disaster in context - even in the midst of chaos and confusion, some impressive… Read more Audio
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Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings
9:12 AM.Some in the media learned the lessons of Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, just as the emergency management authorities have done - and they made a concerted effort to… Read more Audio
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Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media
9:09 AM.US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's significant news sites for reliability - and even preparing ‘nutrition labels’ to warn users to treat them with caution. NewsGuard is also using human… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 May 2023
9:08 AM.Safe or sorry? Some still shrugging off storm warnings; an offshore outfit rating reliability of our news - and trying to train the AI chatbots; angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen. Audio
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Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen
9:07 AM.Midweek sports bulletins and commentaries declared that a former All Blacks coach had "slammed" modern rugby and declared it "unwatchable," prompting push-back from current All Blacks about changing… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about criticism of the Coronation coverage - and the PM grilled by the BBC on republicanism and… Read more Audio
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A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?
9:10 AM.The Coronation this weekend was an historic event that anointed a new head of state for us for the first time in 70 years - and also a made-for-media spectacle that captivated broadcasters. After the… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 7 May 2023
9:08 AM.The Coronation - constitutional conundrum or just a king-size media spectacle?; political defection takes media by surprise. Audio
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Political defection takes media by surprise
9:07 AM.Te Pāti Māori livestreams from local marae don’t usually attract much mainstream media interest. But the defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri on Wednesday was carried by every major outlet… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri
9:12 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori taking the media by surprise, a media organisation and a politician censured… Read more Audio
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Stuff takes paywall plunge
5:12 PM.After putting almost all its news online for free for a quarter of a century, Stuff launched subscription-based websites this weekend for its biggest daily papers - The Press, Waikato Times and The… Read more Audio
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Citizenship celebration turns sour in record time
9:10 AM.For 22 years, media stories regularly bemoaned Kiwis treated as second class citizens across the ditch. This week, the problem finally got resolved, only for coverage to turn to fears of a 'Great… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 30 April 2023
9:08 AM.Stuff takes the paywall plunge; fear of brain drain drowns out victory for Kiwis' rights across the ditch; economic predictions wide of the mark. Read more Audio
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Stuff to put up first paywalls for news
5:56 PM.The country’s biggest publisher of news will soon begin charging readers of three titles for news online for the first time. Stuff is launching subscription-based websites for The Dominion Post, The… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - big bills for media billionaires
10:45 PM.Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about a very bad week for two billionaire media barons - Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch - burning up credibility and cash in court, online and in… Read more Audio
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What’s the government’s post-merger media plan?
9:10 AM.The government is beefing up RNZ’s budget after scrapping the new public media entity it planned over four years. But what’s the ‘broadcasting strategy for all New Zealanders’ the minister says he’s… Read more Audio