Mediawatch

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Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.

Episode Date
Midweek Mediawatch - polls, papers and a post-match snafu
May 01, 2024
Mediawatch for 28 April 2024
Apr 27, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Another broadcasting minister down
Apr 24, 2024
Mediawatch for 21 April 2024
Apr 20, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Stuff's bold TV play
Apr 17, 2024
Mediawatch for 14 April 2024
Apr 13, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - little light at the end of the TV news tunnel
Apr 10, 2024
Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ
Apr 08, 2024
Mediawatch for 7 April 2024
Apr 06, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - chunking out some decision gates
Apr 03, 2024
Mediawatch for 31 March 2024
Mar 30, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow
Mar 27, 2024
Mediawatch for 24 March 2024
Mar 23, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Rod Oram; state of the Winston
Mar 20, 2024
Mediawatch for 17 March 2024
Mar 16, 2024
Stuff deploys AI for DIY news
Mar 16, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy
Mar 13, 2024
Mediawatch for 10 March 2024
Mar 09, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - it's the end of the news as we know it?
Mar 06, 2024
Mediawatch: Apocalypse now?
Mar 02, 2024
Three no longer a hub for news
Mar 02, 2024
TVNZ's losses point to media-wide strife
Feb 29, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Newshub's brutal 'proposal'
Feb 28, 2024
Welfare and immigration set for a 'reset'
Feb 24, 2024
A lifeboat to keep news afloat?
Feb 24, 2024
Mediawatch for 25 February 2024
Feb 24, 2024
Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO
Feb 24, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - A clash of polls
Feb 21, 2024
MPs urged to take sides in media vs big tech tussle
Feb 17, 2024
$500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected
Feb 17, 2024
Mediawatch for 18 February 2024
Feb 17, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Retail rat-astrophe & awkward interviews
Feb 14, 2024
Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media
Feb 10, 2024
Mediawatch for 11 February 2024
Feb 10, 2024
Why Sky is screening some of its top-dollar sport for free
Feb 10, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch: Copy-and-paste Chris
Feb 07, 2024
Does bad economic news trump good news?
Feb 03, 2024
Todd Scott - taking a punt at NBR
Feb 03, 2024
With one last hurrah, goneburger is goneburger
Feb 03, 2024
Mediawatch for 4 February 2024
Feb 03, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ shuffles its pack
Jan 31, 2024
Media cop flak over MP’s startling downfall 
Jan 27, 2024
Water woes flood silly season as news runs dry
Jan 27, 2024
Mediawatch for 28 January 2024
Jan 27, 2024
Midweek Mediawatch - Hōhā over hui coverage
Jan 24, 2024
The Mediawatch Christmas bonus
Dec 23, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - 2023 Awards
Dec 20, 2023
Mediawatch for 17 December 2020 - Horowhenua special
Dec 16, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage
Dec 13, 2023
From paper to platform - media's online dependence
Dec 10, 2023
Mediawatch for 10 December 2023
Dec 09, 2023
Todd Niall - local matters really matter
Dec 09, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch ‘Kin oath’ - new Parliament sworn in
Dec 06, 2023
Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one
Dec 02, 2023
Mediawatch for 3 December 2023
Dec 02, 2023
Mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports
Dec 02, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch: Winston's war
Nov 29, 2023
Not the greatest story ever told
Nov 25, 2023
Watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade
Nov 25, 2023
Mediawatch for 26 November 2023
Nov 25, 2023
Music journalism all but vanishes from our media
Nov 25, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Are we there yet? No . . .
Nov 22, 2023
Producers pressure government to tax Netflix and co
Nov 18, 2023
Media campaign of the century?
Nov 18, 2023
Mediawatch for 19 November 2023
Nov 18, 2023
'True newspaperman' Fred Tulett leaves a legacy
Nov 18, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - feathers fly over election outcomes
Nov 16, 2023
Three bananas and a coalition cauliflower
Nov 11, 2023
Burying the Bird - is trashed Twitter facing extinction?
Nov 11, 2023
Mediawatch for 12 November 2023
Nov 11, 2023
Are the Irish twice as rich as us?
Nov 11, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch 8 November 2023
Nov 08, 2023
Rugby in recovery as a media spectacle
Nov 04, 2023
Keeping it confidential to properly protect sources
Nov 04, 2023
Mediawatch for 5 November 2023
Nov 04, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Gaps in Gaza coverage
Nov 01, 2023
Whanganui - What we miss when we miss out on local news
Oct 28, 2023
Mediawatch for 29 October 2023
Oct 28, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - screwing the scrum
Oct 25, 2023
Take me to your leader
Oct 21, 2023
Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims
Oct 21, 2023
Mediawatch for 22 October 2023
Oct 21, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - PM's parlour game claim peeves press pack
Oct 18, 2023
Mediawatch special - campaign culminates in a 'bluenami'
Oct 14, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - major scrutiny for minor parties
Oct 11, 2023
Media shift blame for misleading tax policy headlines
Oct 07, 2023
What are the political parties' plans for media?
Oct 07, 2023
Murdoch's real life succession becomes reality
Oct 07, 2023
Mediawatch for 8 October 2023
Oct 07, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - a sacred shield soiled
Oct 04, 2023
Giving young people an election voice
Sep 30, 2023
Mediawatch for 1 October 2023
Sep 30, 2023
A new paid-platform for news and opinion
Sep 30, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - The state of debates
Sep 27, 2023
Current and future state of Stuff
Sep 23, 2023
Debate stalemates fuel election fatigue
Sep 23, 2023
Mediawatch for 24 September 2023
Sep 23, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises
Sep 20, 2023
Un-spun numbers don't derail duelling versions of the economy
Sep 16, 2023
Stuff keeps Open AI at arm's length
Sep 16, 2023
Mediawatch for 17 September 2023
Sep 16, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane & sporting flops
Sep 13, 2023
AI coming ready or not for our news and music 
Sep 10, 2023
Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially
Sep 09, 2023
Mediawatch for 10 September 2023
Sep 09, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus
Sep 06, 2023
Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle
Sep 03, 2023
Mediawatch for 3 September 2023
Sep 02, 2023
Scrutiny of candidates prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'
Sep 02, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Spain's football boss (& mum) v the world
Aug 30, 2023
Low-key reveal of law to make big tech pay for news
Aug 27, 2023
Brought to you by . . . 'partners'
Aug 26, 2023
Mediawatch for 27 August 2023
Aug 26, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - polling death spiral & sandwich slump
Aug 23, 2023
Migrant exploitation finally in the media spotlight
Aug 20, 2023
Our World Cup runneth over - and out. What next?
Aug 19, 2023
Mediawatch for 20 August 2023
Aug 19, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - football and fruit & veg frenzies
Aug 16, 2023
Report finds history repeating in coverage of calls for crime crackdown
Aug 13, 2023
Mediawatch for 13 August 2023
Aug 12, 2023
Calling it quits after 30 years
Aug 12, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - climate, cellphones and how not to spell cat
Aug 09, 2023
Political road rage - budget holes and emissions omissions
Aug 06, 2023
Putting right what went wrong with RNZ's online news
Aug 05, 2023
Mediawatch for 6 August 2023
Aug 05, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ review, Cup crackers, Palmy peeved
Aug 02, 2023
Allan’s resignation sparks another at RNZ
Jul 30, 2023
Minister’s downfall triggers premature election speculation
Jul 29, 2023
Mediawatch for 30 July 2023
Jul 29, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - a media storm over a mental health crisis
Jul 26, 2023
A triumph - after a day of tragedy
Jul 23, 2023
Poll analysis unhitches itself from reality
Jul 23, 2023
Political parties roll out crime control policy
Jul 22, 2023
Mediawatch for 23 July 2023
Jul 22, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - too much information too soon?
Jul 19, 2023
Could a 'mortgage bomb' blow up borrowers?
Jul 16, 2023
Australia puts big tech under more pressure
Jul 15, 2023
Mediawatch for 16 July 2023
Jul 15, 2023
Mary Holm - 25 years with readers and writers
Jul 15, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Greens gazumped; Cane caned
Jul 12, 2023
The death and rebirth of a long-lasting column
Jul 09, 2023
Mediawatch for 9 July 2023
Jul 08, 2023
Christopher Luxon, the unknowable man
Jul 08, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - tipsy Tory & allegedly angry Allan
Jul 05, 2023
Shock of the news - and the state of the arts
Jul 01, 2023
Mediawatch for 2 July 2023
Jul 01, 2023
The right to be wrong - even in a crisis
Jul 01, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - a Titanic amount of coverage
Jun 28, 2023
One weird trick for getting uncritical media coverage
Jun 25, 2023
Surgery scoop sparks rows over equality and equity
Jun 24, 2023
Mediawatch for 25 June 2023
Jun 24, 2023
1XX changes hands - but not the mission
Jun 24, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - 'Mad Max' mob scenes; election fever; Ellsberg RIP
Jun 21, 2023
Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘garbage’
Jun 17, 2023
Mediawatch for 18 June 2023
Jun 17, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ's Russiagate; 'rinky-dink' politics & forecast fatigue
Jun 14, 2023
Digging out the facts on crime and punishment
Jun 10, 2023
Mediawatch for 11 June 2023
Jun 10, 2023
RNZ investigating Kremlin-friendly story edits
Jun 09, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in
Jun 07, 2023
Mediawatch for 4 June 2023
Jun 03, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season
May 31, 2023
The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster
May 27, 2023
Mediawatch for 28 May 2023
May 27, 2023
An hour of Gower
May 27, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch: Miami not nice
May 24, 2023
A little local political difficulty pulls national media focus
May 20, 2023
Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals
May 20, 2023
Mediawatch for 21 May 2023
May 20, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context
May 17, 2023
Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings
May 13, 2023
Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media
May 13, 2023
Mediawatch for 14 May 2023
May 13, 2023
Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen
May 13, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new
May 10, 2023
A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?
May 06, 2023
Mediawatch for 7 May 2023
May 06, 2023
Political defection takes media by surprise 
May 06, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri
May 03, 2023
Stuff takes paywall plunge
Apr 30, 2023
Citizenship celebration turns sour in record time
Apr 29, 2023
Mediawatch for 30 April 2023
Apr 29, 2023
Stuff to put up first paywalls for news
Apr 27, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - big bills for media billionaires
Apr 26, 2023
What’s the government’s post-merger media plan?
Apr 22, 2023
Mediawatch for 23 April 2023
Apr 22, 2023
New regional news network seeks reporters and backers
Apr 22, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - an unwanted Twitter tag
Apr 19, 2023
A rainy day for the mayor's media freeze out
Apr 15, 2023
Droning on about flying pizza - again
Apr 15, 2023
Mediawatch for 16 April 2023
Apr 15, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage
Apr 12, 2023
Mediawatch: Turning off the news?
Apr 08, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - All the President's luggage
Apr 05, 2023
Today FM turned off - and erased
Apr 02, 2023
Mediawatch for 2 April 2023
Apr 01, 2023
Media mismatch on an 'out-of-control mob'
Apr 01, 2023
Today FM goes up in flames after on-air explosion
Mar 29, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - incorrect Corrections ad?
Mar 29, 2023
Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media
Mar 26, 2023
Posie the provocateur captures media's attention
Mar 25, 2023
Mediawatch for 26 March 2023
Mar 25, 2023
A source burned and spurned - in the public interest?
Mar 25, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist
Mar 22, 2023
A muted media response to March 15
Mar 19, 2023
Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire
Mar 18, 2023
Mediawatch for 19 March 2023
Mar 18, 2023
Mis-match of the day at the BBC 
Mar 15, 2023
Kids and consultants - Media run the rule over opposition policy
Mar 11, 2023
Big bills for aborted media merger - but what next?
Mar 11, 2023
Mediawatch for 12 March 2023
Mar 11, 2023
Mediawatch for 12 March 2023
Mar 11, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - transport reporting skids and u-turns
Mar 08, 2023
Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on
Mar 04, 2023
Signal to noise - is AM radio really under threat?
Mar 04, 2023
Mediawatch for 5 March 2023
Mar 04, 2023
G-word deemed a slur in news, but still fit for primetime TV
Mar 04, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - contested crime wave claims
Mar 01, 2023
Claims and counter-claims on post-cyclone crime spike
Feb 25, 2023
Boring old infrastructure rises to the top of the agenda
Feb 25, 2023
Mediawatch for 26 February 2023
Feb 25, 2023
Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media
Feb 25, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - cyclone talkback backlash
Feb 22, 2023
Radio hosts fixate on schools closing as Gabrielle closes in
Feb 18, 2023
Mediawatch - before and after Gabrielle
Feb 18, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - Covering another catastrophe
Feb 15, 2023
Supermarkets shaping the food price story
Feb 11, 2023
Mediawatch for 12 February 2023
Feb 11, 2023
Southlander goes solo to tell southern stories
Feb 11, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - the day the merger died
Feb 08, 2023
Public media policy put out of its misery
Feb 08, 2023
Communications recriminations after the deluge
Feb 04, 2023
Mediawatch for 5 February 2023
Feb 04, 2023
Rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age
Feb 04, 2023
Midweek Drongowatch: A woeful week in Wayne's world
Feb 01, 2023
Political pressure on media merger pumped up
Jan 28, 2023
Mediawatch for 29 January 2023
Jan 28, 2023
Mixed messages on state of the highways
Jan 28, 2023
PM’s exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer
Jan 26, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch - suprise demise of a PM
Jan 25, 2023
Midweek Mediawatch: The year in review
Dec 21, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch December 21
Dec 21, 2022
Turning a more sceptical eye on the tech titans
Dec 17, 2022
Mediawatch for 18 December 2022
Dec 17, 2022
Mediawatch's mashup of 2022 in review
Dec 17, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - more media merger manoeuvres
Dec 14, 2022
Stuff’s regional rejig - and staff strife
Dec 11, 2022
Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks
Dec 10, 2022
Newspaper deserts - and some green shoots - replace rivers of gold
Dec 10, 2022
Mediawatch for 11 December 2022
Dec 10, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A good news story gone bad
Dec 07, 2022
Anti-vax parents create media conundrum
Dec 04, 2022
Programme-makers anxious about public media project
Dec 03, 2022
Mediawatch: 4 December 2022
Dec 03, 2022
Why did Stuff journalists walk off the job?
Dec 03, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - crime and ‘angertainment’
Nov 30, 2022
COP 27 climate coverage cop-outs
Nov 26, 2022
Mediawatch for 27 November 2022
Nov 26, 2022
Relapse reports upset gang-based rehab programme
Nov 26, 2022
Blowing the whistle on World Cup corruption
Nov 26, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Follow the leader
Nov 23, 2022
Media wrestle with ‘sportswashing’ Qatar’s World Cup
Nov 20, 2022
Framing farming’s important debates via the mailbox
Nov 19, 2022
Mediawatch for 20 November 2022
Nov 19, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Ferns fire up rugby's rulers
Nov 16, 2022
Irreplaceable images on the block again
Nov 13, 2022
Herald’s bid to short-circuit short-termism and tribalism
Nov 12, 2022
Annoying both sides doesn't equal getting it right
Nov 12, 2022
Mediawatch for 13 November 2022
Nov 12, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Follow the leaders
Nov 09, 2022
Who are New Zealand's journalists today?
Nov 06, 2022
Minister and media puts pressure on suppression
Nov 05, 2022
Mediawatch for 6 November 2022
Nov 05, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - political photo ops & tech titans under pressure
Nov 02, 2022
On the overlap - TV rugby double-up stuff-up
Oct 30, 2022
PM’s exit speculation goes another round
Oct 29, 2022
A doco revival spotlights crime and injustice
Oct 29, 2022
Mediawatch for 30 October 2022
Oct 29, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Politics overkill, talk radio overcooked
Oct 26, 2022
On the sidelines of big news in China
Oct 22, 2022
Mediawatch for 23 October 2022
Oct 22, 2022
Chaotic politics sparks crude comebacks - and decency dilemmas
Oct 22, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A media tempest over Shakespeare
Oct 19, 2022
Heated emissions from media on gas charging plan
Oct 16, 2022
Ex-media minister’s hasty move to lobbying
Oct 16, 2022
The media and low local election turnout
Oct 15, 2022
Mediawatch for 16 October 2022
Oct 15, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Election angst and rugby joy
Oct 12, 2022
TVNZ's media marriage at first sight
Oct 08, 2022
Mediawatch for 9 October 2022
Oct 08, 2022
Hacking social media down to size 
Oct 08, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Journalists become the story
Oct 05, 2022
Hard stats and new voices enter the 'youth crime spike' coverage
Oct 02, 2022
More rancour on the road to a new public media entity
Oct 01, 2022
Mediawatch for 2 October 2022
Oct 01, 2022
Christchurch Call pushes against the algorithms
Oct 01, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - public media angst & awkwardness on air
Sep 28, 2022
The push for open justice
Sep 25, 2022
QE2, queues and cultural cues
Sep 24, 2022
Mediawatch for 25 September 2022
Sep 24, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A right royal deluge of Queen coverage
Sep 21, 2022
Platforms under pressure to pay for news
Sep 17, 2022
Sketchy survey ruffles feathers in the capital
Sep 17, 2022
Mediawatch for 18 September 2022
Sep 17, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - more monarchy and Mike McRoberts
Sep 14, 2022
Queen's death was planned for - but still stressed the press
Sep 10, 2022
Suddenly, a strategy for Maori media
Sep 10, 2022
Mediawatch for 11 September 2022
Sep 10, 2022
Lifting the lid on Lotto
Sep 08, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Housing coverage contradictions
Sep 07, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch 7_9
Sep 07, 2022
On the outside of the public media push
Sep 04, 2022
Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip
Sep 03, 2022
Taking a more sceptical stance for business
Sep 03, 2022
Mediawatch for 4 September 2022
Sep 03, 2022
Stuck in a rugby rut by repeated defeats
Sep 03, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Pumapocalypse and witch-hunt worries
Aug 31, 2022
'Funny Boy' Williams caught up in current affairs
Aug 28, 2022
Pushback on public media legislation
Aug 27, 2022
Mediawatch for 28 August 2022
Aug 27, 2022
Interview invitations fall on PM's deaf ears
Aug 27, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Storms and Sharma
Aug 24, 2022
A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists
Aug 21, 2022
Dr Sharma's drama plays out in the press
Aug 20, 2022
Media zero in on candidates from the fringes
Aug 20, 2022
Mediawatch for 21 August 2022
Aug 20, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Ukraine at war up close
Aug 17, 2022
Political post-mortems - and lessons from the past
Aug 14, 2022
Media pile pressure on MPs' misbehaviour and missteps
Aug 13, 2022
Mediawatch for 14 August 2022
Aug 13, 2022
Punching above our Commonwealth weight?
Aug 13, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - political scoop hauls skeleton out of the cupboard
Aug 10, 2022
Mediawatch: Mounting fake news prompts calls for action
Aug 07, 2022
Mediawatch: A government in the gun over accidental generosity
Aug 06, 2022
Mediawatch for 7 August 2022
Aug 06, 2022
‘Absolute scenes’ - but not on our screens
Aug 03, 2022
Public media legislation takes another step
Jul 31, 2022
Greens’ grass roots 'revolt' excites media
Jul 30, 2022
Mediawatch for 31 July 2022
Jul 30, 2022
Caustic claims of conflict of interest
Jul 30, 2022
Shock of the news - the art of short sharp theme tunes
Jul 30, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Climate context & Hawaiian holidays
Jul 27, 2022
Criticism of mini-doco funding hits a dead end
Jul 24, 2022
Media go in boots ‘n all on ABs coach - and comms
Jul 23, 2022
Mediawatch for 24 July 2022
Jul 23, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A nation in mourning
Jul 20, 2022
Sick and tired of the sickness
Jul 17, 2022
'Double your money' property pitches still circulating
Jul 16, 2022
Mediawatch for 17 July 2022
Jul 16, 2022
The rugby clash that didn’t make headlines
Jul 16, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - noise over nurses
Jul 13, 2022
The worst of times?
Jul 09, 2022
Radio Australia? RNZ's musical outsourcing under fire
Jul 09, 2022
Hospo's acute recruitment hassles hit headlines again
Jul 09, 2022
Mediawatch for 10 July 2022
Jul 09, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - suspected spoofs and strong satire
Jul 06, 2022
New minister in charge at a pivotal media moment
Jul 03, 2022
Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense media reaction
Jul 03, 2022
Mediawatch for 3 July 2022
Jul 02, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A sudden dose of empathy
Jun 29, 2022
Tragic crash sparks muddled media reaction
Jun 26, 2022
Public media: new name, new law, new minister, old questions
Jun 25, 2022
The Conversation that's five years old
Jun 25, 2022
Mediawatch for 26 June 2022
Jun 25, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Matters of life, death and health
Jun 22, 2022
'Minor' reshuffle sparks major media reaction
Jun 18, 2022
Media grapples with misinformation in Fair Pay fight
Jun 18, 2022
New minister quizzed on bias, but not the big bucks
Jun 18, 2022
'Brexit bad boy' libel loss hailed as win for media
Jun 18, 2022
Mediawatch for 19 June 2022
Jun 18, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Booze and bad religion
Jun 15, 2022
Whistleblower law leaves media out of the loop
Jun 12, 2022
Miscarriage of justice under media microscope
Jun 11, 2022
Mediawatch for 12 June 2022
Jun 11, 2022
Midweek Mediawtch - Platty Jubes & mean Swedes
Jun 08, 2022
Santamaria strife echoes past misconduct mess at TVNZ
Jun 04, 2022
The Dominion Post gets real on climate action
Jun 04, 2022
Mediawatch for 5 June 2022
Jun 04, 2022
Photojournalism fundraiser highlights history in images
Jun 04, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: TVNZ reports a scandal at TVNZ
Jun 01, 2022
More unanswered questions about public media plan
May 28, 2022
Two decades of internet disruption
May 28, 2022
Mediawatch for 29 May 2022
May 28, 2022
Motoring money makes moral conundrum for media
May 28, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Stuff's new stance on 'the C word'
May 25, 2022
Slaves to the algorithm?
May 21, 2022
Public media's future funding made public - partly
May 21, 2022
Mediawatch for 22 May 2022
May 21, 2022
More money for Māori media - but where’s the strategy?
May 20, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - covering the emissions mission
May 18, 2022
Re-Platformed: radio outcasts make their own outlet
May 14, 2022
Mediawatch for 15 May 2022
May 14, 2022
Outgoing chief censor calls for media regulation re-jig
May 14, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Climate journalism that gets results
May 11, 2022
Warning from history in ‘gang warfare’ panics
May 08, 2022
'Ram raid epidemic' reports deliver a distorted message on youth crime
May 07, 2022
Top TV cop show returns after racism review
May 07, 2022
Mediawatch for 8 May 2022
May 07, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Rule it out? Cut it out!
May 04, 2022
Mediawatch: Ukraine's war and the media
Apr 30, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Elon's Twitter takeover
Apr 27, 2022
Mediawatch for 24 April 2022
Apr 23, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - Gotcha vs Google it, mate
Apr 20, 2022
Print and paper problems for publishers
Apr 16, 2022
Missing voices in media marking the switch to Orange
Apr 16, 2022
Mediawatch for 17 April 2022
Apr 16, 2022
MP's exit excites media keen on conflict
Apr 16, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A new angle on housing
Apr 13, 2022
Measuring trust is tricky with suspicious minds
Apr 10, 2022
Mismatch in coverage of climate science and climate solutions
Apr 09, 2022
Mediawatch for 10 April 2022
Apr 09, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch 6 April 2022
Apr 06, 2022
NZME undermines collective bid to confront tech titans
Apr 03, 2022
Pushback against the upswing of political nastiness
Apr 02, 2022
Mediawatch for 3 April 2022
Apr 02, 2022
Today FM's Gurney: Dallas cowboy - or talk radio saviour?
Apr 02, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - spotlight on falls from grace
Mar 29, 2022
Opening up not all it's cracked up to be for business
Mar 26, 2022
New talk station offers new approach - but also same old bluster
Mar 26, 2022
Mediawatch for 27 March 2022
Mar 26, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax PR blitz?
Mar 23, 2022
Fast-rising prices - and loud cries of 'crisis'
Mar 19, 2022
Pulling young Kiwis into the loop with news
Mar 19, 2022
Mediawatch for 20 March 2022
Mar 19, 2022
A soothing scroll through Today FM's opinion section
Mar 19, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - 16 March 2022
Mar 15, 2022
Mediawatch for 13 March 2022
Mar 12, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: 'Graph crime' - and corruption claims
Mar 09, 2022
Newsroom accused of publicising anti-vax PR pitch
Mar 05, 2022
Shock and awe-ful takes on Ukraine's invasion
Mar 05, 2022
Mediawatch for 6 March 2022
Mar 05, 2022
Broadcasting ‘flying blind’ on public media plan
Mar 05, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - pitchforks at Parliament
Mar 02, 2022
Parliament protest: Making sense of extreme scenes and unsavoury stories
Feb 26, 2022
Mediawatch for 27 February 2022
Feb 26, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: A shaky take on booster benefits
Feb 23, 2022
Public service screened by 'communications complex'
Feb 20, 2022
Mad, bad or mostly moderate? Media's mixed message on protest
Feb 19, 2022
Mediawatch for 20 February 2022
Feb 19, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch - 16 February 2022
Feb 16, 2022
Covid-19 convoy conundrum confronts news editors
Feb 13, 2022
Quest for certainty undercuts Omicron analysis
Feb 12, 2022
Mediawatch for 13 February 2022
Feb 12, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: divining the polls a shaky science
Feb 09, 2022
Mediawatch for Waitangi Day 2022
Feb 06, 2022
Publicly-funded boost for Māori media
Feb 05, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: broadcaster's MIQ mission fires up media
Feb 02, 2022
Covering Tonga’s eruption - without communications
Jan 30, 2022
Mediawatch for 30 January 2022
Jan 29, 2022
Silly season turns serious as Omicron arrives
Jan 29, 2022
Thick-skinned stars savaged by summer scandals
Jan 29, 2022
Mediawatch for 30 January 2022
Jan 29, 2022
Midweek Mediawatch: Tova O'Brien barred from starting Today on time
Jan 26, 2022
The Mediawatch Christmas Bonus
Dec 25, 2021
Mediawatch for 19 December 2021
Dec 18, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch With Hayden Donell
Dec 15, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Anger, anxiety, and Kerre McIvor
Dec 15, 2021
Young entrepreneur’s death sparks media backlash
Dec 11, 2021
Mediawatch for 12 December 2021
Dec 11, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Style v substance; service station sausage rolls scandal
Dec 08, 2021
RNZ’s Tahi -'the one' for rangatahi?
Dec 05, 2021
No man is an airline
Dec 04, 2021
An anti-intensification housing media blitz
Dec 04, 2021
Mediawatch for 5 December 2021
Dec 04, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Chris Luxon's baptism of fire
Dec 01, 2021
Bridges burned, Collins crushed, Reti takes the reins
Nov 27, 2021
New collective bid to make tech titans pay for NZ news
Nov 27, 2021
Just fed-up farmers? Or 'radical right in gumboots'?
Nov 27, 2021
Mediawatch for 28 November 2021
Nov 27, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Soper's simmering stand-off
Nov 26, 2021
Radio in NZ 100 not out. But what next?
Nov 20, 2021
Looking back on tech titans' takeover of media
Nov 20, 2021
Mediawatch for 21 November 2021
Nov 20, 2021
The missing context in vaccine mandate coverage
Nov 19, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Mandate reporting missing context
Nov 17, 2021
The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro
Nov 14, 2021
All journalists are climate reporters now
Nov 13, 2021
Experts denigrated by conspiricists - and radio hosts
Nov 13, 2021
Mediawatch for 14 November 2021
Nov 13, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: An anti-vax coverage conundrum
Nov 10, 2021
Avoiding the mistakes of the past in trans rights coverage
Nov 06, 2021
Meta’s moves to boost our media underwhelms observers
Nov 06, 2021
Alert level angst not leveling off on radio
Nov 06, 2021
Mediawatch for 7 November 2021
Nov 06, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: COP-26, Covid-19, radio re-jigs and grandstanders
Nov 02, 2021
Keeping calm (or not) as Covid comes to Christchurch
Oct 30, 2021
Te Rito - a new bid to boost diversity in our newsrooms
Oct 30, 2021
Mediawatch for 31 October 2021
Oct 30, 2021
'Straya media strays from mainstream reporting NZ
Oct 30, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Anti-vax messages in the media
Oct 27, 2021
Media mull mental health amid lingering lockdowns
Oct 23, 2021
Wrapping up the vaxathon
Oct 23, 2021
Reflecting on a revolution-MMP in the rear-view mirror
Oct 23, 2021
Mediawatch for 24 October 2021
Oct 23, 2021
A pundit backlash against actual experts
Oct 22, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Epidemiologists under attack
Oct 20, 2021
Thank you very much for your kind injection
Oct 16, 2021
Pressure piling up on tech titans - Australia leading the charge
Oct 16, 2021
Patients pressure group’s startling survey claims
Oct 16, 2021
Mediawatch for 17 October 2021
Oct 16, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: The blame game
Oct 13, 2021
Anger management and roadmaps to nowhere
Oct 09, 2021
Anthonie Tonnon: singing the news
Oct 09, 2021
Pandora Papers highlight deals done in darkness
Oct 09, 2021
Mediawatch for 10 October 2021
Oct 09, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: A good 1pm press briefing gotcha
Oct 06, 2021
Home by Christmas? Political Covid plans overpromise
Oct 02, 2021
Huge journalism jobs boost from public purse
Oct 02, 2021
Mediawatch for 3 October 2021
Oct 02, 2021
Moving on from lockdown fast food frenzies
Oct 02, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: John Key's media takeover
Sep 29, 2021
Commercial radio urges MPs to rein in RNZ
Sep 26, 2021
Confused claims of Covid-compromised cancer care
Sep 25, 2021
Covid complications confuse the media
Sep 25, 2021
Collins’ snub startles media - but it cuts both ways
Sep 25, 2021
Mediawatch for Sunday 26 Sep 2021
Sep 25, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Opining on elimination
Sep 22, 2021
Rule-breaking fires up debate on fairness and privilege
Sep 18, 2021
Mediawatch for 12 September 2021
Sep 18, 2021
Peter Taylor: 50 years focused on a 100-year conflict
Sep 18, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - 15 September 2021
Sep 15, 2021
Reporting Afghanistan after abandonment
Sep 11, 2021
MediaWorks refresh fires up fans of outgoing veteran
Sep 11, 2021
Mediawatch for 12 September 2021
Sep 11, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - terror, hate and terrible tweets
Sep 06, 2021
Media confront thorny questions raised by terror attack
Sep 04, 2021
Demands for greater scrutiny - and media push back
Sep 04, 2021
Mediawatch for 5 September 2021
Sep 04, 2021
TVNZ's long-serving boss creates a vacuum
Sep 03, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: scrutiny under scrutiny - and Lou Grant
Aug 31, 2021
Mediawatch for 29 August 2021
Aug 28, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - racist reactions and offshore opinions
Aug 25, 2021
Mediawatch for 22 August 2021
Aug 21, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - Covid's media comeback
Aug 18, 2021
Landmark climate report lands - but makes little mark on media
Aug 14, 2021
The double standard in the bike bridge backlash
Aug 14, 2021
RNZ challenged on turning stolen data into news
Aug 14, 2021
Mediawatch for 15 August 2021
Aug 14, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Olympic overload and conference crankiness
Aug 11, 2021
GOAT in a boat - and a trans trailblazer in Tokyo
Aug 07, 2021
Mediawatch for 8 August 2021
Aug 07, 2021
Accountability in question after MediaWorks review
Aug 07, 2021
Making sense of ‘Milk and Money’
Aug 07, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: News not fit for social media
Aug 04, 2021
‘Hussy’ OK says BSA (*in context)
Aug 01, 2021
Olympians strike gold - while media find plenty of colour
Jul 31, 2021
Media ramp up angst over arming police
Jul 31, 2021
Mediawatch for 1 August 2021
Jul 31, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: 28 July 2021
Jul 28, 2021
'Groundswell' exposes rural / urban divide in media
Jul 25, 2021
Government and media get on same page for terrorism
Jul 24, 2021
The problem with economists' forecasts
Jul 24, 2021
Mediawatch for 25 July 2021
Jul 24, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - podcasting politicians
Jul 21, 2021
New journalism fund's first projects unveiled
Jul 17, 2021
Money for the mob and hoha over koha
Jul 17, 2021
A deeply unsympathetic media campaign
Jul 17, 2021
Mediawatch for 18 July 2021
Jul 17, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - revenge for pineapple on pizza
Jul 13, 2021
Afghanistan’s war dropping out of sight
Jul 10, 2021
Do top stars trump media power in sport?
Jul 10, 2021
Sexist sports spray sparks startling sacking
Jul 10, 2021
Mediawatch for 11 July 2021
Jul 10, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: A sport radio sacking
Jul 07, 2021
Media turn up heat on hate speech
Jul 03, 2021
Putting victims at the centre of reporting
Jul 03, 2021
Reporters stand in storm, confirm it's cold and wet
Jul 03, 2021
Mediawatch for 4 July 2021
Jul 03, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - 30 June 2021
Jun 30, 2021
Covid in the capital fires up media
Jun 26, 2021
New public media plan enters uncharted waters
Jun 26, 2021
Small screen ‘sex scandal’ drama? Old news, actually
Jun 26, 2021
Mediawatch for 27 June 2021
Jun 26, 2021
More free-to-air sport around the corner
Jun 23, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: A silent night
Jun 23, 2021
Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight
Jun 19, 2021
Running the numbers on the PM's media schedule
Jun 19, 2021
Undeclared SponCon causing political and editorial headaches
Jun 19, 2021
Mediawatch for 20 June 2021
Jun 19, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - game of life and death
Jun 15, 2021
Climate message cutting through
Jun 12, 2021
Too much heat makes transport fraught
Jun 12, 2021
Mediawatch for 13 June 2021
Jun 12, 2021
Wrong numbers amplify anxiety over vaccine supplies
Jun 12, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch 9 June 2021
Jun 09, 2021
For whom the bell trolls - cyclists
Jun 05, 2021
The Nimby photo formula
Jun 05, 2021
Mediawatch for 6 June 2021
Jun 05, 2021
Aussie China crisis report falls flat
Jun 05, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - Eyes on the prizes
Jun 02, 2021
The Australian outfit rebooting 24/7 sport on the radio
May 29, 2021
Bob's big birthday's goes round the clock
May 29, 2021
A belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past
May 29, 2021
Mediawatch for 30 May 2021
May 29, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Who gets a voice?
May 26, 2021
Media can make and break leadership in volatile times
May 23, 2021
Sportscaster's conduct put spotlight back on media culture
May 22, 2021
Poll piles pressure on party leader - but do we care?
May 22, 2021
Mediawatch for 23 May 2021
May 22, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - Gaza, a gaffe and a brutal review
May 19, 2021
Shocking news reveals southern reporting cutbacks
May 15, 2021
Crown Law takes aim at Newsroom
May 15, 2021
Host takes a swing at slack media - but misses
May 15, 2021
Access all areas? The past and future of community broadcasting
May 15, 2021
Mediawatch for 16 May 2021
May 15, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - 12 May 2021
May 12, 2021
China’s PR intensifies as media focus falls on Uyghurs
May 09, 2021
Upping the game in women’s sport coverage
May 08, 2021
Mediawatch for 9 May 2021
May 08, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Return of Orewa, rabbits and The Apprentice
May 05, 2021
Silver Lake buy-in to Silver Fern no silver bullet for media
May 01, 2021
The news stories making readers dumber
May 01, 2021
Mediawatch for 2 May 2021
May 01, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch 28 April 2021
Apr 28, 2021
We’ve got trust issues - with news
Apr 28, 2021
Reporters finally have a nice day
Apr 24, 2021
Coping with Covid chaos disrupting sport on screen
Apr 24, 2021
Mediawatch for 25 April 2021
Apr 24, 2021
Following the money flowing to the media
Apr 23, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - Football fans v billionnaires, Popstars v Fair Go
Apr 21, 2021
Directory inquiries: Does the Yellow Pages have a future?
Apr 18, 2021
‘Dead leader walking’ a familiar line from media
Apr 17, 2021
Samoa election cliffhanger overlooked locally
Apr 17, 2021
Mediawatch for 18 April 2021
Apr 17, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: A disparity in coverage
Apr 14, 2021
Timing of Duke's death gives our media a headache
Apr 10, 2021
Pent-up travel demand bubbles up
Apr 10, 2021
Cam Wallace - New broom fighting fires at MediaWorks
Apr 10, 2021
Mediawatch for 11 April 2021
Apr 10, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - hold on to the rails
Apr 07, 2021
Simon Collins - a lifetime in journalism
Apr 04, 2021
Public media plan moves forward behind closed doors
Apr 03, 2021
Local current affairs with a heavy Aussie accent
Apr 03, 2021
Mediawatch for 4 April 2021
Apr 03, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: One step closer to fusion
Mar 31, 2021
Investor-economist alliance dominates media's housing response
Mar 28, 2021
Clamour to cancel TVNZ's top popular cop show
Mar 27, 2021
Even more public money for journalism?
Mar 27, 2021
Mediawatch for 28 March 2021
Mar 27, 2021
‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”
Mar 27, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - mean streets, mean tunes
Mar 23, 2021
Mediawatch for 21 March 2021
Mar 20, 2021
Battle against online harm beefs up censor's power
Mar 20, 2021
Total eclipse of the news
Mar 20, 2021
Preferred PM? Don’t ask me
Mar 20, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: A nationwide delirium
Mar 17, 2021
Claims of cancel culture and media bias get political
Mar 14, 2021
A week of media meltdowns
Mar 13, 2021
Mediawatch for 14 March 2021
Mar 13, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - PM drops Mike Hosking
Mar 10, 2021
Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency
Mar 06, 2021
Covid-19 blame game and comms strategy questioned
Mar 06, 2021
Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture
Mar 06, 2021
Mediawatch for 7 March 2021
Mar 06, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: Broadcast bosses grilled on balance and bias
Mar 03, 2021
Ten years after: Marking a major milestone in Christchurch
Feb 28, 2021
Coverage of MIQ martyr raises red flags
Feb 27, 2021
Facebook refriends Australia after face-off over news
Feb 27, 2021
Mediawatch for 28 February 2021
Feb 27, 2021
It's newsworthy, I swear
Feb 27, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - curious case of the MIQ martyr
Feb 23, 2021
Taking it up a level (and down again)
Feb 20, 2021
Mediawatch for 21 February 2021
Feb 20, 2021
Private correspondence vs the public interest
Feb 20, 2021
Facebook backs away from news across the Tasman
Feb 17, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - Framing Britney
Feb 17, 2021
Telco unveils ethical advertising policy amid talkback turmoil
Feb 14, 2021
Turbulent times for travel - and Air New Zealand
Feb 13, 2021
Mediawatch for 14 February 2021
Feb 13, 2021
Public purse to bankroll more of our news
Feb 11, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch - talk radio turmoil
Feb 10, 2021
Climate blueprint release annoys reporters, confounds broadcasters
Feb 06, 2021
Talkback toxicity problem bigger than Banks, say critics
Feb 06, 2021
Media milk sensitivity over suspicions of special treatment
Feb 06, 2021
Piling on pressure for a costly ‘miracle’ drug
Feb 06, 2021
Mediawatch for 7 February 2021
Feb 06, 2021
Midweek Mediawatch: News that’s fit to print - and not
Feb 03, 2021
Rātana keeps politicians and press at bay
Jan 31, 2021
Media still covering house price rises as good news
Jan 30, 2021
The story of summer (so far)
Jan 30, 2021
Mediawatch for 31 January 2021
Jan 30, 2021
Banks’ blurts bring boot from broadcaster
Jan 27, 2021
2020 hindsight - media in the year of Covid-19
Dec 19, 2020
Substack - the platform that boomed under Covid-19
Dec 19, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 16 December 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Mediawatch for 13 December 2020
Dec 12, 2020
Please, no more stories about young people buying houses
Dec 11, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: The case for a media moratorium
Dec 09, 2020
Mediawatch for 6 December 2020
Dec 05, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Real regional reality TV
Dec 01, 2020
Opposition potshots at the media messenger
Nov 28, 2020
News as a social enterprise?
Nov 28, 2020
Mediawatch for 29 November 2020
Nov 28, 2020
Mystery animals beguile media
Nov 28, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - housing hell and capital city pile-on
Nov 25, 2020
Dodgy digital election ads: Does the watchdog need teeth?
Nov 22, 2020
Bringing the chilling ‘teen terrorist’ tale to light
Nov 21, 2020
Epic interview with Trump’s Kiwi
Nov 21, 2020
Mediawatch for 22 November 2020
Nov 21, 2020
Going in (pink) boots’n’all
Nov 21, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 18 November 2020
Nov 17, 2020
Reporting the fact-free claims of Team Trump
Nov 15, 2020
Slim pickings - reporting the shortage of labour for fruit and veges
Nov 14, 2020
National’s sober new deputy
Nov 14, 2020
Mediawatch for 15 November 2020
Nov 14, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - covering an attempted coup
Nov 11, 2020
Trump v Biden turns into Trump v democracy
Nov 07, 2020
Coverage of new Cabinet sparks debates over diversity
Nov 07, 2020
Rural women's stories for rural readers
Nov 07, 2020
Mediawatch for 8 November 2020
Nov 07, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: truth sandwiches and the theatre of autocracy
Nov 04, 2020
Political points, talking points, moot points
Oct 31, 2020
Mediawatch for 1 November 2020
Oct 31, 2020
New magazines for new times
Oct 31, 2020
Local councillors gagging themselves?
Oct 31, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - celebs living their best life
Oct 28, 2020
A new twist on fake news
Oct 25, 2020
Should we fear fake news in our politics?
Oct 24, 2020
Dairy me: vegan promise comes back to bite broadcaster
Oct 24, 2020
Mediawatch for 25 October 2020
Oct 24, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 21 October 2020
Oct 21, 2020
Mediawatch for 18 October 2020 Election Special
Oct 18, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Facebook's belated ban
Oct 14, 2020
Election 2020: Media policy slips down the queue
Oct 10, 2020
Auckland levels out
Oct 10, 2020
Media tools to help us pick out policy
Oct 10, 2020
Right wing and a prayer
Oct 10, 2020
Mediawatch for 11 October
Oct 10, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: debate over debates - and political parties 'faking it'
Oct 06, 2020
Mediawatch for 4 October 2020
Oct 03, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: A day of debates
Sep 30, 2020
The dark news poetry of Stuff's push notifications
Sep 27, 2020
A not-so-great debate
Sep 26, 2020
Lifting the lid on abuse in state care
Sep 26, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - house prices up; columnists punching down
Sep 23, 2020
Political football
Sep 19, 2020
School sports streaming stoush still simmering
Sep 19, 2020
Watchdog runs the numbers on Covid death claims
Sep 19, 2020
Mediawatch for 20 September 2020
Sep 19, 2020
Crusher Collins eclipsed by gentler Judith
Sep 19, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: A maelstrom of misinformation
Sep 16, 2020
A closer look at a 'good news' survey
Sep 12, 2020
A call for less news
Sep 12, 2020
Could China become a western news desert?
Sep 12, 2020
Mediawatch for September 3 2020
Sep 12, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Lame Tame name games - and still munted
Sep 08, 2020
Unproven Covid 'cure' gets big dose of coverage
Sep 05, 2020
Cracks in the team of 5 million?
Sep 05, 2020
Mediawatch for 6 September 2020
Sep 05, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: A nation united
Sep 02, 2020
Dark money, democracy and the media
Aug 30, 2020
Media spotlight survivors and victims as gunman faces justice
Aug 29, 2020
Is the Covid crisis over for commercial media?
Aug 29, 2020
Mediawatch for 30 August 2020
Aug 29, 2020
Ports proposal prompts ‘communist’ conclusions
Aug 29, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - Justice seen to be done
Aug 26, 2020
A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Aug 22, 2020
Conspiracy talk on talk radio
Aug 22, 2020
Kea Kids News: 'kidsplaining' current affairs
Aug 22, 2020
Mediawatch for 23 August 2020
Aug 22, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Calls for accountability meet angry backlash
Aug 19, 2020
Covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown
Aug 15, 2020
Covid’s comeback sparks calls for more transparency
Aug 15, 2020
Merv’s moment & Paula’s callers - politicos on talk radio
Aug 15, 2020
Mediawatch for 16 August 2020
Aug 15, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Breaking bad news
Aug 12, 2020
'Hit and Run' runs its course
Aug 09, 2020
MPs on the way out strike back at media
Aug 08, 2020
Controversial campaign for costly new drug
Aug 08, 2020
Mediawatch for 9 August 2020
Aug 08, 2020
Contradictory polls create confusion
Aug 01, 2020
North & South takes new direction under new management
Aug 01, 2020
Mediawatch for 2 August 2020
Aug 01, 2020
Research looks at media's 'unprecedented' response to the March 15 attacks
Aug 01, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch MPs exit with swipes at the media
Jul 29, 2020
Sudden surge of scandal pushes bigger issues into the background
Jul 25, 2020
Ad industry confronts diversity deficit
Jul 25, 2020
Bauer finds buyers for return of the mags
Jul 25, 2020
Big bill for Covid communications
Jul 25, 2020
Mediawatch for 26 July 2020
Jul 25, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Anger over MP's mental health smokescreen
Jul 22, 2020
Bolts from the Blues
Jul 18, 2020
RNZ’s ‘toddler steps’ towards diversity
Jul 18, 2020
Mediawatch for 19 July 2020
Jul 18, 2020
Broadcaster and NZME apologise to John Tamihere
Jul 18, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: the story of the Blues
Jul 15, 2020
Walkergate revives Dirty Politics vibes
Jul 11, 2020
Kiwi kids screening out local media
Jul 11, 2020
Where has all the clickbait gone?
Jul 11, 2020
Mediawatch for 12 July 2020
Jul 11, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - ethical conundrums
Jul 09, 2020
Breaking for the borders
Jul 04, 2020
Forcing the issue of race at the Herald
Jul 04, 2020
Safety on a slippery slope
Jul 04, 2020
Mediawatch for 5 July 2020
Jul 04, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 1 July 2020
Jul 01, 2020
Cut-through for the climate in the times of Covid-19
Jun 28, 2020
Mediawatch for 28 June 2020
Jun 28, 2020
Behind the scenes of an epic PR fail
Jun 27, 2020
Quarantine coverage prompts 'calm down' call from critics
Jun 27, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: Reporters criticised for being too critical
Jun 24, 2020
The journalists who helped save New Zealand's health response
Jun 20, 2020
Māori media rejig creates confusion, meets resistance
Jun 20, 2020
Mediawatch for 21 June 2020
Jun 20, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - Covid's compassionate comeback
Jun 17, 2020
'Arms Down' demands win the day
Jun 13, 2020
Freedom or fear? Mixed messages on Level One
Jun 13, 2020
Shit Towns vs Poo Towns in name change showdown
Jun 13, 2020
Mediawatch for 14 June 2020
Jun 13, 2020
Proposed single Māori news service alarms journalists
Jun 11, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: A revolt at The New York Times
Jun 10, 2020
Reporters cop it in the land of the free-for-all
Jun 06, 2020
The end of history
Jun 06, 2020
New York Times staff revolt over column not fit to print
Jun 06, 2020
Mediawatch for 7 June 2020
Jun 06, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - caught in the Black Lives Matter crossfire
Jun 03, 2020
$1 deal paves the way for staff stake in Stuff
May 30, 2020
Mediawatch for 31 May 2020
May 30, 2020
The other disease we’re trying to eradicate
May 30, 2020
Return of the mags riles regular readers
May 30, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch - tough time for Todd's team
May 27, 2020
Bridges rolled after polls pile on the pressure
May 23, 2020
Prominent pundit pulls back over Muller link
May 23, 2020
Mediawatch for 24 May 2020
May 23, 2020
Media on the block vulnerable to vultures?
May 19, 2020
A lonely Māori voice at the Covid-19 briefings
May 16, 2020
Mediawatch for 17 May 2020
May 16, 2020
NZME's play for Stuff goes to court - again
May 14, 2020
No relief for under-pressure commercial media in Budget
May 14, 2020
Media health claims fuel push to ease the lockdown
May 09, 2020
The forgotten media crisis
May 09, 2020
Radio ‘roadblock’ interview sparks racism complaints
May 09, 2020
Mediawatch for 10 May 2020
May 09, 2020
Eyes on NZ on Air under new management
May 02, 2020
Great taste of Threedom
Apr 29, 2020
Struggling media get takeaways from government
Apr 25, 2020
Return of party politics puts leaders under pressure 
Apr 25, 2020
Media ramp up news of going down a level
Apr 25, 2020
Mediawatch for 26 April 2020
Apr 25, 2020
Increasing media resistance to the deification of Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Apr 22, 2020
Entrepreneurial expat journalist urges media to look beyond ads
Apr 19, 2020
Anti-lockdown push gets media traction - and pushback
Apr 18, 2020
Mediawatch for 19 April 2020
Apr 18, 2020
News bosses grapple with the collapse of their funding model
Apr 15, 2020
Media make the case for emergency help
Apr 15, 2020
Media beat the drum to roll back lockdown - and sound the alarm
Apr 11, 2020
'Your money or your life'
Apr 11, 2020
Mediawatch for 12 April 2020
Apr 11, 2020
Surge of support for crisis-hit media
Apr 11, 2020
Covidiots and corona clowns
Apr 11, 2020
Speaking truth to Bauer: a wretched week for media 
Apr 04, 2020
‘Essential service’ exclusion riles local papers
Apr 04, 2020
Mediawatch for 5 April 2020
Apr 04, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
Apr 01, 2020
Covering a country under lockdown
Mar 28, 2020
Mediawatch for 29 March 2020
Mar 28, 2020
Sports news in sport-free world
Mar 28, 2020
Lockdown delivery ban piles pressure on publications
Mar 28, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell
Mar 25, 2020
Media strive to adapt to ‘the new normal’
Mar 21, 2020
Amateur epidemiologists crash Covid-19 coverage
Mar 21, 2020
Mediawatch for 22 March 2020
Mar 21, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: gearing up for the new normal
Mar 18, 2020
COVID-19 clampdown squeezes the media
Mar 14, 2020
Marking an awkward anniversary
Mar 14, 2020
Mediawatch for 15 March 2020
Mar 14, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch: How not to cover Covid-19
Mar 11, 2020
Stuff's #MeToo campaign two years in
Mar 07, 2020
Pillar of Australian journalism falls
Mar 07, 2020
Mediawatch for 8 March 2020
Mar 07, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 4 March 2020
Mar 04, 2020
BusinessDesk follows the money - and wants yours
Feb 29, 2020
Whistleblowing law keeps media out of the loop
Feb 29, 2020
Mediawatch for 1 March 2020
Feb 29, 2020
Horror headlines amplify the anger
Feb 22, 2020
Mediawatch for 23 February 2020
Feb 22, 2020
Jones vs Maihi case prompts calls for defamation law reform
Feb 22, 2020
Under-pressure Peters turns on media
Feb 22, 2020
What’s on the radio? It's not cricket
Feb 22, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 19 February 2020
Feb 19, 2020
A model for RNZ’s new youth service?
Feb 15, 2020
TVNZ chief faces future dilemma
Feb 15, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 12 Februrary 2020
Feb 12, 2020
Mixed messages in media over coronavirus danger
Feb 08, 2020
Minister lifts the lid on public media plan - a little
Feb 08, 2020
RNZ changing its tune for music
Feb 08, 2020
RNZ set to cut back Concert and launch new youth service
Feb 05, 2020
New public media plan still a work in progress behind closed doors
Feb 01, 2020
100 not out: broadcast radio - the mass-media 'cockroach'
Feb 01, 2020
Gordon McLauchlan: 1931-2020
Feb 01, 2020
End of Super Rugby’s golden weather?
Feb 01, 2020
Midweek Mediawatch 29 January 2020
Jan 29, 2020
Royals’ retreat prompts right royal pile-on
Jan 25, 2020
Digging deep to fill the void
Jan 25, 2020
Mediawatch for 26 January 2020
Jan 25, 2020
Taking the high ground on the lowest comments
Jan 25, 2020
Dan Eaton: journalist, thriller writer, intelligence bigwig
Dec 21, 2019
Cycle of outrage called out on talkback
Dec 21, 2019
Mediawatch for 22 December 2019
Dec 21, 2019
The awkward squad - confronting the media in 2019
Dec 21, 2019
Media probe risks and rewards of tourism
Dec 14, 2019
On the brink? The state of our media in 2019
Dec 14, 2019
Mediawatch for 15 December 2019
Dec 14, 2019
Algorithmically turbo-charged journalism
Dec 07, 2019
Cartoon controversy rocks the ODT
Dec 07, 2019
Mediawatch for 8 December 2019
Dec 07, 2019
Undecided and uninterested undermine poll conclusions
Dec 07, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch: compassionate coverage vs crass cartoon
Dec 02, 2019
Mediawatch for 1 December 2019
Nov 30, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch 27 Nov 2019
Nov 27, 2019
Do cunning and clever ads cut through?
Nov 23, 2019
Travel bucks the trend bringing big bucks for print media
Nov 23, 2019
Dreamliner engine trouble eased with airline media handouts
Nov 23, 2019
Mediawatch for 24 November 2019
Nov 23, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch 20 November 2019
Nov 20, 2019
Immigration row sparked by Shane Jones captivates the media
Nov 16, 2019
Mediawatch for 17 November 2019
Nov 16, 2019
Ian Cross: editor, broadcast boss, critic and conscience
Nov 16, 2019
Government ponders proposal for public media
Nov 14, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch 13 November 2019
Nov 13, 2019
Murder trials reported in distressing detail
Nov 09, 2019
TVNZ's local content play
Nov 09, 2019
Cautionary tales about your digital data
Nov 09, 2019
Mediawatch for 10 November 2019
Nov 09, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch 6 Nov 2019
Nov 05, 2019
Should our leaders be more 'out there' in the media?
Nov 02, 2019
Royal revelations prompt a pile-on
Nov 02, 2019
Mediawatch for 3 November 2019
Nov 02, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek: Facebook news; social media ads, and; warship "spotted" in Wellington
Oct 30, 2019
End of the World Cup
Oct 29, 2019
The big blaze on TVNZ's doorstep
Oct 26, 2019
History behind a paywall - and on screen for free
Oct 26, 2019
TV sell-off prompts political response
Oct 26, 2019
Oiling the wheels of questionable science
Oct 26, 2019
Mediawatch for 27 October 2019
Oct 26, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch: TV faces the fire
Oct 23, 2019
Rugby TV deal creates claims of conflicts
Oct 19, 2019
Mediawatch for 20 October 2019
Oct 19, 2019
MediaWorks TV on the block - what next?
Oct 18, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek 16 October 2019
Oct 16, 2019
Comedy cuts point to bigger TV problems
Oct 16, 2019
MediaWorks comedy cuts point to bigger TV problems
Oct 16, 2019
Sports rights storm gathers steam
Oct 12, 2019
News in and out of North Korea
Oct 12, 2019
Mediawatch for 13 October 2019
Oct 12, 2019
The fire this time: reporting climate now
Oct 05, 2019
Keith Ng: reporting Hong Kong
Oct 05, 2019
Mediawatch for 6 Oct 2019
Oct 05, 2019
Was Spark's streaming drama a storm in a tech teacup?
Sep 28, 2019
Giving Amazon a break
Sep 28, 2019
Mediawatch for 29 September 2019
Sep 28, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch: big paybacks; small paychecks
Sep 25, 2019
Petrol price 'horror' trumps horror of war
Sep 21, 2019
Expert says PR needs an ethical upgrade
Sep 21, 2019
Mediawatch for 22 September 2019
Sep 21, 2019
Councils' Christmas party “cash splash” backlash
Sep 21, 2019
Sparks fly over streaming the RWC
Sep 20, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek: More reasons to be cheerful
Sep 18, 2019
Media asking who knew what and when
Sep 14, 2019
Stumbling blocks: filtering extremism from the net
Sep 14, 2019
Mediawatch for 15 September 2019
Sep 14, 2019
Time to bring back RNZ's te reo Māori news?
Sep 14, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch: reporters open up and anonymity angst
Sep 11, 2019
Broken Estate: an expat expert surveys our media
Sep 07, 2019
Mixed messages and health news we can really use
Sep 07, 2019
Spoof ad backfires on admen
Sep 07, 2019
Mediawatch for 8 September 2019
Sep 07, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek 4 September 2019
Sep 04, 2019
Substack - an ad free social media network
Aug 31, 2019
Oncoming online onslaught of paid political ads?
Aug 31, 2019
Mediawatch for 1 September 2019
Aug 31, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch: Dark side of the net
Aug 28, 2019
‘Blowhard’ with a vengeance
Aug 24, 2019
TV watchdogs differ on Christchurch gunman’s footage
Aug 24, 2019
Mediawatch for 25 August 2019
Aug 24, 2019
Media's worldwide push for climate change coverage
Aug 17, 2019
A media cry for help
Aug 17, 2019
Do reports of gun owners’ anger stack up?
Aug 17, 2019
Mediawatch for 18 August 2019
Aug 17, 2019
Midweek Mediawatch 14 August 2019
Aug 14, 2019
Media see red over Green ‘blackout’
Aug 10, 2019
Mediawatch for 11 August 2019
Aug 10, 2019
Convergence: yesterday’s media buzzword is now the new normal
Aug 10, 2019
Distressing death dressed up as clickbait
Aug 10, 2019
Warriors' struggles spark f***-letter word flurry
Aug 10, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek 7 August 2019
Aug 07, 2019
NZ on Air funded programmes taxing your wallet and your eyeballs
Aug 03, 2019
Government turns off the tap for big water news
Aug 03, 2019
Preferred PM polling's proving pretty unpopular
Aug 03, 2019
Stripping back nude attitudes
Aug 03, 2019
Mediawatch for 4 August 2019
Aug 03, 2019
Climate scepticism boosted by broadcasters
Jul 27, 2019
Running the numbers on public service PR
Jul 27, 2019
Mediawatch for 28 July 2019
Jul 27, 2019
The Great Hack debuts on Netflix - disgraced hack becomes UK PM
Jul 24, 2019
That's a bit.... disappointing
Jul 20, 2019
Full credit to the media?
Jul 20, 2019
Coy candidates playing the media
Jul 20, 2019
Mediawatch for 21 July 2019
Jul 20, 2019
Mediawatch Midweek: Critical cricket and more
Jul 17, 2019