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- 2852 - Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu
Midweek Mediawatch: Another threat to Trump's life as sad Springfield squirms under unwanted media spotlight. Also: pushbike pushback; big-money mistake on a new artwork; a fond farewell for pioneer of political broadcasting - and an MMA quiz fail.
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 - 23min - 2851 - Big city bad vibes & are media harming minorities?
Mediawatch for 15 September 2024: Bad news about bad vibes in our big cities right now - and Wellington's woes in particular. Also: new research for the broadcasting watchdog says some minorities say discriminatory stuff is turning them off our media. But where is it coming from? And - fact checking claims about the legality of peeing in public.
Sat, 14 Sep 2024 - 35min - 2850 - 'Sanewashing' Trump & a celebrity health scare
Midweek Mediawatch -Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about media 'sanewashing' Trump in the big debate. Also: alarming reports of Elle McPherson beating cancer with positive thinking - and how the watchdog ruled on a boozy ZM broadcast (not OK) and pumped-up TVNZ political poll analysis (OK)
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 - 25min - 2849 - Epic show for new epoch in te ao Māori, road rage, toast-gate
Mediawatch for 8 September 2024: how the epic broadcast to mark a new epoch in te ao Māori was made at Tūrangawaewae Marae, media focus on small stuff in big bucks plan for roads; 'Toast-gate' prompts a backlash and a u-turn on maternity ward snacks.
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 - 36min - 2848 - Midweek Mediawatch - Sport commentary; hot mics; Kiingi tangi
Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the art of live sports commentary, coverage of Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangi; and how a 'hot mic' made headlines at the Pacific Islands Leaders’ forum again.
Wed, 04 Sep 2024 - 20min - 2845 - Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom
Mediawatch for 25 August 2024: Holding ministers to account - but also amplifying their spending statements without scrutiny; two editors in Asia holding the line on media freedom; update on advocacy ad angst.
Sat, 24 Aug 2024 - 34min - 2844 - Guns in the gun, Raygun & TV guys' new jobs
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a lid-lifting Sunday paper scoop about gun crime - and a minister in the spotlight over gun law reform. Also - Australian media go rogue on Raygun, and more Newshub TV talent scooped up by Stuff.
Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 22min - 2843 - The good & bad of AI in news, advert aggravation
Mediawatch looks at how the news media are using artificial intelligence these days. What is AI technology good for? What is it bad at? And do media need to be ready for the fake AI content that's undermining news? Also: further fallout from a controversial advert run by The New Zealand Herald.
Sat, 17 Aug 2024 - 37min - 2842 - Herald denies Hobson's Pledge
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald backing away from running another ad from Hobson's Pledge, a question going begging in the coverage of the government's benefit sanctions announcement - and a cynical PR move by the All Blacks.
Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 24min - 2841 - Mediawatch for 11 August 2024
Mediawatch looks back at the media in the middle of political rows about race relations - and why Maori journalists want an apology over a controversial advocacy ad in the Herald. Also: how social media amplified anger over the riots in the UK - and boxing at the Olympics.
Sat, 10 Aug 2024 - 37min - 2840 - AI, the IOC & an AGM
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about reactions to the revelation the Herald used AI to write editorials - and what was revealed by coverage of the National Party's AGM last weekend. Also: some standout Olympic media moments and unexpected acapella jingles.
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 - 25min - 2839 - Mediawatch for 4 August 2024
Mediawatch looks at a controversy over the use of AI artificial intellgince the New Zealand Herald - and asks if readers should be told when AI technology creates news content. Also: how the media jumped the gun over our lack of medals at the Olympics - and an unconvincing complaint about the All Blacks spurning our media.
Sat, 03 Aug 2024 - 31min - 2838 - Punching below our weight
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the Herald using AI for an editorial - and he delves into the disappointment over our lacklustre Olympic medal count so far. Also - peeling back layers of health bureaucracy and a very personal challenge to a reality TV show.
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 - 22min - 2837 - Mediawatch for 28 July 2024
Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the Abuse in State Care report - and the role the media played in bringing the issue to light.
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 - 36min - 2836 - Biden's bolt blindsides media
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about how the media handled the news that Joe Biden had thrown in the towel - and the final report from the Inquiry into Abuse in State Care. Also Colin also looked at a revealing local report about a local high school - and something he got wrong about his own primary school days.
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 - 22min - 2835 - Mediawatch for 21 July 2024
Mediawatch looks at what our media made of the government's new emissions plan - and how best to cover global climate change without pumping up people's despair. Mediawatch also talks to an RNZ reporter who got a rare opportunity to find out what's going on Nauru, where journalists have been kept at arm's length for years.
Sat, 20 Jul 2024 - 33min - 2834 - Breakfast gets cooked
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about TVNZ Breakfast getting dragged into the Trump shooting debate, some NZME criticism from NZME, TVNZ's exclusive interview with isolated Green MP Darleen Tana - and Hayden apologises for mixing up his memes.
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 - 25min - 2833 - Mediawatch for 14 July 2024
Mediawatch looks at how our media reacted to the shocking news of the attempt on Donald Trump's life in Pennsylvania. And shortly before that news broke, Colin Peacock a look at the week's news and media live on Sunday Morning with Hayden Donnell - including how it panned out in the first week of Stuff's ThreeNews, a change for TVNZ's Re:News, a significant change in the government's stance on affordable housing - and horoscopes in the news.
Sun, 14 Jul 2024 - 33min - 2832 - False gods of sport
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan Stuff making a solid start with ThreeNews on TV; the British media making a meal of their landslide election and local democracy reporting's financial reprieve. Also: the unhealthy obsession with the world's most famous footballer - and Emile gives Mediawatch the (remixed) gift of music.
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 - 25min - 2831 - Mediawatch for 7 July 2024
Last Friday the curtain came down on Newshub at 6 - and more than 30 years of nightly news made at the TV channel Three. But the next day the new 6pm bulletin by Stuff launched in its place. Mediawatch takes a look at its debut - and asks the question: what do people want from the 6pm TV news these days anyway?
Sat, 06 Jul 2024 - 35min - 2830 - Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures
Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the government backing a law change - which they once slated in opposition - to help the media get more money from Big Tech. Also - the end of Newshub coming closer - and another round of concerning closures in the media in local newspapers, the once-mighty Sunday News and at Newstalk ZB.
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 - 23min - 2829 - Mediawatch for 30 June 2024
While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It's the same in Australia - and this week our friends at the ABC ask if public interest journalism can survive on these online networks - or without them. And if serious news outlets slip into obscurity, what would that mean for our public life?
Sat, 29 Jun 2024 - 32min - 2828 - A PM forced to dish his own plaudits
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the prime minister becoming his own hype man, a strange malfunction in RNZ's push notifications, and a grab bag of media business news.
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 - 22min - 2827 - Mediawatch for 23 June 2024
Pundits have predicted the death of old-fashioned newspapers for years - but they're still here. This week Mediawatch looks at a new history of New Zealand newspapers' golden years, from one hundred years ago until the new millennium when digital technology and devices turned the news business upside down.
Sat, 22 Jun 2024 - 38min - 2826 - Plaintive plane complaints
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about an emerging media consensus over our malfunctioning Defence Force aircraft, how rude words slipped though in music on RNZ - and a huge few months at Stuff.
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 - 25min - 2825 - Mediawatch for 16 June 2024
How the media copped criticism for reporting allegations of personal data misused for political purposes - and the struggle to get meaningful responses from official sources. Also: the popularity of an ultra-long local podcast contradicts assumptions about short attention spans - and how one journalist's trip to his local cafe ended up as national news.
Sat, 15 Jun 2024 - 40min - 2824 - New jobs, more podcasts, fewer post-cabs
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about more moves between broadcasters, more new podcasts - but fewer Prime Ministerial press conferences. Also: TVNZ makes football fans happy.
Wed, 12 Jun 2024 - 21min - 2823 - Mediawatch for 9 June 2024
Regional reporting cut back for NZME's new national focus; sports news that was too late - and too early; the controversy over cancer treatment funding missing from the Budget,can we trust surveys of our media which say we don't trust them?
Sat, 08 Jun 2024 - 39min - 2822 - Changing stories on cancer drugs
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's latest reason for not funding 13 cancer drugs, a mammoth loss expected at TVNZ, AI faking the news and even our contemporary history -and a slight directed at the Ōtaki Today.
Wed, 05 Jun 2024 - 23min - 2821 - Mediawatch for 2 June 2024
Long-running bid to make big tech pay for news hits a snag - so what happens next?; stories based on stats sliced from surveys; shock horror over incomplete houses.
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 - 32min - 2820 - New live news & music of the dead
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garner's new live morning show - and an old name for a new 6pm TV news show. Also - a couple of awkward moments at this year's national journalism awards and an awkward confrontation between a rugby coach and a reporter; an outlet devoted to the music of the dead - and who gets struck by lightning?
Wed, 29 May 2024 - 20min - 2819 - Mediawatch for 26 May 2024
New Zealand's big awards for journalists were given out this week at a time when many are losing their jobs. Also - Mediawatch talks to an editor who has secured the future of two important medical magazines in tight times - and looks at coverage of the A-League scandal that's posed some awkward questions with reputations at stake.
Sat, 25 May 2024 - 42min - 2818 - Justice for Herbertville
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell and Emile Donovan apologise poetically to a small Tararua seaside settlement inadvertently insulted by RNZ online. Also: Stuff launches crime podcasts you pay for - while another new podcast hit a hitch this week; ScarJo's lawyers 1, Chat GPT nil.
Wed, 22 May 2024 - 18min - 2817 - Mediawatch for 19 May 2024
A long-running plan to reform the oversight of our media has come to a sudden halt; how public toilets suddenly became political this week.
Sat, 18 May 2024 - 37min - 2816 - TVNZ's cuts hit the screen
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Fair Go and Sunday coming to a sad but dignified end this week at TVNZ, as the broadcaster itself copped criticism for its handling of the redundancies and closures. Also: a complaint against a newspaper's controversial coverage of roading and new offerings from RNZ.
Wed, 15 May 2024 - 25min - 2815 - Mediawatch for 12 May 2024
Pre-budget teasers increase exposure - and scrutiny; Green MP under pressure over conduct; bid to backstop local news; Gaza coverage attract complaints - and prizes.
Sat, 11 May 2024 - 35min - 2814 - StuffHub takes shape
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about new hires for the upcoming Stuff-Newshub 6pm bulletin. Also - TVNZ and the journalists' union face off over job cuts while the outgoing boss of TV channel Three took a swipe at its state-owned rival; and a fringe online radio station's set to return after raising money from its listeners.
Wed, 08 May 2024 - 21min - 2813 - Mediawatch for 5 May 2024
One opinion poll prompts intense political pushback; new report urges sweeping changes to media, law and funding - and fast; Wairoa Star closes after more than a century in print.
Sat, 04 May 2024 - 44min - 2812 - Polls, papers and a post-match snafu
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an MP taken to task about his knowledge of the arts - and a TV producer taking on a funding agency in court. Also: a new political poll causes ructions; a century-old newspaper folds - and a spurned sportsman's great save on camera.
Wed, 01 May 2024 - 21min - 2811 - Mediawatch for 28 April 2024
New media minister rolls in after PM's surprise reshuffle; TV news and current affairs on the way down here, but highly competitive across the Tasman.
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 - 37min - 2810 - Midweek Mediawatch - Another broadcasting minister down
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the departure of broadcasting minister Melissa Lee - and the arrival of the next one Paul Goldsmith. Also: a controversial TV interview with the Israeli ambassador - and some truly startling stuff in a Stuff illustration.
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 23min - 2809 - Mediawatch for 21 April 2024
Stuff is taking over Newshub's 6pm TV news. A bold move for an outfit that's never been a broadcaster before. Will it work? Also: Mediawatch talks to two editors about the latest survey showing another alarming slump in New Zealanders' trust in the news.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 39min - 2808 - Midweek Mediawatch - Stuff's bold TV play
Midweek Mediawatch - Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about Stuff leaping into uncharted waters by taking on Newshub at 6. Also: TVNZ going 'beyond broadcasting,' NZ Post and NZME add to predictions of print's demise; recognition for a one-man band in Southland - and Colin's mistaken identity mix-up . . .again.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 23min - 2807 - Mediawatch for 14 April 2024
End of TV news as we know it? TVNZ cuts back and Newshub closes down. Newshub's news boss responds; the minister plays for time; a former minister fights back
Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 37min - 2806 - Midweek Mediawatch - little light at the end of the TV news tunnel
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about an historic day - not in a good way. The confirmation of the closure of Newshub and more cuts confirmed at TVNZ means more than 300 journalists' jobs will go by midyear - and TV news and current affairs will shrivel. Also: the latest report on trust in the news media reveals a further decline - and listeners' questions about what it all means.
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 33min - 2805 - Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ
TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a proposal to close Newshub in June is expected tomorrow from its owner Warner Brothers Discovery.
Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 14min - 2804 - Mediawatch for 7 April 2024
We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government's new political action plan gets the media's attention.
Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 35min - 2803 - Midweek Mediawatch - chunking out some decision gates
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the government's new chunked-out action plan, a new channel coming to the ThreeNow app - and why media companies chasing online engagement risk alienating their users.
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 20min - 2802 - Mediawatch for 31 March 2024Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 33min
- 2801 - Midweek Mediawatch - Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about the dolphin drama that divided the nation (and the media) last weekend - and royal revelations that overshadowed a terrorist atrocity in Moscow. Also: the PM and party leaders drop hints about upcoming policy to help cash-strapped news media.
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 20min - 2800 - Mediawatch for 24 March 2024
Mediawatch looks at the fallout from Winston Peters' criticism of the media in his State of The Nation speech.
Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 32min - 2799 - Midweek Mediawatch - Rod Oram; state of the Winston
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talked to Emile Donovan about Winston Peters attacking the news media in his State of the Nation speech - and the death of Rod Oram, a much-admired journalist dedicated to coverage of business and climate change. Also: how many journalists are left in New Zealand - and the rights and wrongs of airing 'hot mic' comments.
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 28min - 2798 - Stuff deploys AI for DIY news
Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it's also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has warned AI could wreck the business of journalism - used Chat GPT to write a stories about readers' opinions. Mediawatch asks an unimpressed editor if we all just have to get used to this now.
Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 14min - 2797 - Mediawatch for 17 March 2024Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 33min
- 2796 - Midweek Mediawatch - manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Emile Donovan about a manic Monday afternoon of news - cricket, Oscars, terror in the skies . . . and the post-Cabinet media conference. Also: the royal photo fakery frenzy; political responses to the TV newspocalypse; US politics satirised and fact-checked by TikTok; the leap-year community's struggles.
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 24min - 2795 - Mediawatch for 10 March 2024
TVNZ has proposed big cuts to news that could leave the country with only one daily TV news bulletin and almost no current affairs on TV within weeks.
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 37min - 2794 - Midweek Mediawatch - it's the end of the news as we know it?
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about job cuts looming at TVNZ as its crosstown rival Newshub faces a shut-down. Also: coverage of Chris Luxon's terrible, no-good week - and Heavy Metal Morning Report.
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 20min - 2793 - Mediawatch: Apocalypse now?
For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub's owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ambivalent government do?
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 40min - 2792 - Three no longer a hub for news
Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to shut down Newshub was met with mourning within the media - and also concern about what could replace it in the media ecosystem
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 08min - 2791 - TVNZ's losses point to media-wide strife
Mediawatch: TVNZ's latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it's the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry.
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 03min - 2790 - Midweek Mediawatch - Newshub's brutal 'proposal'
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the sudden and startling news of Newshub's impending demise in a 'proposal' from the global owner. Also: is it wrong for journalists to use 'big tech' tools to scrub the sound of real people from reports - or bum notes at the Superbowl?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 25min - 2789 - Welfare and immigration set for a 'reset'
The PM's State of the Nation speech got the media's attention when he said welfare needs reform. He didn't mention record-level immigration but that's also been deemed unsustainable and set for a reset too. What did the media tell about these problems - and what's at stake?
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 - 15min - 2788 - A lifeboat to keep news afloat?
Last week the great and good of New Zealand's news media urged MPs to back a law change to make Google and Facebook pay them for their news. They say the income could be critical to the survival of journalism here. But the lobby group campaigning for better public media says there's a better way to 'send a lifeboat'.
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 - 18min - 2787 - Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO
As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties' anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why Swift gave New Zealand a swerve in the first place - and where the big gigs might be held in future.
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 - 06min - 2786 - Mediawatch for 25 February 2024
Government 'resets' immigration and welfare; another way to make Google and Facebook to pay for journalism; media milk Kiwi Swifties' stadium FOMO.
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 - 40min - 2785 - Midweek Mediawatch - A clash of polls
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about the death of Efeso Collins, big conclusions drawn from conflicting polls - and the problems with an old media adage.
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 25min - 2784 - $500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected
A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need to reprioritise. But AT said the true cost was a fraction of what was reported.
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 - 09min - 2783 - MPs urged to take sides in media vs big tech tussle
Media bosses warned MPs this week journalism is in jeopardy here if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. It's based on laws already in place in Australia and Canada. Mediawatch asks the ex-editor leading the publishers' pitch how it might work.
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 - 38min - 2782 - Mediawatch for 18 February 2024
Auckland's transport turmoil reports lack full facts; publishers pitch to Parliament to make Google and Facebook pay for their news.
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 - 36min - 2781 - Midweek Mediawatch - Retail rat-astrophe & awkward interviews
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about the Port Hills fire prompting another state of emergency; questions posed by two awkward interviews with political leaders - and the retail rat-astrophe in our supermarkets that suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda.
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 22min - 2780 - Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media
In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this year. Some even called it historic and a possible turning point. How did the media depict all that?
Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - 27min - 2779 - Mediawatch for 11 February 2024
Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media; Why is Sky screening more top-dollar sport for free?
Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - 34min - 2778 - Why Sky is screening some of its top-dollar sport for free
Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball and league will soon screen in weekends free-to-air. Why?
Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - 06min - 2777 - Midweek Mediawatch: Copy-and-paste Chris
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about Chris Luxon being harangued by the media for copy-and-pasting his Waitangi Day speech, an eye-opening column on police recruitment numbers - and a sensational-sounding political scoop that has yet to see the light of day.
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 24min - 2776 - Does bad economic news trump good news?
Stories about surging inflation, successive food price rises and more Kiwis in arrears topped bulletins and filled front pages last year. But recent news about slowing inflation, cheaper food and rising business confidence hasn't had the same impact. How come?
Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 10min - 2775 - Todd Scott - taking a punt at NBR
It's more than a decade since Todd Scott staked everything to buy the business news weekly where he worked, the National Business Review. Since then NBR's gone online-only, axed ads entirely and the owner moved to Fiji. During a flying visit back to HQ, Mediawatch asks Scott if he's still in it for the long haul.
Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 19min - 2774 - With one last hurrah, goneburger is goneburger
When James Shaw tweeted "James Shaw goneburger" it was the zenith of one political reporter's eight-year effort to goneburger every departing politician in New Zealand. But Jo Moir is now leaving Twitter (X) - and goneburgering - behind.
Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 12min - 2773 - Mediawatch for 4 February 2024
This week on Mediawatch, does bad news about the economy trump good news? The end of the line for goneburger?
Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 42min - 2772 - Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ shuffles its pack
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Emile Donovan about just-announced changes to RNZ National's schedule and an RNZ news story last weekend which prompted complaints. Also: an ex-MP's emotional interviews; defining sport once and for all - and what do Jacinda Ardern and Liverpool FC have in common?
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 22min - 2771 - Media cop flak over MP’s startling downfall
The summer holidays are usually a dead zone for domestic political news - but the unseasonal and unexpected downfall of Golriz Ghahraman bucked the trend this month. Media copped criticism from some for reporting the allegations that led to her resignation - while others railed at media for failing to condemn her alleged crimes and playing the 'mental health card'.
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 - 15min - 2770 - Water woes flood silly season as news runs dry
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, predictable reports of shark sightings signalled the start of the summer silly season. And with water running out in the capital, and a controversial campaign from Auckland's Watercare, even the culture wars didn't run out of steam over the holidays.
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 - 18min - 2769 - Mediawatch for 28 January 2024
What you missed over summer: harmless sharks, woke worries, sewage smells and water woes flood the holiday news drought; media cop flak for coverage of Golriz Ghahraman's downfall.
Sat, 27 Jan 2024 - 32min - 2768 - Midweek Mediawatch - Hōhā over hui coverage
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Emile Donovan about accusations of bias over media commentary on the national hui at Tūrangawaewae marae and the media response to the downfall of Green MP Golriz Gharahman.
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 20min - 2767 - The Mediawatch Christmas bonus
A special edition of Mediawatch looking back on the year in the media - ending with the Mediawatch five-minute mashup of 2023's news.
Sat, 23 Dec 2023 - 36min - 2766 - Midweek Mediawatch - 2023 Awards
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell and Colin Peacock joined Mark Leishman to hand out Mediawatch's not very prestigious and not at all coveted annual awards - including worst media cliche, most shameless ripoff, best media drama, and media over-reaction of the year.
Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 43min - 2765 - Mediawatch for 17 December 2020 - Horowhenua special
Covering news all over the country is a struggle for media companies dealing with rising costs and falling income. But some local outlets are surviving - and even thriving. Mediawatch's Hayden Donnel finds out who's doing the business in Horowhenua - and how they're doing it.
Sat, 16 Dec 2023 - 33min - 2764 - Midweek Mediawatch - The case of the missing mayoral footage
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a much-reported recording of Wellington's mayor which made many headlines recently - but has not yet appeared in the real world. Also: a report into New Zealand's media landscape - and what will replace The Project in the 7pm current affairs slot on Three - and Dunedin set to lose its local TV news.
Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 29min - 2763 - From paper to platform - media's online dependence
Five years ago Dr Merja Myllylahti warned our news media were becoming dangerously dependent on global digital platforms which gave them online audiences but undercut their income and didn't seem to care much about news. What's the story five years on?
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 - 17min - 2762 - Mediawatch for 10 December 2023
Parliamentary pomp and ceremony - but no honeymoon; 'From Paper to Platform'- media's online dependence; Todd Niall - local matters really matter
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 - 36min - 2761 - Todd Niall - local matters really matter
'Look ahead, not back' - the last words of Todd Niall after 46 years in daily journalism. The last of these were spent reporting the complicated and highly-contested issues afflicting Auckland and its supercity council. Unlike his other passion - yacht racing - that's not glamorous, but Todd tells Mediawatch local matters really do matter for every citizen.
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 - 20min - 2760 - Midweek Mediawatch ‘Kin oath’ - new Parliament sworn in
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman about the new government getting underway with plenty of ceremony, lots of protest - but no honeymoon. Also: Sky puts prices up; The Project comes to an end - and are letters to the editor on the way out?
Wed, 06 Dec 2023 - 28min - 2759 - Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one
It didn't take long for Winston Peters' news media grievances to make headlines - and headaches - for the new government. Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to his claims of media 'bribery' - and what he was hinting at.
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - 18min - 2758 - Mediawatch for 3 December 2023
Claims of media 'bribery' derail new government on day one; politics shows off air just as politics hots up; mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports.
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - 41min - 2757 - Mayor under pressure after rumour-based reports
Wellington's mayor is under pressure after acknowledging an alcohol problem. Her admission was prompted by media questions about drunken 'antics' based in part on a reported recording which no media outlet has yet confirmed - and which was contradicted by the only eye-witness on the record.
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 - 16min - 2756 - Midweek Mediawatch: Winston's war
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Winston Peters' war with the media, a new streaming app for Three, and Kim Hill's farewell to RNZ.
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 26min - 2755 - Not the greatest story ever told
The three political coalition partners finally sealed the deal on Friday, bringing to an end more than 40 days of limbo - and Shane Jones' biblical quotes. Never has so much been said by so many political reporters with so little information for so long. It wasn't exactly season 4 of Borgen.
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 - 06min - 2754 - Watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade
The chief of the country's most powerful media watchdog says we need new laws now to hold media to account in future. The outgoing government had a plan for one single body to oversee rules for all media, including the internet, but that slow-moving overhaul looks stalled. What does the Broadcasting Standards Authority want from our new rulers?
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 - 15min - 2753 - Music journalism all but vanishes from our media
This week the country's biggest arts funding agency published a plan to boost coverage of culture which has been dwindling in our media. Music reviews and writing used to be eagerly-read and hotly-contested in our papers and magazines. We ask a former entertainment editor where that went and what could bring it back.
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 - 14min - 2752 - Mediawatch for 26 November 2023
Parties seal the coalition deal to end long limbo for media; watchdog warns media laws need urgent upgrade; media tuning out of music journalism; Covid response reckons ramp up in inquiry season.
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 - 39min - 2751 - Midweek Mediawatch - Are we there yet? No . . .
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the ongoing process of forming a new government testing the patience of political reporters - and the audience. Also: more financial woe for media companies, 123 years of history ends in Invercargill - and Australia's rugby boss meets a sticky end.
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 30min
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