Colin Peacock

An media debate over New Zealand recognising Palestinian statehood was partly overshadowed by party political rows and claims it would only be a gesture.

RNZ is planning to reverse decline in RNZ National's live listenership, but it comes at a time when listeners' loyalty seems harder than ever to secure.

RNZ is targeting listeners in Auckland and New Zealanders over 50 after a review of programmes and news prompted by declines in RNZ National's live listenership.

With news the pupil assessment system is on the way out, many applauded the return to old school ways, but said less about what might be lost. Video

Many recent stories claimed the hike to a 15 per cent US tariff on our exports was 'a surprise.' But was it?

After 160 years in print, the Marlborough Express rolled off the presses for the final time last week. Mediawatch investigates if it's a change that's been coming - and could be coming for other local… Audio

Waving goodbye to PayWave fees in a cost-of-living crisis seemed like a win for the government, until the media checked it out.

Bitter battles over butter prices have led news bulletins, partly prompted by the finance minister's 'please explain' to Fonterra. But one editor says many in the media missed the point.

More intense campaigns targeting politicians and ministers pitching their own multimedia messages. Are these old tactics or a bid to dodge media scrutiny? Video

Backers of the latest Covid-19 response inquiry say it's crucial for future planning and to give people a say, but media mostly zeroed in on which big-name politicians would show up in six weeks time.

Some AI applications appear to be trying to tell us what we want to hear - and even avoid answers that might upset us. Is AI human after all? If so, should the media be wary? Video

Polls show health is a huge concern, so it's no surprise it's hotly contested in politics - and the media. This week sick leave suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda.

Greg Hywood ran the Australia's Fairfax Media that bought most of this NZ's newspapers for more than $1 billion in 2003 - and sold them back for just a dollar 17 years later. Video

Two big media players made huge moves on the same day as Stuff twinned with Trade Me while NZME shook up its boardroom.

The media make a drama out of Budget day every year, even though the big plot twists have been revealed in advance and bits of the backstory are no longer in the script.

An entire generation has grown up online with little regulation of their digital world, but this week, there has been a sudden surge of political concern about teenagers - and a bid to ban social…

A call to consider universal military service was enthusiastically endorsed in the media this week. But those backing it seized on stats that also tell a different story.

Almost every day in the news we're told the health system is in crisis. What's the best way to cover a sector with so many stories - most of them bad? And why does it seem so hard to get the hard data…

What is it like for a journalist jailed just for doing his job to see the worst moments of his own life on the screen?

Fresh figures out today show less than a third of us trust the news most of the time. But they also show the slump has stalled - and every news outlet surveyed is more trusted this year.

Latest annual stats show ad revenue's gone up again, but the proportion of it going to local media is down.

Are our media confusing us with claims about "green shoots" in the economy - while also reporting every bit of "dire data"?

A Kiwi whistleblower whose book lifts the lid on Facebook was gagged before she had a chance to talk to RNZ. Why? And what did she say in other interviews before Meta called its lawyers?

The PM's got plenty on his plate right now - the economy, health, housing, Trump, and school lunches. Now the media are also hinting he might not be in the top job for long - but based on very little.

A review of RNZ coverage regarding the conflict in Gaza has concluded it has abided by its own editorial policy - as well as the standards and principles of media and broadcasting watchdogs.