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A rainy day for the mayor's media freeze out
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has maintained a relationship with the media that's been - at best - frosty. A new report into the Council's flood response shows the limits of that approach. The mayor's… Audio
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Droning on about flying pizza - again
This week the prospect of pizza by drone from store-to-door hit the headlines again - seven years years after a similar PR fly-by prompted stories insisting this was just around the corner for needy… Audio
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Mediawatch for 16 April 2023
Audio 16 Apr 2023Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
Audio 12 Apr 2023How the media reacted to the sudden announcement about tighter rules for lobbying politicians, an investigation lifting the lid on health spending; and how the LA Times enraged fans of the series… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about how the media reacted to a sudden switch of rules for those who lobby politicians. Also - an… Audio
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Mediawatch: Turning off the news?
Mediawatch looks at the results of the biggest annual survey of New Zealanders’ trust in news - which shows it’s on the slide for the fourth year in a row. For the first time it also shows many of us… Video, Audio
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Big budget boost for RNZ after failed public media plan
The government has boosted the annual budget of RNZ by more than 50 percent for the next four years after the recent collapse of the plan for a new public media entity. The broadcasting minister also…
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RNZ to recieve $25m funding boost
RNZ will receive an annual increase of 25-point-seven million dollars ($25.7million) in a funding boost just announced by the Broadcasting Minister.
Willie Jackson says the boost will deliver what he… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - All the President's luggage
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Donald Trump getting arrested, trust in news falling again, a controversy involving a Cabinet minister and… Audio
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Power outage - TVNZ’s top boss quits after a year
TVNZ’s chief executive Simon Power has resigned and will leave in June after just 15 months in the role - during which a new public media entity to replace TVNZ was scrapped. He’s the second media…
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Today FM turned off - and erased
Why did MediaWorks kill a network launched with heavy hype only a year ago - which was also the source of news for half the country's commercial stations? The major media company also scrubbed the… Audio
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Mediawatch for 2 April 2023
Audio 2 Apr 2023The untidy end of Today FM - and 30 years of talk radio history; further fallout from coverage of the short-but-sharp visit of provocateur Posie Parker - and the protest that drowned her out. Audio
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Media mismatch on an 'out-of-control mob'
The protest that overwhelmed a rally for anti-trans rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull in Auckland last weekend was described as out-of-control and violent in some accounts. Two reporters who… Audio
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Today FM goes up in flames after on-air explosion
The future of MediaWorks talk network Today FM and its news service are in doubt after a proposal to close the station prompted an on-air staff revolt. Today FM abruptly cut to pop music after… Audio
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TodayFM abruptly pulled off air
Audio 30 Mar 2023Mediaworks' Auckland-based Today FM has stopped live on-air programming. Today FM hosts Duncan Garner and Tova O'Brien told listeners a short time ago the station and staff were being cut. The station… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
Audio 29 Mar 2023Colin Peacock talks to Susana Lei'ataua about an expensive and important TV advert scuppered by the advertising watchdog - and a surprise rise in the media's income from ads. Also: a southern… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - incorrect Corrections ad?
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Susana Lei’ataua about the advertising watchdog scuppering an expensive and important TV advert - and a surprise rise in the media’s income from… Audio
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Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media
An RNZ investigation lifted the lid this week on lobbyists and how they communicate with politicians outside the public gaze or official oversight. But it also raised questions for the media about how… Audio
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Posie the provocateur captures media's attention
The fly-in fly-out visit of provocateur Posie Parker was obviously a divisive issue - with people going to court to try to prevent it and then taking to the streets when that failed. Opponents drowned… Audio
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Mediawatch for 26 March 2023
Audio 26 Mar 2023UK provocateur captures media's attention; lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media; a source burned and spurned - in the public interest? Audio
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A source burned and spurned - in the public interest?
An RNZ investigation this week revealed ministers and their staff are messaged by lobbyists using apps out of the public gaze - but discoverable under the OIA. In the UK, one minister’s messages… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about revelations on political lobbying from RNZ, a new online outlet seeking to provoke the woke; how US media boosted the… Audio
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Another top-tier departure rocks MediaWorks
MediaWorks’ news boss Dallas Gurney has resigned, soon after the sudden departure of the chief executive who appointed him. It leaves a leadership void at the broadcaster at a tricky time and it casts…
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A muted media response to March 15
The media did little to mark the fourth anniversary of the March 15 terror attack, and some victims and their families say they are starting to feel forgotten. Audio
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Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire
Audio 19 Mar 2023Chris Hipkins won media plaudits for his political strategy after scrapping or deferring some of Labour's policy in his latest policy bonfire, including ones to reduce emissions. But a poll released… Audio
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Mediawatch for 19 March 2023
Audio 19 Mar 2023Polls and policy bonfire create climate contradiction; a muted media response to March 15; apology; talk radio outbursts spark apology. Audio
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Mid week Mediawatch - Mis-match of the day at BBC
Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about how a former footballer took on the top brass of the BBC - and won. Also - two papers challenged on the fairness of local politics coverage; a surprising… Audio
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Mis-match of the day at the BBC
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about how a former footballer took on the top brass of the BBC - and won. Also: a confronting front-page story about a high-profile death - and… Audio
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Kids and consultants - Media run the rule over opposition policy
The National Party unveiled two dove-tailed policies last weekend - pumping up childcare subsidies while cutting down on consultants to cover the cost. Mediawatch looks at how the media ran the rule… Audio