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This week's move down to Level One was heralded by the media here and overseas as a major achievement - and the welcome return of more freedom in our daily lives, including sport with fans in  the… Audio

A dispute is brewing between the popular Facebook page 'Shit Towns of New Zealand' and The Rock over the station's weekly segment 'Poo Towns of NZ'. Audio

A long-awaited and overdue official report on the future of Māori media has raised fears among journalists that a ‘one-stop-shop’ for Māori news may reduce the range of reporting in order to save… Audio

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a revolt inside the New York Times newsroom and questions whether New Zealand media should be stricter about the… Audio

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a revolt inside the New York Times newsroom, and questions whether New Zealand media should be stricter about the… Audio

Journalists covering the US protests have been targeted by militarised police officers and actual military police alike - and in some places, the protesters themselves. Many blame Trump’s ‘enemy of… Video, Audio

When Bauer Media shut down on 1 April, it wiped out just about every documentary photography job in the country. Now concerns are being raised over how New Zealand’s visual history will be documented… Audio, Gallery

A controversial column in the New York Times headlined “Send in The Troops” prompted a staff backlash at the prestigious paper before bosses decided  - a little to late - it was not fit to print Audio

Reporters cop it in land of the free-for-all; prestigious paper's staff in revolt over article not fit to print; the end of history: documentary photography in peril without publishers. Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock speaks with Karyn about one reporter caught in the crossfire and others copping blowback from the upheaval in the US - and musical… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn Hay about reporters caught in the crossfire and others copping blowback from the upheaval in the US - and musical echoes of… Video, Audio

This week the CEO of this country’s biggest news producer - Stuff - pulled off a $1 deal to take the company off the hands of Aussie owners who didn’t want it. She says she wants Stuff's staff to take… Audio

Two years ago the government said we had "one shot" at wiping out Mycoplasma Bovis, echoing its later stance on Covid-19. It also learned from communications failures in its handling of the cattle… Audio

Popular weeklies Woman’s Day and New Idea were among a whole host of top titles closed down last month by Bauer Media. Lately they’ve reappeared in the shops as Aussie editions with a little bit of… Audio

On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about some tough interviews for National's incoming leadership team, a new owner's big plans for Stuff, and journalist joy at a… Audio

It's been hailed as a bold, dramatic and brave move.

Yesterday it was announced that the chief executive of Stuff has bought the company for $1 and has plans for staff shareholders.

Sinead Boucher… Audio

MediaWorks has announced it is cutting 130 jobs to deal with the economic fallout from Covid-19, and Stuff has been sold for $1 by its Australian owner Nine Entertainment.

Māni Dunlop spoke with… Audio

Stuff's chief executive Sinead Boucher has bought the company from its Australian owner Nine Entertainment for $1. It ends years of uncertainty over the publisher's ownership and she says giving staff…

MediaWorks is cutting 130 jobs as it deals with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The return of TV channels’ political opinion polls piled the pressure on the National Party’s leader and kickstarted Friday’s move to replace him. Covid-19 has changed many things in politics and… Audio

Prominent political pundit Matthew Hooton has withdrawn from commentary for the time being because of a conflict caused by his link to the successful leadership bid of National MPs Todd Muller and… Audio

Bridges rolled after polls pile on the pressure; Prominent pundit pulls back over Muller link; Media on the block vulnerable to vultures. Audio

A High Court judgment has revealed that an entity other than the New Zealand Herald's owner NZME is interested in buying Stuff - and a deal could be done by the end of this month.

Hayden Donnell joins us once again with his midweek eye on the media. Audio

NZME’s bold bid to buy its biggest rival for $1 foundered in the High Court this week. But Stuff - our biggest publisher of news - is still on the block along with the nation’s most popular magazines… Audio

You might not know his face, but you probably remember his voice. Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings Audio