Lately for Wednesday 3 August 2022
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Midweek Mediawatch with Colin Peacock
10:35 PM.Scurrilous rumours hit NZME in the pocket; Mini-doco about gay cricketer sparks debate; TV News themes -- Bill Bailey's BBC apocalyptic rave; and MPs in harmony - literally. Read more Audio
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Live Update from the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
10:17 PM.Live Update from the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Read more Audio
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Christopher Luxon gets his own Backbenchers puppet
10:00 PM.The National Party leader has joined the long list of satirical political puppets at The Backbencher. Bryce Curtis is the puppet maker - he tells us who has been the trickiest of all the political… Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
10:18 Live Update from the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
New Zealand's Lewis Clareburt won gold in the men's 200m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AFP / Ben Stansall
10:25 Christopher Luxon gets his own Backbenchers puppet
The National Party leader has joined the long list of satirical political puppets at The Backbencher
Earlier this evening he was mounted in his position - joining the company of others like Metiria Turei and Jacinda Ardern
Bryce Curtis is the puppet maker - he tells us who has been the trickiest of all the political puppets he's made - and what his Christopher Luxon puppet looks like.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon with his new puppet at Backbencher Gastropub in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Katie Scotcher
10:35 Midweek Mediawatch with Colin Peacock
- Scurrilous rumours hit NZME in the pocket
- Mini-doco about gay cricketer sparks debate
- TV News themes -- Bill Bailey's BBC apocalyptic rave
- MPs in harmony - literally
