In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori taking the media by surprise, a media organisation and a politician censured for inaccuracy on important health matters - and media coverage of an airline PR stunt.
Meka Whaitiri with Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, and party president John Tamihere. Photo: RNZ / Kate Green