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Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals
9:10 AM.Brian Tamaki couldn't get on TV last weekend to announce the launch of a new umbrella movement to contest the next election. But other political leaders had better luck recently week getting a media… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 21 May 2023
9:08 AM.Gore blimey - a little local political difficulty pulls national media focus; Politicians seeking platforms for political reveals. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - putting a disaster in context
9:36 PM.In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about coverage putting the Loafers Lodge disaster in context - even in the midst of chaos and confusion, some impressive… Read more Audio
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Some broadcasters still shrugging off storm warnings
9:12 AM.Some in the media learned the lessons of Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, just as the emergency management authorities have done - and they made a concerted effort to… Read more Audio
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Offshore outfit rating the reliability of our media
9:09 AM.US-based NewsGuard is rating New Zealand's significant news sites for reliability - and even preparing ‘nutrition labels’ to warn users to treat them with caution. NewsGuard is also using human… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 14 May 2023
9:08 AM.Safe or sorry? Some still shrugging off storm warnings; an offshore outfit rating reliability of our news - and trying to train the AI chatbots; angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen. Audio
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Angst over not-so-Super Rugby on screen
9:07 AM.Midweek sports bulletins and commentaries declared that a former All Blacks coach had "slammed" modern rugby and declared it "unwatchable," prompting push-back from current All Blacks about changing… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - out with the old, in with the new
10:00 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about criticism of the Coronation coverage - and the PM grilled by the BBC on republicanism and… Read more Audio
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A constitutional conundrum - or simply a king-size spectacle?
9:10 AM.The Coronation this weekend was an historic event that anointed a new head of state for us for the first time in 70 years - and also a made-for-media spectacle that captivated broadcasters. After the… Read more Video, Audio
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Mediawatch for 7 May 2023
9:08 AM.The Coronation - constitutional conundrum or just a king-size media spectacle?; political defection takes media by surprise. Audio
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Political defection takes media by surprise
9:07 AM.Te Pāti Māori livestreams from local marae don’t usually attract much mainstream media interest. But the defection of government minister Meka Whaitiri on Wednesday was carried by every major outlet… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - a media muddle over Meka Whaitiri
9:12 PM.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… Read more Audio
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Stuff takes paywall plunge
5:12 PM.After putting almost all its news online for free for a quarter of a century, Stuff launched subscription-based websites this weekend for its biggest daily papers - The Press, Waikato Times and The… Read more Audio
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Citizenship celebration turns sour in record time
9:10 AM.For 22 years, media stories regularly bemoaned Kiwis treated as second class citizens across the ditch. This week, the problem finally got resolved, only for coverage to turn to fears of a 'Great… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 30 April 2023
9:08 AM.Stuff takes the paywall plunge; fear of brain drain drowns out victory for Kiwis' rights across the ditch; economic predictions wide of the mark. Read more Audio
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Stuff to put up first paywalls for news
5:56 PM.The country’s biggest publisher of news will soon begin charging readers of three titles for news online for the first time. Stuff is launching subscription-based websites for The Dominion Post, The… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - big bills for media billionaires
10:45 PM.Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about a very bad week for two billionaire media barons - Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch - burning up credibility and cash in court, online and in… Read more Audio
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What’s the government’s post-merger media plan?
9:10 AM.The government is beefing up RNZ’s budget after scrapping the new public media entity it planned over four years. But what’s the ‘broadcasting strategy for all New Zealanders’ the minister says he’s… Read more Audio
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New regional news network seeks reporters and backers
9:08 AM.This week ads for a new start-up appeared seeking reporters in the regions - and offering salaries reporters only get in the big cities these days. What is Regional News Network? How does it plan to… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 23 April 2023
9:08 AM.What's the government plan for public media now?; regional news start-up seeking reporters and backing; airline snack swap secures sparks media appetite. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - an unwanted Twitter tag
8:07 PM.Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Twitter tagging public broadcasters around the world - including RNZ - as 'government… Read more Audio
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A rainy day for the mayor's media freeze out
9:13 AM.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… Read more Audio
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Droning on about flying pizza - again
9:10 AM.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… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 16 April 2023
9:08 AM.Auckland flood response review finds arms-length Council didn't use media effectively; media droning on about flying pizza - again; a fake news backflip. Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbying, OIA angst and spoiler rage
10:00 PM.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… Read more Audio