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Mediawatch
There's never a shortage of opinions on the media - but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail twice a week, accompanied by to-the-point interviews and analysis. Mediawatch is a must-listen each week for those keen to know more about the news - and each edition must also stand up to the scrutiny of those who work in our media.
Sundays at 9:05am and 10:12pm
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Midweek Mediawatch - incorrect Corrections ad?
29 Mar 2023Midweek 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… Read more 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… Read more Audio
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Posie the provocateur captures media's attention
26 Mar 2023The 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… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 26 March 2023
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? Read more 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… Read more Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist
22 Mar 2023In 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… Read more 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… Read more
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A muted media response to March 15
19 Mar 2023The 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. Read more Audio
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Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire
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… Read more Audio
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Mediawatch for 19 March 2023
19 Mar 2023Polls and policy bonfire create climate contradiction; a muted media response to March 15; apology; talk radio outbursts spark apology. Read more 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… Read more 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… Read more Audio
Mediawatch
Sundays at 9:05am and 10:12pm
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On air since 2001 and as a podcast since 2007, Mediawatch looks critically at big stories and issues in the news right now - and what’s going on behind the scenes across the media.
Mediawatch examines the output of reporters, producers and editors - as well as the input of PR and the ad industry. It also questions the executives, policy-makers, politicians, regulators and tech companies which influence our media today.
Colin Peacock, Producer and presenter of Mediawatch
Colin studied journalism at the University of Canterbury then headed overseas to freelance back in the 1990s before pitching up at BBC News for eight years. He worked for BBC World TV and news and sport network 5 Live before ending up as a producer at the World Service. After a stint at World Update, a co-production with Public Radio International in the US, he returned to New Zealand and came to RNZ in 2003. He’s been producing and presenting Mediawatch since 2007.
Hayden Donnell, Mediawatch producer
Hayden Donnell has been a writer, reporter and editor for news outlets including the New Zealand Herald, TVNZ, RNZ and Newshub. In recent years he’s also worked for The Spinoff, where his story on the making of Kim Dotcom’s much-maligned album Good Times won a Voyager award for best entertainment feature. He also presented the web series Get It To Te Papa, which follows his quest to get underappreciated artefacts into our national museum. He joined the Mediawatch team at the beginning of 2020.