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Major media organisations all over the world are copping criticism for the way they’re reporting what’s happening in Gaza and Israel. Mediawatch asks BBC news boss Jonathan Munro how they’re handling… Video, Audio

The BBC Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival, and RNZ Concert is giving you a front row seat.

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the Greens' entire manifesto crowded out by coverage of a single law and order tweak from Act . Also a Mediawatch… Audio

The Rainbow Warrior bombing back in 1985 is fairly familiar to us here in Aotearoa. There have been TV documentaries and even a feature film telling the tale too. But it's not so well known around the… Video, Audio

BBC documentary maker and Oxford historian Dr Janina Ramirez unveils the women forgotten by history. In her new book; Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, Dr… Audio

A long Anglican church service bookended by mostly-military parades became possibly the most-watched event in media history this week. But many media outlets struggled with what the Queen’s funeral… Audio

In his new book, Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop, Bob Stanley, who is a member of English indie/dance crossover band Saint Etienne, tells the definitive story of the birth of Pop music, from 1900… Audio

Some are already calling the invasion of Ukraine a turning point in world history. How we react is shaped by the media coverage - and most of what we get comes from outlets in countries that have… Audio

Rather than being 'starstruck' New Zealander Rose Matafeo has herself truly struck star status. Video, Audio

Our story on Craig's lost wallet has sparked a lot of discussion with listeners about the things people have lost and found over the years. But it's not just New Zealanders talking about it. We heard… Audio

Rory Cellan-Jones is a former BBC technology correspondent and author of 'Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era.' The 63-year-old recently left the BBC after a 40-year association with… Audio

Facebook’s all-powerful founder has rebooted his trillion-dollar company as ‘Meta’ and he’s planning for a new virtual ‘metaverse’ for us in five years. But the real world mess Facebook’s made in… Audio

Dire Straits are one of the biggest bands in rock history, having sold more than 100 million records, having won four Grammy Awards, and having embarked on some of the biggest tours the industry has… Audio

Mediawatch looks at how the media zeroed in on our social cohesion this week - as the current lockdown in Auckland became the longest we've had so far. Also: Mediawatch talks to the BBC's Peter… Audio

Few journalists on the planet have more experience of reporting terrorism than the BBC’s Peter Taylor. He has spent half a century covering Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles - a consequence of the… Video, Audio