Jenna Lynch
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 28 February 2025
On today's episode, five-years-ago today, New Zealand recorded its first Covid-19 case, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, will land in South Korea tonight for the final leg of his trip to… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 31 January
On today's episode, Resources Minister Shane Jones is launching a national minerals strategy Critical Minerals' list in Waihi on Friday, Samoa's Director-General of Health says Robert F. Kennedy… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 22 November 2024
On today's episode, the government is proposing two name suppression law changes to support victims of sexual violence, former Florida representative Matt Gaetz posted on X that he is withdrawing his… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 25th October
On today's episode, the ambulance workers union is warning someone could be killed if stab proof vests aren't made more widely available to all staff, Labour's Maori Development spokesperson Willie… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: A game of two Chrises
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.
…Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about National's attempt to weather a storm of journalistic scrutiny of its tax plan, Patrick Gower's unusual… Audio
Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle
As National announced its long-awaited tax plan, some journalists took a hard look at its numbers, while others focused more on political strategy and impact. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - climate, cellphones and how not to spell cat
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about one news broadcast foregrounding climate while another hones in on cellphones and Chris Luxon misspelling… Audio
Political Panel: OCR Hike and the latest poll
The OCR hike and latest poll as the election approaches are major talking points this week.
Questions remain for National's tax plan and use of AI marketing images, and Labour's conference kicks off… Audio
Political editors panel: Public service posturing
Friday means Morning Report's weekly political panel.
This week Newshub's Political Editor Jenna Lynch, joined RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson. Audio
Political editors panel: Polls, Reserve Bank, tax
It's time now for our Friday political panel in which we dissect, discuss and analyse the political stories of the week.
Political editor Jane Patterson, and Newhub political editor Jenna Lynch spoke… Audio
