Internet
Will Google and Facebook soon control news distribution?
The director of the Nieman Journalism lab at Harvard University, Joshua Benton says local news is under threat, as global giants like Facebook, Apple and Google begin to dominate news platforms, and… Audio
Tourism NZ to use Chinese TV star
As we reported earlier, Tourism New Zealand is to use a Chinese reality TV star to get road safety messages across to tourists. Audio
Socialites sees big growth as social media marketing increases
A small start-up communications company, Socialites, is offering a service to help companies get to grip with building a presence and sustaining their marketing on social media. Audio
Streamed music set to overtake other formats
Streaming music online is predicted to be the main way New Zealanders buy and listen to music in 2015.
Peer reviewing research
The peer-review process, where a scientific paper gets read and reviewed by other independent academics, is a tried and trusted way to scrutinise research before it gets published. Just because it's… Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Video Games
Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms. Matt is wrapping up his segment on Nights… Audio
Technology And Innovation
Our technology correspondent Paul Brislen is here to tell us about the state of New Zealand broadband, the Innovation Awards and Facebook's DISLIKE function. We'll also meet another great kiwi… Audio
Cartographers use social media to map conflict zones
Nathan Ruser from Sydney is an amateur mapper and founding member of the Institute of United Conflict Analysts who monitor a number of conflicts, especially Syria and Iraq, from their homes. Their… Audio
Companies coughing up for content: The Spinoff
An in-depth look at rugby's deep roots in New Zealand appeared in the media here this past week. It came from one of the UK's major media titles and its writer rightly won praise for it. But most… Audio
Tackling tax in the digital age
Philippa Tolley asks if it is possible to tax online purchases effectively. Audio
Buying popularity
Kashmir Hill of fusion.net set up a fake business to explore the internet's deception marketplace. Audio
Planned tax on online sales could be undermined by avoidance
The government's plans to extend GST to goods and services including downloads from overseas could quickly run into trouble. Audio
NZ looks at how it will impose GST on goods online
New Zealand looks at how it will impose GST on goods purchased online overseas - Australia has announced it's lowering its threshold to zero. Audio
Danish police arrest man on charges of cyber crime
Danish police have arrested a man on charges of subjecting an Auckland schoolgirl to what are being described as serious, constant and distressing online attacks. Joining Morning Report is Netsafe… Audio
Danish man charged with with cyber crime
A Danish man has been charged with subjecting an Auckland school girl to what are being labelled serious, constant and distressing online attacks. Audio
Facebook to add dislike button
After years of petitions and pestering from users, Facebook has announced it's going to add a dislike button to the social network. Audio
Facebook dislike
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has made a u-turn on adding a "dislike" option for reaction to posts. Audio
Inmate blogged about victim
A former inmate and criminologist is questioning how a convicted paedophile was able to write a blog that blamed one of his victims.
When it's not OK to tweet at Parliament
New guidelines have been released for politicians and political journalists using social media at Parliament.