Media
Feature interview: why movies flop
Failure can be fascinating and when Hollywood produces a box office flop, it can often happen in spectacular fashion. Tm Robey is a film critic for the Daily Telegraph and tells the stories of 26 film… Audio
Television Critic: English Teacher and the TV of Japan.
Pratik Navani reviews a new sitcom that follows a teacher in a Texan school and explores some of the amazing TV in Japan. Audio
Wairoa Star's iwi owner on how to save local media
Community newspapers facing closure across the motu are asking Tātau Tātau O Te Wairoa for help. Audio
Community newspapers face closure around the country
Community newspapers facing closure across the motu are asking Tātau Tātau O Te Wairoa for help. Aayden Clarke, head of the Trust's commercial arm, spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
When the heart of a community folds
Local free newspapers are disappearing as costs soar, revenue plummets and readers turn to screens.
The death of the local rag
Our local free newspapers are disappearing at a rapid rate, as costs soar, revenue plummets and readers turn to screens. Audio
Paper closures spark 'news deserts' warning
A proposal to close 14 local North Island papers has prompted warnings of overseas-style 'news deserts' springing up here.
Hikoi hoha, news deserts, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast
This week's Hikoi mo Te Tiriti harvested heaps of headlines, hours of airtime and piles of print and pixels - media copped plenty of criticism for the coverage. Also: a deep-dive podcast that needed… Audio
Peter McLennan - Deepgrooves 90s music label backing local hip hop
Deepgrooves was a 1990s Auckland-based record label that released the first ever local hip-hop single to reach number one on the NZ charts with 3 The Hard Way's 'Hip-hop Holiday'. The label reflected… Audio
The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been re-released. Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the… Audio
Perrin Hastings: The Gender Agenda
Perrin Hastings is the co-creator and presenter of a new YouTube docuseries The Gender Agenda, a resource to bring gender identity with all its associated questions, fears, hopes and dreams, into the… Audio
Film Review: Hugh Grant's latest, Heretic
Dom Corry is in the studio to talk what's on in the theatres. He reviews Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; a Lucy Lawless directed documentary Never Look Away and the drama Memory, featuring Peter… Audio
US proposes partial break-up of Google
The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company's Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year found Google had violated US antitrust law with its search…
Podcast Critic: pods to send you to sleep
RNZ News reader Evie Ashton reviews an eclectic bunch of podcasts that can help send you off to sleep. Audio
Midweek - Hikoi bias claims, Herald v Bain, mag strife
Midweek - Accusations of bias and a lack of impartiatality in coverage of Hikoi mo Te Tiriti. Also the Herald v David Bain, Facebook scam surge and problems for local magazines. Audio
Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will introduce the movie at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, northern Poland.
Council deal threatens Westport News
One of New Zealand's smallest newspapers is fighting for its life after the local council decided to move most of its advertising to an out-of-town publication.
Too many parts of NZ are becoming 'news deserts'
Analysis: NZME's proposal to shut 14 community newspapers risks removing a central or only source of verified local news for many.
Australian broadcaster Alan Jones charged with indecent assault
In Australia, broadcaster Alan Jones has been charged with indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning over two decades. Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Whakataukī of the Week with Dale Husband
Dale Husband started his career on Aotearoa Radio and is now widely known as Radio Waatea's breakfast show host, and writer and interviewer for the online magazine E-Tangata. Audio
