Television
Emma John's TV Picks
Critic Emma John reviews Black Hands Episodes 1- 3, Song Exploder and The Undoing. Audio
Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
Caitlin reviews Taskmaster UK on TVNZ on Demand and The Undoing on Neon, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Audio
Guy William's TV picks
Comedian and commentator Guy Williams reviews three titles for Jesse today - Black Hands, the story of The Bain family murders, American Murder: The Family Next Door about a husband and father who… Audio
The Undoing, My Next Guest, Taskmaster NZ
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at The Undoing, starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman and the New Zealand version of… Audio
Linda Burgess - TV Picks
TV critic Linda Burgess reflects on the 2020 Election TV coverage and she reviews tpw TV shows - David Attenborough: A Life on our planet and Friend of the Friendless. Audio
Emma John's TV picks
In as our TV critic this week, Emma John takes a look at season four of Fargo, Des, a drama about serial killer Des Nielson and Love Life starring Anna Kendricks. Audio
Caitlin Cherry's TV Picks
This week our TV critic Caitlin Cherry has three superb TV shows on her radar - she reviews Away, Lovecraft Country and Shrill. Audio
Guy Williams TV choices
With the unsettled weather around at the moment, Guy Williams says it's great to have a few things on your TV list! he reviews The Social Dilemma, HyperNormalisation and Detroiters. Audio
Tour de force through 70 years of pop history
New Zealander Thomas Scovell lives and works in London and has recently had his first child, a daughter named Sadie, whose birth has sparked his new music venture -- 4xLife. And they're inviting you… Audio
Sir John Kirwan's top stress-busting tips
Sir John Kirwan is one of the faces of mental health awareness in this country, so it's fitting that we catch up with him on the eve of Mental Health Awareness Week. JK joins the show to share some of… Audio
The Third Day, Horndog, The Social Dilemma
Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at HBO's new blockbuster The Third Day, with Jude Law and Naomie Harris - strange goings-on on the island of Osea. He'll also look at Rose… Audio
Toke - a TV comedy for our time
If ever there was an idea whose time had come it may be a TV movie called Toke. When the country is getting ready to make a decision about marijuana - to legalize it or not - what better time for a… Audio, Gallery
Caitlin Cherry's TV choices
This week's TV critic Caitlin Cherry unpicks the intricacies and nuances of Dublin Murders and I Hate Suzie. Audio
Global media giant set to be NZ's biggest private TV broadcaster
MediaWorks has agreed to sell its television channels to Discovery Inc. The global entertainment company will become the biggest privately-owned player in New Zealand free-to-air TV in 2021.
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Where are the TV audiences? Mostly not watching TV
The latest survey by NZ On Air about how we consume our entertainment in 2020 is makes sobering reading. Where are the audiences? it asks. And the answer is - increasingly, not on traditional TV any… Audio, Gallery
Why working from home is disrupting your sleep patterns
The idea is great in principle, but there are downsides to working from home, including the fact that less clear boundaries between work time and personal time affect our sleep patterns. Dr Jennifer… Audio
Audience drift to online media accelerates
The latest survey of New Zealanders’ media habits shows more people are turning to offshore-owned online entertainment platforms while engagement with most local media has fallen.
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Louis Gossett Jr: 'It's time for us all to come together'
Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. has pretty much done it all - and won it all - as an actor. Yet the industry legend shows no sign of slowing, having recently received an eighth Emmy Award… Audio
Miriam Margolyes: Unearthing the real Australia
Celebrated actress Miriam Margolyes became a naturalised Australian in 2013, but over the course of filming her new series, Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian, she realised there was a lot she didn't… Video, Audio
Rebecca Gibney - a lowdown criminal at last
The secret weapon in the upcoming comedy heist movie Lowdown dirty criminals is undoubtedly the woman who left New Zealand a raw Kiwi kid and became one of the most successful and most loved actors in… Audio, Gallery