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Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill to progress
Legislation forcing tech giants to pay media organisations for their news content looks set to progress through the House. The future of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill had been uncertain after… Audio
Growing appetite for lab grown food in NZ
Lab-grown food might seem like science fiction, but researchers here in New Zealand are already making massive gains in creating meat and dairy products in the lab and the products are becoming… Video, Audio
More media cuts? Whakaata Māori prepares for $9.5m funding decrease
Whakaata Māori has announced a review of its organisational structure as it faces a $9.5 million funding decrease in coming years.
Have sound desk, will broadcast
For the first time in 27 years, RNZ Concert has a new sound desk in its Wellington studio. Bryan Crump thanks the people who made it possible. Audio
Every Little Thing film wins big at Doc Edge festival
We might not have humming birds in New Zealand but those tiny birds have led to a number of awards being given to kiwi film maker Sally Aitken. Jesse talks to her about the film Every Little Thing. Audio
Govt pressing for legislation to force tech giants to pay for news content
The Government is pressing ahead with legislation that will force tech giants to pay for the news content they use. The future of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill had been uncertain, having been… Audio
Digital news Bill backing a big shift by government
The government has confirmed it will back legislation it had opposed in opposition which will compel tech giants to pay for local news content on their platforms. There will be amendments to the Bill…
The Pre-Panel for 1 July 2024
Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Sam Hollis joins to discuss parents delaying giving their children smartphones. Audio
Made in NZ: Morfit
Born out of seeing a number of people with a similar problem, Morfit is a local invention that helps relief lower back pain for people when driving. Martin Rooke, is a trained osteopath, who spent… Audio
Television Critic: Claire Chitham
Today Claire talks to Jesse about Drops of God, Dark Matter and Eric. Audio
Newshub enters its final week
It's the end of an era as Newshub enters its final week. At 6pm on Friday, Mike McRoberts and Samantha Hayes will read the last ever Newshub bulletin. Warner Brothers Discovery announced it will close… Audio
The Bear season three: TV's greatest 'emotional villain' is born
In season three, Jeremy Allen White's Carmy has emergeg as a monsterous but sympatheric anti-hero we can't stop watching. Video
The beginning of the end
Part 2: It's Newshub's final week on air, and reporter Adam Hollingworth looks back at its battle to beat TVNZ. Where it succeeded and where it failed. Audio
Sunday News to close after six decades in print
Stuff has announced its Sunday News newspaper will wrap up at the end of July.
Married at First Sight NZ groom Andrew Jury dies
Andrew Jury, one of the original grooms from the first season of Married at First Sight NZ, has died.
Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma
While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It’s the same in… Audio
Lisa Blair: 'I only have to think about eat, sleep, sail'
Self-confidence is the most important asset when you're alone on treacherous seas, says world-record-holding solo sailor Lisa Blair. In May 2022, she became the fastest person in the world to… Video, Audio
The end of an era for New Zealand news
Part 1: As Newshub enters its final week, reporter Adam Hollingworth talks to current and former staff about the news division's early days and key events in its 35-year history. Audio
Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?
Julian Assange has been convicted under the US Espionage Act - but what for? Here's a recap.
Musk's SpaceX hired to destroy ISS space station
NASA has selected Elon Musk's SpaceX company to bring down the International Space Station at the end of its life.