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A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s
Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison… Audio
Expert Feature: how to make TV
Rachel Antony is the CEO of Greenstone TV and is ready to answer your questions about TV and how to make it. Audio
Critic: Dune: Prophecy and The Simpsons Halloween Special
Our TV critic Dominic Corry reviews the spinoff Dune: Prophecy and checks in on The Simpsons. Audio
Concern 'no Māori with moko' used in DIA facial recognition test
The official test cleared the system of significant racial bias.
Comedy and satire could get new boundaries with new Bill
A proposed law change would give comedians some leeway when using other works of art to make their point, but it's not a free pass, a professor says.
Michelle Excell: Bringing world class innovation and technology to Whanganui
Tech entrepreneur and founder of consulting company The Antipodean, Michelle Excell now proudly and happily calls Whanganui home. Audio
Australia and Malaysia step up social media accountability
Mediawatch - Scams, spam, and disinformation and defamation still circulate on social media platforms that make little effort to counteract them. Will new laws help?
Media messages from Trump's triumph
Mediawatch - "It's their media world now. We just live in it." What can the news media take away from Donald Trump's election victory?
Trump’s triumph, making social media accountable
"It's their media world now. We just live in it" - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry Audio
Memoir of a Snail
Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. His new film Memoir of a Snail is out now. Audio
Acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who's doing it - and where
Analysis: Facial recognition technology is becoming more widely used, but this has not been matched by wider acceptance from the public.
Popular social media site banned in Canada
Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about a popular social media site being banned in Canada, but it apparently won't stop Canadians from using it, tensions rising betweeb… Audio
Film Review: Saturday Night and My Old Ass
Hotshot producer and film review Sam Hollis reviews Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live and Aubrey Plaza's latest: My Old Ass. Audio
NZ should copy Oz social media ban for kids - expert
Under the new Australian law, platforms like X, TikTok and Instagram would be responsible for blocking children under 16. Video, Audio
Australia proposes social media ban on under 16s – calls for NZ to follow
The Australian government is to legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16. Audio
TVNZ plans to cut 50 jobs
Broadcaster TVNZ says it's consulting with staff around proposed changes. RNZ Mediawatch presenter Colin Peacock spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Australians under 16 to be banned from social media under govt's proposed changes
The Australian Labor Party has backed setting the social media minimum age cut-off at 16 years old, with legislation set to be introduced this month.
TVNZ plans to axe 50 jobs
E tū union confirmed staff are being invited to individual and small group meetings.
Facial recognition test finds no bias against Māori
A first-ever test of facial recognition on New Zealanders' faces has found no bias against Māori, but the technology still needed improving on one front, new results show.
The Mātai Medical Institute looks to the future
The Mātai Medical Institute has already made waves with its MRI research, but if they have their way, this is just the beginning.
