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Police overhaul delayed amid government cost cutting
The systems essential to frontline crime fighting are in bad shape and need a bigger overhaul than expected, papers show.
Arovision: NZ's littlest battler in the digital streaming wars
The Wellington-based streaming provider features films that are hard to find elsewhere - but it's not easy being local among the corporate giants. Audio
Christchurch Call offers support to Australia on Elon Musk 'test case'
X won't remove footage of a Sydney church stabbing. Now Jacinda Ardern's organisation has stepped in.
How AI is helping campaigners in India’s election
Suhasini Raj is a New York Times reporter based in New Delhi. Audio
Competitive current affairs across the Tasman
While TV news and current affairs shows are becoming an endangered species here, they seem to be still going strong in Australia where broadcasters back the shows with big budgets. But intense…
Mediawatch for 28 April 2024
New media minister rolls in after PM's surprise reshuffle; TV news and current affairs on the way down here, but highly competitive across the Tasman. Audio
Is this the world's weirdest scam?
Deborah Vankin was surprised to discover one morning that the internet believed she was dead.
Shaun Higgins: the dawn of NZ photography
The arrival of photography to New Zealand in 1848 was more about business than art. A cumbersome kit meant photographers needed carriages or horses to lug their gear across unsealed roads to sell… Audio, Gallery
Alexi Mostrous: Who Trolled Amber?
You could hardly avoid the gruesome spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial - it made the nightly news, but it made a much bigger splash on social media. But was there something else at play… Audio
The island where people's stories are paramount
On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing Audio
Cyber skills programme for tamariki recognised at Māori Language Awards
A lot of young people are always online and it's hoped the programme will help them to keep safe.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back with Short-Cuts for another week. Audio
Explainer: What is so special about TikTok's technology?
The US is threatening to ban TikTok - but why? Here is how it works and why it has attracted more discussion than technology used by its rivals.
TikTok China parent firm says no plans to sell app
If TikTok isn't sold, it will be banned in America - but its parent company says it won't be budging.
Man wrongly IDed as Bondi stabber settles defamation case with news outlet
The Seven Network wrongly named Ben Cohen as the man who killed six people at a Sydney mall.
Film Review with Dom Corry
Film critic Dom Corry joins Susana in-studio today to discuss action-comedy 'The Fall Guy' and the latest rom-com to hit streaming, 'The Idea of You'. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 26 April
On today's episode, the new Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith discusses his plan for the industry, RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and NZ Herald political editor Clair Trevett wrap up… Audio
Media 'under pressure' and plan needed, new minister says
The media industry is "under pressure", Paul Goldsmith says, but he plans to plot a path forward as he takes up the difficult role. Audio
Commentator on Goldsmith taking up Media Minister role
Paul Goldsmith starts today in his new role as minister of media and communications. Veteran journalist and Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
How fraudsters use 'fake news' in cryptocurrency scams
Scammers are able to get past automated checks on the social media giant to try to defraud users.
