All Episodes

Pitching for parents, education in the election, mascot mess

Midweek - debates & stalemates, culture war comparison, bring back KiwiBuck, BS ok?

Who wants to be a billionaire, reality TV check, award-wining oil scoop

Midweek - the campaign content pile-up picks up pace

Overhangs hang over election, RNZ’s next chief, Phil Gifford

Midweek - New RNZ chief, election 2026 is launched . . . officially

Hager headlines, putting down the watchdog, regional news cuts, propaganda & pie prices

Midweek - Hagerpalooza, preppers' delight, Seymour on Report

Phillips report & the full story, retail politics

Midweek - Phillips report, CRL mania, election event angst, mascot wars

Political food fights, pondering the passing of journalism

Midweek - TVNZ's next news chief, cartoons & mascots, Sky sorry again

Political head-to-heads hot up, are prediction markets legit news?

Midweek - plane crazy, animal ads & monkey mascots, debate update

Parties pull plug on social media for teens, sports boosts broadcasters, Dolly dies

Midweek - rugby hype & outage outrage, ratings & results, Whakaata Māori

Political twitch on taxing big tech, Kiwis' media maturing?

Midweek - RNZ shrinks as web stats soar, alt-media . . . & old-media?

Luxon repeats defeat of foes, indie operator fires up election debates

Midweek - Luxon’s ructions, MediaWorks sold, crossing the line online, audience maturity

Massaging the facts, uncovering undercover cops, acting up in schools

Midweek - FIFA fail, Luxon comms flub, Comm Games wins, ex-minister's memoir

Political policy pile-ups, TikTok’s impact, gigs get gross

Midweek - Stuff cuts, Nash exits & podcast profits, funflation & gigs gone to sh*t

Political dignity deficits, Long Story Short & paying for podcasts

Midweek - FIFA v golf, Argie aggro, more war, McGruers of Marton

Paul Henry’s unveiling, Sam Neill stops the news, Stuff’s new local plan

Midweek - Sam Neill's depth & range, Henry & Binface capture media, podcasting the courts

Platforms overtake news outlets, politics & media undermining trust

Midweek - big defamation bill, NRL, FIFA, NPC & AI fake fans, Trump's red card reversal

RNZ chair’s hot seat, Opportunity’s backlash, political tax tussles

Midweek - Gloriavale on screen again, editorials upgraded, World Cup pile-on, Mediawatch alarm update

Opportunity knocks, The Post’s Tracy Watkins

Midweek - Sports songs & Scots' social media soft power, revamps & relaunches

Unpacking political quibbling about policy costs, media minister under scrutiny, re-booting Metro

Midweek - Football fantasy, Hooton hoo-hah, more RNZ changes, sweary Supernanny

TVNZ goes pay-per-view, HBO sets up & Freeview goes ‘next gen’

Midweek - Top voxpops & eye-witnesses, TVNZ's costly claim, Metro rides again, more attribution angst

Crime coverage gains recognition - and respect, 500-up for Southland stalwart

Midweek - anti-nuke angst, gagging, rich list resistance, youth news fails

Managing the sugar-free Budget message, TVNZ youth service dies young

Midweek - Awards and honours, future of papers, journalism by numbers, Dame Jools

Public servants cut deep, RNZ boss flags exit, AI for programmes & podcasts

Midweek - mayors mouth off, end of the golden weather page

Politicians vs media getting personal, live sport habits, cockroach radio, MMP maths

Midweek - Sherman pile-on and pile-up, TVNZ's big sport play, football frenzies

Putting down the broadcast watchdog, deputy PM lashes RNZ & TVNZ

Midweek - BSA binned, Voyager sinned, Tame's empty chair & Brown's beefs

India FTA & butter chicken blurts, TVNZ’s political pressure, stadium rocks rugby

Midweek - Political tension at TVNZ, PM skips Breakfast, the power of noise & silence

PM calls time on ‘soap opera’, Microsoft urges NZ to embrace AI, dodgy weather on TV

Midweek - vote of confidence, TVNZ+ upgrade, dogs on screen

News trust up after years of slumps, storm before the calm

Midweek - Breakfast battles, trust up, Welly woe, piggybacking on others' content

Reporting Trump’s outrageous outbursts, Petrolhead & motoring media adapt to fuel fears

Midweek - Trump outburst outrage, Aussie soldier's fall from grace, Phillips doco revelations

Midweek - BSA extends reach, a bad week for Big Tech, breakfast with Tova and an easter chocolate ban.

Who’s winning the war, where the ad money goes, Chathams spending scandal

Midweek - media v Hegseth, TVNZ defamation win, SNL from USA to UK. peas piffle

Reporting shortages & petrol panic, privacy v the right to speak out

Midweek - political leader obsession, Trump v BBC, athletics aesthetic reboot, feijoas are bad

The polls that pressure politics, Country Calendar’s Coro Street-level staying power

Covid quibbling, Iranian opinion and history, ‘Peter Bassett’ update

War in the Middle East, political criticism & influence concerns at home, PM still PM

Midweek - War breaks out in Iran; PM fluffs his lines; TVNZ's interference fears

Govt moves on rough sleepers, reporting Wellington woes, mystery blogger

Midweek - Andrew image explodes, goalie's grief goes global, The Press looks back, PM's soc-med scorn,

Immigration issue amped up, ceiling for streaming, over-the-top umbrella

Midweek - terrorist's identity conundrum, private functions go very public & AI on ice

Infrastructure anxiety hits headlines again, AI slop feeds fake news flood

Midweek - WaPocalypse now, FLOTUS film flop, 'enshitification' outbursts, sweary hero

Bad language on the air & AI in our newsrooms

Midweek - Epstein overdrive & icky encounters, more Mauao fallout, Luxon on camera, MediaWorks changes hands

Death, devastation and extreme weather test media, NBR copyright crusade confronts customers

Midweek - Mauao tragedy under media lens, morning news shake-up, the art of the solo promo

Economic forecasts, weather forecasts, summer break clickbait, TVNZ courtroom dramas & a Wellywood vibecheck

Midweek - the good, bad and weird of 2025

'Mother of all debates’ & right v left polarisation of news

Midweek: PMs hog the screen - but not ours, Coster at length, WBD-what a big deal

The political push for a social media ban, flatpack fever infects media

Midweek - Luxon rolls on but Dallow's done, intimate image exposure, RNZ boost, premature Xmas

Coup claims, Kiwisaver rev-up & do our media get the economy?

Midweek - Field family funeral, newspaper bounceback, highway chickens

EV angst, NZ Geo confronts financial fragility

Midweek - more Trump v BBC, Tararua tavern tensions, Emile's Irish slapdown

BBC under pressure from outside - and within

Midweek - Shocker coppers, BBC bloodbath, Te Pāti Māori meltdown

Saving the marriage between journalism and the people, Duke of Yuck

Midweek - Police v Stuff, Dame Noeline's media blitz, NBR bails up its own customers

OTT on CGT, punching below our weight on media freedom, big rejig in Māori news

Midweek - severe storms test media, netball keeps media at bay, AI gives voice to the dead

Hearts and minds battle on ‘mega-strike,’ Talley's v TVNZ in court

Midweek - loud calls to call off the broadcasting watchdog, sorry - but not sorry

Pāti-political rift plays out in media, what counts as broadcasting and who decides?

Midweek - Gaza ceasefire, Platform v watchdog, Metro moves, self-selected polls

Netball’s PR nightmare, online harm examined again

Midweek - Winston's window stoush, Māori news funding, RNZ ins-and-outs, Graham Bell

Seismic shift on quake-prone properties; ‘Not now’ on Palestinian statehood, current affairs catch-up

Midweek - Watchdog rules on coverage of teen tragedy, Black Fern feedback & US golf goofs

Short-term focus on long-term problems; Trump vs media; tackling taboo topics without grievance