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Mediawatch — 300 episodes · page 2 of 3
Short-term focus on long-term problems; Trump vs media; tackling taboo topics without grievance
Midweek - Trump vs comedy & free speech, TVNZ & RNZ's trust, Black Ferns blowback
News desert warning, pros & cons of property, Ferns falter, more Phillips fallout
Midweek - Kirk's killing, rugby (over)reactions, more Phillips fallout
Fugitive family & public interest, Te Pāti Māori v MSM, AI news to save newsrooms?
Midweek: Fugitive father saga ends, row over doco and access, left v right
Exaggerating Amazon, end of the ‘foreign ban,’ RNZ flags change in music and arts
Midweek - Friday night lights-out, harsh spotlight, bolt from the boot
RNZ’s bid to stop the National slide, minding your Ps & Cs
Midweek: TVNZ starts charging, NZME loses cash, RNZ gains listeners
Image problems, clawing cash back from AI crawlers, gentle political whispers
Midweek: RNZ's radio plan, conflict of interest complaint, ugly ad
Statehood stoush, poll ’predictions,’ RNZ’s loss of listeners, do media deliver what Kiwis expect?
Midweek: Assassinations in Gaza, poll chaos, ad backlash
NCEA not achieved, Trump’s tariff ‘surprise,’ magazines on the block
Midweek: Reality TV on the public purse, RNZ tweaks, Donnell goneburger, french lesson
FBI-NZ; paywave politics, media's Gaza dilemma, MEX folds after 160 years
Midweek: Starvation in Gaza, announcements of announcements, polling on a whim
Bitter butter battle, Saudi cash chaging the picture for sport on screen
Midweek: 3 for $1, screen sport shake-up, commentary classics, frenchifying Emile
Politicians pressured by ads, ministers go multimedia with 'helpful' handouts
Midweek: Chung email scandal, Stuff withdraws blood story, newsreader's political turn
Covid inquiry 2, fiscal holes set for re-run, TVNZ bias check, French-ification flurry
Midweek: local papers fold, more BBC & ABC Gaza fallout, RNZ exec goes, peacock persecution
Awkward opinions test broadcasters’ backbone; a picture of health; more political media criticism
Midweek: Christchurch 'lone wolf' narrative questioned, a fiery interview on Newstalk, TradeMe's Stuff deal final
OMG! Is it WW3?, AI telling us what we want to hear?
Midweek - Fog of war, dating start-up hiccups, Seymour vs media escalates
Political skirmishes over sickness & health, media minister scritinised, property piffle
Midweek: A troubling story about a troubled trans teen's death, talk radio flip-flops
Local election promises, Greg Hywood, play about the past echoes the present
Midweek - LA aggro, advocacy ads, David v media, dangerous games
Stuff twinned with Trade Me, NZME rings the changes at the top
Midweek - Stuff/Trade Me & NZME, video pivot, power of the edit
Run It runs straight into trouble, changing climate for climate coverage
Midweek - Herald streaming, RNZ National falling, 'Deputy Dave' deep dives
Budget 2025, vanguard v rearguard on AI, social media legal pushback
Midweek: Vance wins, Winston heckled, Stuff vs Stuff
Pay equity, dead c-word strategy & c-bomb fallout, AI in BBC news
Midweek - Stuff's C-bomb rocks the House, NZME truce, social media ban boosted
Sudden surge of concern about social media, NZME compromise, sport on screen
Midweek - Compromise at NZME, politics podcast self-destructs, email scoop angst
Bootcamp calls based on bad stats, election assumptions, NZME boardroom battle update
Doco lifts the lid on Destiny, Pope farewelled, US media party falls flat
The health of health reporting; Peters' RNZ 'threat,' media freedom’s dark day
Midweek: surreal Pope coverage, spiky RNZ interview, identical eye-witnesses
Jailed journo’s life on screen, Christian broadcaster beats the slump
Midweek: Polk folk, Facebook whistleblower faces US Senate, lobbying lid-lifting
Trust in news slump stalls, Canada pushes back
Midweek: MediaWorks bought up, Herald goes positive, Green MP speaks out, fake wolf news
Duopoly apathy, ad income slump, local paper paper row
Midweek: Green in the gun, NZME update, Stuff falls foul of BSA
Green shoots and dire data, NZME angst, easiest scoop ever
Midweek: NZME board battle goes postal
Lid-lifting Kiwi gagged over Facebook, NZME/Stuff in play, The Listener & lifestyle journalism
Ownership angst, lunch fatigue, Bongino bombast & Newsom niceness
Media question PM’s position, integrity initiative dovetails with media
Midweek: Poll angst, NZME upheaval
NZME’s billionaire power play; a rash of resignations, Welly water woe
Midweek: Ever-present Pres, billionaire buy-ins, NZ life 50 years apart
China crisis, defending against defunding, school food fight
Midweek: A messy ministerial resignation
Surviving 2025 & following Australia’s lead, decoding Destiny, luring tourists
Midweek - Herald exodus & video plan, capital visions, attracting Aussies
Golden visas, risky recommended content, deep pockets for deep journalism
Midweek: D Seymour v Herald, Guy Williams & more
Sudden surge of diplomatic drama & local news fightbacks
Midweek: Foreign 'fake news,' name suppression, entertainers (mis)remembered
Summertime - and the living’s uneasy for media
Midweek: New year, new layoffs
Facing the pressure & bucking the trend in 2024
Midweek: The Mediawatch Awards for 2024
Media under the sinking lid in 2024
Midweek: Kiwi Clasico; BoJo v KiHi; RIP Nicholas Boyack; Stuff split?
If you can’t beat social media, join it. Or ban it?
Midweek: Luxon appears at last
Two towns’ news under pressure, copyrights and wrongs
Midweek: Tiriti talk, TJ’s haka, funding for factual stuff in 2025
Hīkoi hōhā, news deserts fears, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast
Midweek: Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife
Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block
Midweek: Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint
Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media
Midweek: He's back
Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy
Midweek: Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns
A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours
Midweek: Sweating the small stuff
WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal
Midweek: The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk
Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google
Midweek: Cuts, checks & a rude front page
Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks big backlash; feel-good news for bad times
Midweek: More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting
Trial trauma & mental health on-air, ABC boss on public media pressures
Bonus: Turning point for Australia’s ABC
Midweek: Polkinghorne preoccupation & problem podcasts
Politicians dodge interviews, local iwi revives local paper
Midweek: Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu
Big city bad vibes & are media harming minorities?