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190,000 NZers may be victims of revenge porn - research
24 Jan 2019About 5 percent of New Zealanders have been the victim of online sexual abuse such as "sextortion" blackmail and intimidation, according to new research.
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NZ websites caught up in global data hack
18 Jan 2019Nine New Zealand websites have been compromised in a huge online data breach in which email addresses and passwords have been posted on a hackers' forum.
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US lawmakers propose laws targeting China's Huawei and ZTE
17 Jan 2019The proposed laws would ban Chinese telecommunications companies from buying US components if they breached US sanctions or export laws.
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Fiji Water Lady: Marketing genius or one hit wonder?
8 Jan 2019She's been dubbed the real winner of the Golden Globes, standing with a wry smile behind Hollywood's elite, but was 'Fiji Water Girl' a major splash or a minor ripple in the marketing world?
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Espiner moves from Morning Report in RNZ changes
14 Dec 2018Guyon Espiner is stepping down from RNZ's Morning Report and will take up a reporting role focusing on long form investigative work.
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Is media mental health coverage helping?
Mediawatch - Colin Peacock looks at the coverage of the recently-released mental health and addiction inquiry. Is it realistic reporting or damaging defeatism? Audio
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Upping the game in women's sports coverage
Mediawatch - Women's football doesn't often make much of a mark in our sports news but the unprecedented achievements of the Young Ferns has changed that. Audio
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Instagram targets fake followers
20 Nov 2018People who continue to use third-party apps to fake activity "may see their Instagram experience impacted".
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'You need the local journalist who picks up on that local issue'
19 Nov 2018A proposal to slash local journalists has some Aucklanders worrying their communities will fall off the news radar - and their leaders will be unaccountable.
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Cyber bullying: The growing menace costing NZ $444m
10 Oct 2018Online bullying comes with a massive financial burden of $444 million a year, a new report has found. Audio
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Jacindamania goes global: The PM in US at the UN
Mediawatch - Jacinda Ardern and her family attracted plenty of attention in New York this week, but did the media mistake international interest for genuine influence asks Colin Peacock. Audio
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Media mega-merger reaches the end of the road
Mediawatch: The bid to combine New Zealand's two biggest publishers of news is all but over. Colin Peacock looks at why and what comes next. Audio
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Tech giants oppose proposed Australian law seeking private data
3 Oct 2018Four tech giants will oppose an Australian law that would require them to provide access to private encrypted data linked to suspected illegal activities, an industry lobby group says.
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Instagram hit by outage in several cities
3 Oct 2018Instagram has gone down for some users across several cities, including London, San Francisco and Singapore.
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Many NZers comfortable with robots in the workplace - survey
4 Oct 2018New Zealanders are comfortable with having a robot as a colleague, according to a new survey, but there is a warning there might not be room for everyone.
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Game uses facial recognition to check players' age
2 Oct 2018One of China's most popular video games is testing the use of facial recognition to check users' ages.
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Pensioners give IT, virtual reality and e-bikes a go
2 Oct 2018Dozens of South Taranaki pensioners ditched the slippers and bingo in favour of laser strike weapons and virtual reality goggles at an Ageing Disgracefully event in Normanby yesterday.
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Court of Appeal rejects NZME-Stuff merger
25 Sep 2018The Court of Appeal has turned down the proposed merger between media companies NZME and Stuff.
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Jackson may testify against Weinstein, lawyer says
Director Peter Jackson could furnish a "powerful" testimony supporting an actress's lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, her attorney says.
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Playwright Neil Simon dies aged 91
27 Aug 2018Award-winning US playwright Neil Simon, known for works such as The Odd Couple and The Goodbye Girl, has died in New York.
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NZME profit falls by more than half
23 Aug 2018The media company's profit dropped as revenue fell in "challenging market conditions".
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Seven foot tall pre-Māori disappear from TVNZ
TVNZ has removed a documentary that claims Celts settled New Zealand thousands of years before the arrival of Māori from its on demand service Audio
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Spending scoop highlights the pros and cons of leaks
Newshub's early reveal of Simon Bridges' big travel bill created a political drama for the rest of the media this week but the handling of the leak also sparked a pushback from some in the media. Audio
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Free speech debate goes full noise
22 Jul 2018Mediawatch - Two online provocateurs from Canada sparked a debate about free speech and hate speech here without ever setting foot in the country. Audio
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