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Sketchy survey ruffles feathers in the capital
A headline in the Dominion Post this week claimed there was “a clear favourite” among the candidates for Wellington’s Mayor in a “straw poll” capital’s daily itself had run online. But it acknowledged…
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Mediawatch for 18 September 2022
18 Sep 2022Pressure on the platforms to pay for news; a sketchy political poll that ruffled feathers in the capital; photographers recall the Queen.
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Midweek Mediawatch - more monarchy and Mike McRoberts
14 Sep 2022Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about the continuing coverage of the Queen’s death as her funeral approaches. Also: a primetime and publicly-funded documentary about a star…
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Queen's death was planned for - but still stressed the press
The media planned for the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second for many years, but when came it still upended the media - and the audience - in a way no other news could. And it also forced media to…
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Suddenly, a strategy for Maori media
11 Sep 2022After four years, two reviews and one big false start, a long-awaited strategy for the future of MÄori broadcasting has been agreed by Cabinet, following substantial boosts to its budget in the last…
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Mediawatch for 11 September 2022
11 Sep 2022This week Colin Peacock begins by looking at how media here and overseas reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth the Second. He also looks at the reaction to a new government plan for Maori media -…
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Lifting the lid on Lotto
Lotto has a lot of players, but not a lot of media scrutiny in the media compared to forms of gambling - even at a time when our spending on it is soaring. A new investigation shows people who can…
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Midweek Mediawatch: Housing coverage contradictions
7 Sep 2022Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talked to Bryan Crump about a TVNZ emergency housing expose that also raised questions about coverage of the issue - and how the Herald set the record straight on a…
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Media backlash sparks tax tweak backflip
The GST tweak to Kiwisaver fees that hit the headlines this week was a not bad idea, according to some experts. But the change that was buried in a dense Bill of tax tweaks got dumped in less that a…
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Taking a more sceptical stance for business
4 Sep 2022While many big businesses are still posting big profits, workers and consumers are being squeezed by the economic downturn - and industrial unrest is on the rise. One business journalist tells…
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On the outside of the public media push
Commercial media companies fear the new public media entity replacing RNZ and TVNZ will be greater than the sum of those two parts. The draft legislation obliges Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media to…
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Stuck in a rugby rut by repeated defeats
The All Backs' win in Hamilton on Saturday will have steadied the nerves of the players, the coach and NZ Rugby - not too mention overwrought fans, pundits and commentators who reacted badly in the…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Pumapocalypse and witch-hunt worries
31 Aug 2022Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately.
Colin Peacock talked to Karyn Hay about yet another All Black rugby-pocalypse playing out in the media; conspiracy candidates under…
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Pushback on public media legislation
The legislation for our new public media entity is now before Parliament - but the clock’s ticking on public input. This week media executives, experts and some legal eagles cast their eye over it -…
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'Funny Boy' Williams caught up in current affairs
The comedy current affairs of self-styled ‘volunteer journalist’ Guy Williams made real news recently when his now-notorious interview with Auckland mayoral hopeful Leo Molloy aired on TV. He’s also…
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Interview invitations fall on PM's deaf ears
Today FM’s Tova O’Brien said recently - tongue in cheek - it was easier to get President Zelenskiy in Ukraine on her show than our own leader. Her colleague Lloyd Burr got no response when he wanted…
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Midweek Mediawatch: Storms and Sharma
24 Aug 2022In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about wild weather reporting, and a political conclusion of sorts to what media called the 'Sharma drama' - which also…
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Media zero in on candidates from the fringes
A notorious white supremacist hit the headlines this week by seeking a spot on his local school board. Amid reports of a shortage of candidates for some local bodies, media have begun probing the…
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Dr Sharma's drama plays out in the press
He's said plenty in the media, they've said as little as possible (on the record, at least). That's left media weighing up whether MP-gone-rogue Dr Sharma has really lifted the lid on serous bullying…
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A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists
This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Ukraine at war up close
17 Aug 2022Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about Kiwi reporters on the ground in Ukraine to see the effects of war first-hand. Also: reporters’ relationship…
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Media pile pressure on MPs' misbehaviour and missteps
One MP’s past misbehaviour put pressure on National - then another claimed bullying was rife in Labour during what turned into an expectedly turbulent week in party politics for the media. But even…
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Political post-mortems - and lessons from the past
Has the media focus on political failings become just too intense? A new book lifting the lid on the National Party in opposition has revealed more about the struggles, scandals and scraps that…
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Mediawatch for 14 August 2022
14 Aug 2022Media pile pressure on over MPs misbehaviour and mis-steps; political post-mortems and lessons from the past; punching above our Commonwealth weight?
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