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Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.

Mediawatch RNZ Radio

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    • 4.7 • 196 Ratings

Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.

    Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in

    Midweek Mediawatch - on the outside looking in

    Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Tod Zaner about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown antagonising the media . . . again; a shake-up of Stuff's top brass; TVNZ boosting free-to-air sport; a dead radio station winning three national awards; Nicky Hager honoured for lifting the lid on secrets. 

    • 33 min
    Mediawatch for 4 June 2023

    Mediawatch for 4 June 2023

    Mediawatch talks to the radio industry's top spokesperson who called on commercial companies to curb their rivalry - and the brains behind a small music radio network spreading around the country - but without ads. Also: a controversial proposal to change the way our media content is regulated.

    • 33 min
    Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season

    Midweek Mediawatch - a potentially toxic election season

    In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about racist abuse of journalists and the potential for more of it in a toxic election campaign. Also: an eyebrow-raising Media Council decision; two enduring magazines changing hands; exclusive coverage of awards that excludes other award winners - and some surprising talkback debate about cycling. 
     

     
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    • 30 min
    The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster

    The long game of investigating Loafers Lodge disaster

    Years before the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 residents, it was foreshadowed by another fatal fire in London which wasn't adequately investigated. A journalist who has worked on that story for six years so far tells Mediawatch our media must pursue what went wrong at Loafers Lodge to prevent something worse happening elsewhere in future. 

    • 16 min
    Mediawatch for 28 May 2023

    Mediawatch for 28 May 2023

    Lessons for Loafers Lodge investigation in the long game of the UK's Grenfell saga; new fund backing business and economics coverage; an hour of Gower (and friends . . . and his issues).

    • 44 min
    An hour of Gower

    An hour of Gower

    Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues walks a tonal tightrope - balancing comedic heckling and faux-serious investigations with in-depth reporting on important issues of the day.

    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
196 Ratings

196 Ratings

BJI1 ,

A must listen every single week.

Thankyou for exposing the weaknesses of New Zealand reporting.

Simon Drought ,

Simon drought

Finger on the pulse of Nz’s under reported media scene.

becd27 ,

Fair pay report

Thank god for media watch sticking to the facts

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