
Mediawatch
There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.
Latest Episode
Netball’s PR nightmare, online harm examined again (11.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Midweek - Winston's window stoush, Māori news funding, RNZ ins-and-outs, Graham Bell 08.10.2025
- Seismic shift on quake-prone properties; ‘Not now’ on Palestinian statehood, current affairs catch-up 04.10.2025
- Midweek - Watchdog rules on coverage of teen tragedy, Black Fern feedback & US golf goofs 01.10.2025
- Short-term focus on long-term problems; Trump vs media; tackling taboo topics without grievance 27.09.2025
- Midweek - Trump vs comedy & free speech, TVNZ & RNZ's trust, Black Ferns blowback 24.09.2025
- News desert warning, pros & cons of property, Ferns falter, more Phillips fallout 21.09.2025
- Midweek - Kirk's killing, rugby (over)reactions, more Phillips fallout 17.09.2025
- Fugitive family & public interest, Te Pāti Māori v MSM, AI news to save newsrooms? 14.09.2025
- Midweek: Fugitive father saga ends, row over doco and access, left v right 10.09.2025
- Exaggerating Amazon, end of the ‘foreign ban,’ RNZ flags change in music and arts 07.09.2025
- Midweek - Friday night lights-out, harsh spotlight, bolt from the boot 03.09.2025
- RNZ’s bid to stop the National slide, minding your Ps & Cs 31.08.2025
- Midweek: TVNZ starts charging, NZME loses cash, RNZ gains listeners 27.08.2025
- Image problems, clawing cash back from AI crawlers, gentle political whispers 24.08.2025
- Midweek: RNZ's radio plan, conflict of interest complaint, ugly ad 20.08.2025
- Statehood stoush, poll ’predictions,’ RNZ’s loss of listeners, do media deliver what Kiwis expect? 17.08.2025
- Midweek: Assassinations in Gaza, poll chaos, ad backlash 13.08.2025
- NCEA not achieved, Trump’s tariff ‘surprise,’ magazines on the block 10.08.2025
- Midweek: Reality TV on the public purse, RNZ tweaks, Donnell goneburger, french lesson 06.08.2025
- FBI-NZ; paywave politics, media's Gaza dilemma, MEX folds after 160 years 03.08.2025