Mediawatch
Episodes
Midweek Mediawatch - dogs on a plane & sporting flops
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of two huge disasters in North Africa; a little local political difficult...
AI coming ready or not for our news and music
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Business is booming in artificial intelligence technology and new applications appear in the news almost daily. At an AUT symposium this week, experts...
Advocacy angst as campaign begins - officially
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this week - but it was far from the first time a...
Mediawatch for 10 September 2023
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Angst over advocacy adverts and content as official election period begins; AI - coming ready or not for news and music.Go to this episode on rnz.co.n...
Midweek Mediawatch: The return of the octopus
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about National's attempt to weather a storm of journalistic scruti...
Horse race journalism as National takes aim at squeezed middle
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As National announced its long-awaited tax plan, some journalists took a hard look at its numbers, while others focused more on political strategy and...
Mediawatch for 3 September 2023
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mongrel and maths collide as campaigns launch - and media ponder National's tax plan; scrutiny of candidates' online footprints prompts pushback and c...
Scrutiny of candidates prompts pushback and claims of 'agendas'
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scrutiny of political parties' policies intensified this week - and so did the scrutiny of some candidates for seats in Parliament. When TVNZ reported...
Midweek Mediawatch - Spain's football boss (& mum) v the world
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the strange saga sparked by the sexist behaviour of Spain's football chief at the Wome...
Brought to you by . . . 'partners'
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's meant to be clear what's advertising and what isn't, but 'sponsored content' and 'native advertising' blurred that line a long time ago. Now some...
Mediawatch for 27 August 2023
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by 'partners' - critics question sponsorship deals pushing clients' content into news media; IMANZ - a new umbrella body for independen...
Low-key reveal of law to make big tech pay for news
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long-awaited legislation to force big tech platforms to pay New Zealand media for the news they disseminate online is now before Parliament. It could ...
Midweek Mediawatch - polling death spiral & sandwich slump
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a dire poll for Labour raising the spectre of a media-driven...
Our World Cup runneth over - and out. What next?
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Women's World Cup 2023 attracted record crowds in the stands and on TV - both here and in Australia. It also delivered drama and off-pitch stories...
Migrant exploitation finally in the media spotlight
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A spike in shocking cases of exploitation has put the plight of migrant workers in the media spotlight. But these latest stories are part of a longsta...
Mediawatch for 20 August 2023
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our World Cup runneth over - what legacy will it leave? Lifting the lid on exploitation of migrant workers and human trafficking.Mediawatch looks at m...
Midweek Mediawatch - football and fruit & veg frenzies
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talked to Mark Leishman while Australia's Matildas were playing England's Lionesses in Sydney and breaking TV viewin...
Report finds history repeating in coverage of calls for crime crackdown
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political calls to crack down on crime are echoing in our media ahead of the upcoming election - not for the first time. Two seasoned journalists show...
Mediawatch for 13 August 2023
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reporters' report on crime coverage urges new thinking - and highlights electoral 'crime crackdown' pattern; RNZ's Richard Sutherland calling it quits...
Calling it quits after 30 years
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RNZ's head of news Richard Sutherland's called it a day after more than 30 years in the news. He's worked at almost every major news broadcaster in th...
Midweek Mediawatch - climate, cellphones and how not to spell cat
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about one news broadcast foregrounding climate while another hones...
Political road rage - budget holes and emissions omissions
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The UN says we've reached "the era of global boiling". Given that, you'd think climate might have got more of a mention from the media as the National...
Putting right what went wrong with RNZ's online news
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked by a single staffer making 'inappro...
Mediawatch for 6 August 2023
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political road rage - budget holes & emissions omissions; what went wrong with RNZ's online news - and putting it right,Mediawatch looks at how the me...
Midweek Mediawatch - RNZ review, Cup crackers, Palmy peeved
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about what a review of the 'inappropriate editing' of online news at RNZ has r...
Minister’s downfall triggers premature election speculation
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The media could scarcely ignore the startling story of a minister of justice under arrest, but the circumstances of that and her sudden resignation ra...
Allan’s resignation sparks another at RNZ
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on Kiri Allan's downfall and criticising media cover...
Mediawatch for 30 July 2023
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Minister's downfall triggers election speculation - and another resignation at RNZ. Mediawatch looks at how the media reacted to the downfall of cabin...
Midweek Mediawatch - a media storm over a mental health crisis
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch - Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the coverage of Kiri Allan's arre...
A triumph - after a day of tragedy
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a day when Auckland was the focus of the biggest story in world sport and the Football Ferns ended up making history, deadly shootings a stone's th...
Political parties roll out crime control policy
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After it emerged that Matu Reid was on home detention for family violence offences, the media rapidly raised questions about home detention, the disco...
Mediawatch for 23 July 2023
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A triumph on a tragic day; political parties roll out crime control policies; creative interpretations of a pretty prosaic political poll.Mediawatch l...
Poll analysis unhitches itself from reality
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released on Monday. Some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on which to express the...
Midweek Mediawatch - too much information too soon?
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about intense coverage of a mother accused of killing her children - and the media finally c...
Could a 'mortgage bomb' blow up borrowers?
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recent reports have warned of a 'mortgage bomb' that could blow up - and a growing number of people unable to pay back debts. Is the story as explosiv...
Australia puts big tech under more pressure
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These days the platforms that pump news round the internet make more money out of it than the media who make it. In Australia they've done deals to en...
Mediawatch for 16 July 2023
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Warnings of a 'mortgage bomb' about to blow up; Australia puts big tech' under more pressure; Mary Holm's 25 years with readers and writers.Mediawatch...
Mary Holm - 25 years with readers and writers
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Holm's been writing about personal finance weekly for the same paper for more than 25 years. But she tells Mediawatch it's really the readers who...
Midweek Mediawatch - Greens gazumped; Cane caned
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the Greens' entire manifesto crowded out by coverage of a single law an...
Christopher Luxon, the unknowable man
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Political reporters often say people need to get to know National leader Christopher Luxon. But he's ubiquitous in the media and has been in the job 1...
The death and rebirth of a long-lasting column
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The New Zealand Herald column Sideswipe ended in May after a 21-year run. Its creator attributes its longevity to good curation and building a communi...
Mediawatch for 9 July 2023
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
100 days to go; unknown Luxon; Listener goes online and brings back NZ's longest lasting columnist; confusing news on the economy. Go to this episode ...
Midweek Mediawatch - tipsy Tory & allegedly angry Allan
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Mark Leishman about the reaction to two politicians who both filled the front page of The Post this past w...
Shock of the news - and the state of the arts
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic...
Mediawatch for 2 July 2023
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The shock of the news - and a critical shortage in the state of the arts; TVNZ top-table changes; reserving the right to be wrong - even in an emergen...
The right to be wrong - even in a crisis
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dolphins mating in a prime-time TV documentary was deemed a breach of broadcasting standards this week by the broadcasting watchdog - but dismissing o...
Midweek Mediawatch - a Titanic amount of coverage
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a titanic amount of coverage of the Titan submersible tragedy. Also: co...
Surgery scoop sparks rows over equality and equity
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A scoop revealing that ethnicity is factored into Auckland-region surgery waiting lists sparked strong reactions against 'race-based healthcare' and c...
One weird trick for getting uncritical media coverage
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most publications would never dream of running advertising for free, or publishing a highly ideological press release verbatim, but they may do so if ...
Mediawatch for 25 June 2023
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Surgery, equality and equity; starling survey results score easy exposure; independent local radio pioneer 1XX changes hands - but the mission remains...