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A source burned and spurned - in the public interest?
An RNZ investigation this week revealed ministers and their staff are messaged by lobbyists using apps out of the public gaze - but discoverable under the OIA. In the UK, one minister’s messages…
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Posie the provocateur captures media's attention
26 Mar 2023The fly-in fly-out visit of provocateur Posie Parker was obviously a divisive issue - with people going to court to try to prevent it and then taking to the streets when that failed. Opponents drowned…
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Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media
An RNZ investigation lifted the lid this week on lobbyists and how they communicate with politicians outside the public gaze or official oversight. But it also raised questions for the media about how…
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Mediawatch for 26 March 2023
26 Mar 2023UK provocateur captures media's attention; lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media; a source burned and spurned - in the public interest?
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Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist
22 Mar 2023In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about revelations on political lobbying from RNZ, a new online outlet seeking to provoke the woke; how US media boosted the…
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Midweek Mediawatch - Iraq anniversary, lobbying, provoking the woke & angst over activist
22 Mar 2023Midweek Mediawatch - Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei’ataua about how US media boosted the war in Iraq which began 20 years ago this week. Also: lifting the lid on lobbyists’ relationship with…
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Another top-tier departure rocks MediaWorks
MediaWorks’ news boss Dallas Gurney has resigned, soon after the sudden departure of the chief executive who appointed him. It leaves a leadership void at the broadcaster at a tricky time and it casts…
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Climate policies burn on the bread and butter bonfire
19 Mar 2023Chris Hipkins won media plaudits for his political strategy after scrapping or deferring some of Labour's policy in his latest policy bonfire, including ones to reduce emissions. But a poll released…
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A muted media response to March 15
19 Mar 2023The media did little to mark the fourth anniversary of the March 15 terror attack, and some victims and their families say they are starting to feel forgotten.
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Mediawatch for 19 March 2023
19 Mar 2023Polls and policy bonfire create climate contradiction; a muted media response to March 15; apology; talk radio outbursts spark apology.
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Mis-match of the day at the BBC
Midweek Mediawatch - Colin Peacock talks to Todd Zaner about how a former footballer took on the top brass of the BBC - and won. Also: a confronting front-page story about a high-profile death - and…
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Kids and consultants - Media run the rule over opposition policy
The National Party unveiled two dove-tailed policies last weekend - pumping up childcare subsidies while cutting down on consultants to cover the cost. Mediawatch looks at how the media ran the rule…
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Big bills for aborted media merger - but what next?
The broadcasting and media minister spoke about the collapse of the public media merger for the first time this week when a Parliamentary committee asked about the sums spent on it. He gave little…
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Midweek Mediawatch - transport reporting skids and u-turns
8 Mar 2023In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about some skids and u-turns in transport reporting, a growing glut of daily news podcasts - and a new online outlet for…
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Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on
5 Mar 2023Coverage of the occupation of Parliament was wall-to-wall in our media as it dissolved into violence and came to an end one year ago this week. An RNZ team has trawled the overflowing archive of…
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Signal to noise - is AM radio really under threat?
Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many during Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the…
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G-word deemed a slur in news, but still fit for primetime TV
5 Mar 2023Does a surprising call by our broadcasting watchdog about a fleeting TV news item months ago mean that a primetime TV show shouldn’t really be on our screens right now?
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Midweek Mediawatch - contested crime wave claims
1 Mar 2023In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about the media covering claims of a post-Gabrielle crime spike that was questioned by Police; the fiery exit of…
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Claims and counter-claims on post-cyclone crime spike
Media on the ground in cyclone-hit communities found road-blocks and local people reporting looting, theft and threats backed up with firearms. Meanwhile police and politicians insisted there was no…
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Boring old infrastructure rises to the top of the agenda
Once the scale of Cyclone Gabrielle’s destruction became clear, politicians of all parties agreed restoring and improving our infrastructure is our top priority. We’re told we’ve underinvested in it…
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Climate minimisation still has a foothold in media
26 Feb 2023National MP Maureen Pugh was censured by her bosses and made to walk back her words after calling man-made climate change into question earlier this week. But similar sentiments still find a platform…
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Midweek Mediawatch - cyclone talkback backlash
22 Feb 2023Midweek Mediawatch: Colin Peacock talks to Susana Lei'ataua about coverage of Cyclone Gabrielle's destruction - and the backlash against talk radio hosts who played the disaster down early on. Also…
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Mediawatch - before and after Gabrielle
19 Feb 2023Our media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print. Outlets in the hardest-hit places reported the basics - even without access to…
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Radio hosts fixate on schools closing as Gabrielle closes in
19 Feb 2023Cyclone Gabrielle buried homes and took lives, including those of rescuers, this week. But as it bore down on the country, front-rank hosts at Newstalk ZB played down the danger it posed…
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