Tag: New Zealand Herald
NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter
The New Zealand Herald copped criticism for publishing a front-page attack ad targeting the National Party leader this...
NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of...
Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on...
Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of...
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand's ruling Labour's caucus has unanimously decided to suspend Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharma effective immediately in the wake of...
Siouxsie Wiles mini-doco funding criticism does vanishing act online
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Why did criticism of a modest sum spent on a single mini-documentary made two years ago suddenly spring up...
NZ public broadcaster faces ‘political headache’ over Breakfast anchor saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The "sorry saga" of former Breakfast celebrated host Kamahl Santamaria's abrupt departure from Television New Zealand last month has created a...
NZ newspaper condemns ‘reckless’ pandemic protesters in face of Ukraine’s ‘real...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper today contrasted the "reckless self-expression" of anti-covid mandates protesters and the dangers confronting the people of...
Global media attacks on Australasian ‘covid strictness’ unfair, says NZ Herald
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper today published an editorial exposing the "unfairness" of global media criticism of Australasian responses to covid-19,...
Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has praised the "gift of inspiration" over global cooperation in launching the James Webb space telescope...
Auckland mayor Goff makes ‘roll up your sleeves – take covid...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has appealed to the 1.7 million people in the city to "roll up your sleeves" and get...
Herald warns NZ over ‘lockdown fatigue’ and says delta is beatable
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's largest and most influential newspaper has warned the country against "lockdown fatigue" as the major city Auckland entered its...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
More diversity representation needed in NZ media, Pio tells Herald staff
By Anya Imandin, AUT News
Auckland University of Technology director of diversity Professor Edwina Pio has made a presentation on diversity and the media to...
Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a "nightmare" scenario in response to fears of...
RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The New Zealand Herald recently published a column which criticises its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why...
NZ’s coronavirus reality check a ‘timely wake-up call’, says Herald
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
New Zealand's coronavirus reality check last week is a "timely wake-up call" crucial to moving towards a transtasman travel bubble, says...
NZME makes offer to buy rival Stuff for nominal $1
By RNZ News
NZME is insisting a deal for it to purchase media rival Stuff is still on the cards, despite Stuff's owner saying it...
Adrian Blackburn: A Herald love/hate relationship and the new premium
REVIEW: By Adrian Blackburn
After something of a love/hate relationship with The New Zealand Herald since I joined as a cadet reporter in 1957, I...
‘Tenacious’ crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies aged 88
By Phil Taylor of The New Zealand Herald
Crusading newspaperman Pat Booth was driven by the belief that the world needs more giraffes - people...