Tag: RNZ Mediawatch

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter This week, Minister of Racing Winston Peters announced the end of greyhound racing in the interests of animal welfare. Soon...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter "Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They're preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Warner Bros Discovery has done a deal with Stuff to provide news to replace Newshub. It will keep news...

This week the two biggest TV broadcasters in Aotearoa New Zealand confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear - and the jobs of...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed its plans to shut down Newshub in Aotearoa New Zealand, including its website and...

RNZ News New Zealand's media and communications minister is defending pulling out of pre-booked interviews about her portfolio, saying they would have been "boring" for...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter The future of Aotearoa New Zealand television news and current affairs is in the balance at the...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Television New Zealand’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes...

For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Major media organisations all over the world are copping criticism for the way they’re reporting what’s happening...

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...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked...

RNZ Mediawatch Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released last Monday. However, some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on...

External experts are poring over the "inappropriate editing" of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down...

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were...

RNZ Mediawatch Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month's Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without...

A powerful day in the history of the Gisborne Herald. Video: Gisborne Herald RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand's media were in emergency mode yet again this week,...

ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed today what pundits have predicted for weeks: the plan for a public...

MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s hints this week that reforms will be pared back in 2023 -- and an...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit in Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off a wave of...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer A recent revival of local prime-time TV documentaries has highlighted some thorny social issues and raised awkward questions...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Once again Aotearoa New Zealand's local elections were plagued by low voter turnout and a lack of engagement....