Tag: RNZ Mediawatch

RNZ News By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter There is mounting pressure on tech titans Google and Facebook to pay local news media to carry their...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Two New Zealand government agencies have revealed mounting concern about the intensity and the impact of online misinformation --...

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...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on...

RNZ Mediawatch There was plenty of condemnation of New Zealand's illegal occupation of Parliament in the media at first -- but this week some media...

ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter This week The New Zealand Herald admitted a story about resentment of Auckland's covid-19 lockdowns didn’t quite...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy...

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...

By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Authorities and the media alike knew it was just a matter of time before New Zealand had its first...

By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch Seven senior New Zealand journalists spent a week in Hawai'i late last year and produced just one story between...

ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ's Mediawatch The allocation of $15 million for public broadcasting will be split between RNZ, New Zealand on Air and...

BRIEFING: By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch While a former US President’s visit preoccupied the New Zealand media this week, the state visit of the...