Tag: RNZ
RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...
RNZ News
It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you...
Mediawatch: NZ’s public media policy put out of its misery
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...
Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we...
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas
How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why...
Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis
The Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill -- introduced to Parliament this week -- will have a long journey before it...
RNZ-TVNZ mega-entity named ‘Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media’ in draft law
RNZ News
Draft legislation which would see state broadcasters RNZ and TVNZ subsumed into a new entity has been published ahead of its introduction to...
NZ’s Public Interest Media Fund not media bribe but deal of...
COMMENTARY: By David Reid of Local Democracy Reporting
A media bribe? More like the deal of the century.
Fifty-five million dollars does sound like a lot...
Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big...
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
The proposal for a new entity to replace Television New Zealand and RNZ has two fundamental flaws that...
TVNZ, RNZ merger a watershed moment for NZ media
COMMENTARY: By Paul Thompson
The New Zealand government last week unveiled the creation of a new public media entity that will incorporate RNZ and TVNZ....
Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a...
RNZ and TVNZ to be folded into mega public media entity,...
RNZ News
RNZ and TVNZ will be subsidiaries of a new mega public media organisation, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi has confirmed.
Faafoi announced the long-awaited changes...
Case #017 RNZ podcast – The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On 10 July 1985 the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk at an Auckland wharf.
Two French secret agents planted two limpet...
Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust
ANALYSIS: By Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings, co-editors of Newsroom
Less than half the New Zealand public now professes "overall trust" in news media outlets,...
West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues...
Experts appointed to oversee NZ’s new public digital media plan
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
The New Zealand government has appointed eight people to oversee a business case for a new public media entity...
Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist
Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want...
NZ gained ‘international creds’ as nuclear-free nation with Rainbow Warrior bombing,...
From RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
New Zealand established its credentials as an independent small nation after the fatal bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow...
NZ’s classical music station not safe yet – innovation and leadership...
By Michael Norris in Wellington
After a week-long controversy, New Zealand’s public broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has withdrawn a proposal to axe its classical...
Pacific reporting among first casualties of struggling NZ media, says academic
By Michael Andrew
International and Pacific reporting are among the first casualties of struggling New Zealand newsrooms as they try to cut costs to make...
The call of Ihumātao: Migrant communities standing with Māori
By Michael Andrew
The occupation at Ihumātao is a spectacle of flags.
In every direction they flutter. Alongside tino rangatiratanga - the Māori flag of independence,...
NZ university denies bowing to Chinese pressure over Tiananmen
By RNZ News
Auckland University of Technology has denied bowing to Chinese government pressure to stop one of its rooms being used for an event...
Media access to MPs crucial for democracy, say Pacific journalists
By RNZ
Media are a crucial part of the democratic process and accessibility to politicians is key to informing the public, say Pacific journalists visiting...
Auckland Council declares climate emergency after meeting with youth
By RNZ News
Auckland Council has declared a climate emergency after an Environment Committee meeting today.
The council’s motion was passed unanimously and was met with...