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There's never a shortage of opinions on the media but Mediawatch looks at it all in detail for those keen to know more about the news - as well as those who work in media.

Midweek: Poll angst, NZME upheaval

21 mins; March 12, 2025

NZME’s billionaire power play; a rash of resignations, Welly water woe

32 mins; March 08, 2025

Midweek: Ever-present Pres, billionaire buy-ins, NZ life 50 years apart

23 mins; March 05, 2025

China crisis, defending against defunding, school food fight

40 mins; March 01, 2025

Midweek: A messy ministerial resignation

22 mins; February 26, 2025

Surviving 2025 & following Australia’s lead, decoding Destiny, luring tourists

41 mins; February 22, 2025

Midweek - Herald exodus & video plan, capital visions, attracting Aussies

22 mins; February 19, 2025

Golden visas, risky recommended content, deep pockets for deep journalism

36 mins; February 15, 2025

Midweek: D Seymour v Herald, Guy Williams & more

24 mins; February 12, 2025

Sudden surge of diplomatic drama & local news fightbacks

31 mins; February 08, 2025

Midweek: Foreign 'fake news,' name suppression, entertainers (mis)remembered

25 mins; February 05, 2025

Summertime - and the living’s uneasy for media

33 mins; February 01, 2025

Midweek: New year, new layoffs

25 mins; January 29, 2025

Facing the pressure & bucking the trend in 2024

36 mins; December 21, 2024

Midweek: The Mediawatch Awards for 2024

36 mins; December 18, 2024

Media under the sinking lid in 2024

31 mins; December 14, 2024

Midweek: Kiwi Clasico; BoJo v KiHi; RIP Nicholas Boyack; Stuff split?

24 mins; December 11, 2024

If you can’t beat social media, join it. Or ban it?

35 mins; December 07, 2024

Midweek: Luxon appears at last

27 mins; December 04, 2024

Two towns’ news under pressure, copyrights and wrongs

43 mins; November 28, 2024

Midweek: Tiriti talk, TJ’s haka, funding for factual stuff in 2025

19 mins; November 27, 2024

Hīkoi hōhā, news deserts fears, deep-dive deep-pocket podcast

38 mins; November 23, 2024

Midweek: Hīkoi bias claims, Herald v Bain privacy, mag strife

25 mins; November 20, 2024

Reporter's ban from Crown apology; local papers on the block

31 mins; November 16, 2024

Midweek: Hikoi hits the road, news cuts, foreign football flashpoint

23 mins; November 13, 2024

Trump triumph and the media message, Australia & Malaysia rein in social media

34 mins; November 09, 2024

Midweek: He's back

30 mins; November 06, 2024

Stuff boss joins ginger group, NZ Geographic’s bold survival strategy

43 mins; November 02, 2024

Midweek: Hitting the ground reckoning in the US, a backtrack and some u-turns

24 mins; October 30, 2024

A look ahead to the US election & a look back at ours

34 mins; October 26, 2024

Midweek: Sweating the small stuff

26 mins; October 22, 2024

WCC frenzy, dodging the news, scam ads scandal

42 mins; October 19, 2024

Midweek: The govt turns 1, RNZ's web surge, RIP BBC Hardtalk

24 mins; October 16, 2024

Online NZ news on the outer at TVNZ and Google

32 mins; October 12, 2024

Midweek: Cuts, checks & a rude front page

25 mins; October 09, 2024

Hospital ‘blowout’ sparks big backlash; feel-good news for bad times

36 mins; October 05, 2024

Midweek: More TV cuts & a crime against broadcasting

23 mins; October 02, 2024

Trial trauma & mental health on-air, ABC boss on public media pressures

44 mins; September 28, 2024

Bonus: Turning point for Australia’s ABC

34 mins; September 28, 2024

Midweek: Polkinghorne preoccupation & problem podcasts

24 mins; September 25, 2024

Politicians dodge interviews, local iwi revives local paper

32 mins; September 21, 2024

Midweek: Trump targeted as Springfield suffers, pushbike pushback, sculpture snafu

23 mins; September 18, 2024

Big city bad vibes & are media harming minorities?

35 mins; September 14, 2024

'Sanewashing' Trump & a celebrity health scare

25 mins; September 11, 2024

Epic show for new epoch in te ao Māori, road rage, toast-gate

36 mins; September 07, 2024

Midweek Mediawatch - Sport commentary; hot mics; Kiingi tangi

20 mins; September 04, 2024

Big broadcasters under pressure: tide turning for local media?

41 mins; August 31, 2024

Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money

21 mins; August 28, 2024

Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom

34 mins; August 24, 2024

Midweek: Guns in the gun, Raygun & TV guys' new jobs

22 mins; August 21, 2024

The good & bad of AI in news, advert aggravation

37 mins; August 17, 2024

Midweek: Herald denies Hobson's Pledge

24 mins; August 14, 2024

Mediawatch for 11 August 2024

37 mins; August 10, 2024

Midweek: AI, the IOC & an AGM

25 mins; August 07, 2024

Mediawatch for 4 August 2024

31 mins; August 03, 2024

Midweek: Punching below our weight

22 mins; July 31, 2024

Mediawatch for 28 July 2024

36 mins; July 27, 2024

Midweek: Biden's bolt blindsides media

22 mins; July 24, 2024

Mediawatch for 21 July 2024

33 mins; July 20, 2024

Midweek: Breakfast gets cooked

25 mins; July 17, 2024

Mediawatch for 14 July 2024

33 mins; July 14, 2024

Midweek: False gods of sport

25 mins; July 10, 2024

Mediawatch for 7 July 2024

35 mins; July 06, 2024

Midweek: Suprise bill backing & more concerning closures

23 mins; July 03, 2024

Mediawatch for 30 June 2024

32 mins; June 29, 2024

Midweek: A PM forced to dish his own plaudits

22 mins; June 26, 2024

Mediawatch for 23 June 2024

38 mins; June 22, 2024

Midweek: Plaintive plane complaints

25 mins; June 19, 2024

Mediawatch for 16 June 2024

40 mins; June 15, 2024

Midweek: New jobs, more podcasts, fewer post-cabs

21 mins; June 12, 2024

Mediawatch for 9 June 2024

39 mins; June 08, 2024

Midweek: Changing stories on cancer drugs

23 mins; June 05, 2024

Mediawatch for 2 June 2024

32 mins; June 01, 2024

Midweek: New live news & music of the dead

20 mins; May 29, 2024

Mediawatch for 26 May 2024

42 mins; May 25, 2024

Midweek: Justice for Herbertville

18 mins; May 22, 2024

Mediawatch for 19 May 2024

37 mins; May 18, 2024

Midweek: TVNZ's cuts hit the screen

25 mins; May 15, 2024

Mediawatch for 12 May 2024

35 mins; May 11, 2024

Midweek: StuffHub takes shape

21 mins; May 08, 2024

Mediawatch for 5 May 2024

44 mins; May 04, 2024

Midweek: Polls, papers and a post-match snafu

21 mins; May 01, 2024

Mediawatch for 28 April 2024

37 mins; April 27, 2024

Midweek: Another broadcasting minister down

23 mins; April 24, 2024

Mediawatch for 21 April 2024

39 mins; April 20, 2024

Midweek: Stuff's bold TV play

23 mins; April 17, 2024

Mediawatch for 14 April 2024

37 mins; April 13, 2024

Midweek: Little light at the end of the TV news tunnel

33 mins; April 10, 2024

Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ

14 mins; April 08, 2024

Mediawatch for 7 April 2024

35 mins; April 06, 2024

Midweek: Chunking out some decision gates

20 mins; April 03, 2024

Mediawatch for 31 March 2024

33 mins; March 30, 2024

Midweek: Kate, Coutts, murder in Moscow

20 mins; March 27, 2024

Mediawatch for 24 March 2024

32 mins; March 23, 2024

Midweek: Rod Oram; state of the Winston

28 mins; March 20, 2024

Stuff deploys AI for DIY news

14 mins; March 16, 2024

Mediawatch for 17 March 2024

33 mins; March 16, 2024

Midweek: Manic Monday for news & fake photo frenzy

24 mins; March 13, 2024

Mediawatch for 10 March 2024

37 mins; March 09, 2024

Midweek: It's the end of the news as we know it?

20 mins; March 06, 2024

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