• Mediawatch

  • By: RNZ
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • 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.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2025
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Episodes
  • Midweek: A messy ministerial resignation
    Feb 26 2025

    Media go forensic on Andrew Bayly's ministerial resignation, the PM's ZB stumble, NZME's revealing annual results - & the real story of Golriz at PaknSave

    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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    23 mins
  • Surviving 2025 & following Australia’s lead, decoding Destiny, luring tourists
    Feb 22 2025

    Surviving 2025 in the intertwined industries of media and advertising. Should our government follow Australia’s media policy - and beware of billionaires? Also: decoding Destiny and the tricky task of luring Aussie tourists.

    Can the intertwined industries of media and advertising survive 2025 - and even thrive? That was the theme of a gathering in Auckland this week. One day later, the hosts of it confirmed 30 of its journalists jobs have gone.

    Our government says - again - its waiting to see what Australia’s government does when it comes to media policy. Mediawatch asks an Australian media expert if that makes sense - and if should media in both places beware of the billionaires.

    Also - this week our government unveiled a new slogan to tempt Aussie tourists across the Tasman. Everyone Must Go seems to have gone down well over there, if not here at a time when many Kiwis are going there for good. We look back at previous efforts to lure tourists across the Tasman.

    But tricky timing here when record-number of Kiwis have decided they must go over there for good.

    But some of the past efforts to attract Aussie visitors haven’t dated that well either:

    AUDIO: 23 feb 2025 TRAIL 02 champagne

    That;s later on in the programme

    But first - what happened after Destiny Church supporters disrupted Pride events in Auckland last weekend:


    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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    41 mins
  • Midweek - Herald exodus & video plan, capital visions, attracting Aussies
    Feb 19 2025

    Big names at the Herald lose their jobs in a major news rejig, a Wellington ginger group getting a helping hand - and attracting Aussies in 1962.

    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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    22 mins

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