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Mediawatch

Mediawatch

By: RNZ
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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.(C) Radio New Zealand 2025 Politics & Government
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  • Pāti-political rift plays out in media, what counts as broadcasting and who decides?

    Pāti-political rift plays out in media, what counts as broadcasting and who decides?
    Oct 18 2025

    The broadcasting watchdog has told alternative online outlet The Platform it can consider complaints about it - just like TV and radio. Part of the problem is out-of-date media laws. Mediawatch asks the media minister and his opposition counterpart: what counts as broadcasting these days? And how should it be accountable? Also: how Te Pāti Māori’s tensions played out very differently in different media.

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    42 mins
  • Midweek - Gaza ceasefire, Platform v watchdog, Metro moves, self-selected polls

    Midweek - Gaza ceasefire, Platform v watchdog, Metro moves, self-selected polls
    Oct 15 2025

    Media coverage of the Gaza ceasefire, Platform's Plunket pushes back on broadcast watchdog, Metro magazine 'restructures' its full-time staff - and should self-selected polls be allowed in news?

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    21 mins
  • Netball’s PR nightmare, online harm examined again

    Netball’s PR nightmare, online harm examined again
    Oct 11 2025

    Netball’s a national sport - and it's natural the media want to know if something’s going wrong at the top. But have media made the game’s current coaching drama worse- at the worst possible time? Also - what to do about online harm was aired in a Parliamentary inquiry this week. But was the purpose of this to prevent regulation that could make it safer?

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    40 mins
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