Broadcasting

This week the people who make the local stuff for our screens big and small urged the powers-that-be to tax the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus to fund it. But producers here can already get tax… Audio

Media campaign of the century; producers push for tax on streamers; the legacy of a 'true newspaperman'. Audio

This week Mediawatch looks at how the media have followed the formation of the next government going on behind closed doors.  

Also: a push to persuade policymakers to emulate Ireland’s economy - and… Audio

Rugby in recovery as a media spectacle; keeping it confidential to protect sources; Musk trashing Twitter. Audio

Take me to your leader - political press pack gets off on wrong foot with our new political leaders; media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims; World Cup fever - and Irish anguish. Audio

After seven decades up to his neck in media - and having a profound and world wide influence on them - now nonagenarian mega mogul Rupert Murdoch’s starting up the succession plan for his empire. Or… Audio

This week on Māpuna we speak to one of legends of Māori broadcasting and one of the first people to do sports commentary in te reo Māori, Hemana Waaka. Waaka has called everything from rugby, league… Audio

Debate statemates add to election frustration; the current and future state of Stuff; some good - but overdue - news for Dunedin. Audio

TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending in response to commercial clients’ reduced spending on advertising. Future projects are under review and…

The shock of the news - and a critical shortage in the state of the arts; TVNZ top-table changes; reserving the right to be wrong - even in an emergency. Audio

A leading local, award-winning and proudly-independent radio station based in Whakatāne has changed hands after more than 50 years on air. We ask the boss who’s been there for most of them: is it the… Audio

The government is beefing up RNZ’s budget after scrapping the new public media entity it planned over four years. But what’s the ‘broadcasting strategy for all New Zealanders’  the minister says he’s… Audio

Why did MediaWorks kill a network launched with heavy hype only a year ago - which was also the source of news for half the country's commercial stations? The major media company also scrubbed the… Audio

MediaWorks’ news boss Dallas Gurney has resigned, soon after the sudden departure of the chief executive who appointed him. It leaves a leadership void at the broadcaster at a tricky time and it casts…

The broadcasting and media minister spoke about the collapse of the public media merger for the first time this week when a Parliamentary committee asked about the sums spent on it. He gave little… Audio

Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many during Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the… Audio