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Musk's X banned in Brazil after fight over hate speech
Brazil's telecommunications regulator is suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country in compliance with an order from a judge in a feud with the billionaire investor.
Watch: The all new Saturday Morning programme
Get a sneak preview of the look and sound of the new Saturday Morning programme on RNZ National, hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes and Susie Ferguson.
Whakaata Māori plans to cut senior leadership team
The broadcaster is looking to cut spending by almost $10 million.
Supergroove to super movies
Today a handful of New Zealand's best composers received nominations for three major awards that will be presented at the APRA Silver Scrolls later this year. Looking down the list, one name appeared… Audio
Chris Sharratt: The man who wrote Oasis first review
In December 1991 Chris Sharratt was working at Manchester music magazine City Life when he pulled a tape out of the "demo draw". Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - show me the money
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about some missing context in stories on local government spending and "nice to haves" - and he looks at some bad news for… Audio
Podcast Critic: Handsome and All Songs Considered
Elliott Childs reviews Handsome and revisits All Songs Considered. Audio
Angel at the microphone
Today marks 100 years since the birth of one of our most beloved authors: Janet Frame. Audio
Kiwis turning back to domestic media says new survey
Duncan Grieve from The Spinoff joins Emile Donovan to discuss the findings of the New Zealand on Air "Where are the Audiences?" survey. Audio
The Panel with Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ben Thomas & Penny Ashton discuss why Nurse Practitioners need more funding, if postman have a duty to filter the mail, and the man growing a… Audio
Music feature: Neil Young
The multitalented Finn Johanssen joins Jesse to talk about Canadian songwriter Neil Young. Audio
Book Critic: travels in post-war Vietnam and Marxism in NZ lit
Dougal McNeill's Forms of Freedom, Marxist essays in New Zealand and Australia literature and Mary McCarthy's Vietnam. Audio
Our history mapped
Matt Smith, a designer teamed up with his history buff father Mark, to create something unique. Audio
TV Critic: ‘Douglas is Cancelled’, 'Guy Mont-Spelling Bee' and ‘The Night Manager’
Afternoons TV critic Linda Burgess reviews British comedy-drama 'Douglas is Cancelled', Kiwi comedy 'Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee' and revisits the popular 2016 series 'The Night Manager'. Audio
Privacy Commissioner slams company for using pics of crying boy without consent
Privacy Commissioner has ruled the company, which has not been named, effectively turned the young boy into a "meme for profit".
Cutting through the spin - or not
The associate justice minister was put through through a tough examination on TVNZ's Q+A last weekend over past and present statements on guns laws. But not every minister's recent announcements on…
Holding the line on media freedom
Mediawatch meets two editors honoured for 'journalism of courage and impact' in Asia - one in a place where democracy’s been restored after authoritarian suppression, another in a historic hub of… Video
Mediawatch: Holding to account, holding the line on media freedom
Holding ministers to account and also amplifying their spending statements without scrutiny; two editors in Asia holding the line on media freedom; update on advocacy ad angst. Audio
Why internet searches are serving up 'AI slop'
AI-generated gibberish is taking over the internet - unwanted and unloved, but unstoppable? Audio