Media
Vigil: A Kiwi classic turns 40
Released in 1984, Vigil was a watershed moment for the New Zealand film industry. Audio
A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s
Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison… Audio
Expert Feature: how to make TV
Rachel Antony is the CEO of Greenstone TV and is ready to answer your questions about TV and how to make it. Audio
Critic: Dune: Prophecy and The Simpsons Halloween Special
Our TV critic Dominic Corry reviews the spinoff Dune: Prophecy and checks in on The Simpsons. Audio
Comedy and satire could get new boundaries with new Bill
A proposed law change would give comedians some leeway when using other works of art to make their point, but it's not a free pass, a professor says.
Australia and Malaysia step up social media accountability
Mediawatch - Scams, spam, and disinformation and defamation still circulate on social media platforms that make little effort to counteract them. Will new laws help?
Media messages from Trump's triumph
Mediawatch - "It's their media world now. We just live in it." What can the news media take away from Donald Trump's election victory?
Trump’s triumph, making social media accountable
"It's their media world now. We just live in it" - what news media are taking away from the Trump triumph; how Australia and Malaysia are making social media accountable for the content they carry Audio
Memoir of a Snail
Academy Award winning writer/director Adam Elliot is an Australian animator and filmmaker based in Melbourne. His new film Memoir of a Snail is out now. Audio
Film Review: Saturday Night and My Old Ass
Hotshot producer and film review Sam Hollis reviews Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live and Aubrey Plaza's latest: My Old Ass. Audio
TVNZ plans to cut 50 jobs
Broadcaster TVNZ says it's consulting with staff around proposed changes. RNZ Mediawatch presenter Colin Peacock spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
TVNZ plans to axe 50 jobs
E tū union confirmed staff are being invited to individual and small group meetings.
He's back
Midweek: the epic media coverage of an epic US election that's put Trump back in charge. Also - more grim news from TVNZ; and warnings from Crux and NZ Geographic Audio
US election results a win for pollsters - expert
A senior lecturer in politics at the University of Auckland said the race has been tight, exactly as polls predicted. Audio
Feature interview: behind the Manson murders
For 20 years, journalist Tom O'Neill immersed himself in an investigation of one of the most bizarre and gruesome crimes in America, the Manson Murders. Audio
Feature interview: Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman is the director and co-writer of a new film called Saturday Night that follows the chaotic 90 minutes before Saturday Night Live launched in 1975. Audio
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Linda Burgess talks about the latest series about Donald Trump. She then swerves to discuss the final of The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes and then muse son the impact of The Repair Shop. Audio
NZ Geographic's bold survival strategy
Mediawatch - The award-winning magazine has adopted "radical transparency" in a bold bid to secure survival and turn readers into stakeholders.
Stephen Fry returns to New Zealand
English actor and all-round treasure Stephen Fry returns to New Zealand with a brand-new show in November. Audio
The Post's owner signs up to new Wellington pressure group
Two top US papers copped backlash when billionaire owners interfered in election coverage. Mediawatch asks if the boss of Stuff could compromise her own company's coverage in Wellington.
