Radio

For years, the most comprehensive survey of Kiwis’ media habits has shown local media losing ground to offshore invaders. This year it says we’re ‘settling down’ and local media may be ‘stabilising’…

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Once the juggernaut of student radio, Auckland's 95bFM is resorting to a fundraising concert to try to clear debt in an age when every commercial station is struggling for funds.   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

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…

No landlines, no cellphone coverage, no internet - everything went down in Gabrielle, how do we stop it from happening again? Audio

For 23 years, the warm, lively voice of Country Life presenter and producer Carol Stiles has been synonymous with RNZ's rural storytelling As she moves on from the job, Carol chats to Sally Round… Audio, Gallery

Are New Zealanders' attitudes towards offensive language changing? A recent survey by the Broadcasting Standards Authority seems to suggest they might be. Audio

Before its launch, the boss of new talk station Today FM promised a new approach eschewing anger and antagonism just for the sake of engagement. The first fortnight's been a mix of some of that - as… Audio