Media
A 'win for the ages': How the world's media saw Labor win
Anthony Albanese has outperformed former Labour luminaries, Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke, one report says.
Mediawatch: Bad stats boost bootcamp bid
A call to consider universal military service was enthusiastically endorsed in the media this week. But those backing it seized on stats that also tell a different story.
Bootcamps & bad data, elections confound media, NZME battle
Media assumptions about election outcomes were upended in Canberra and Canada this week - and guessing the result of upcoming ones in Wellington and the Vatican suddenly seem risky. Is picking… Audio
Director Ursula Grace Williams on the making of Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds
Tony Stamp speaks with Ursula Grace Williams, the director of a new feature documentary called Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds, about the making of his new te reo Maori album Te Whare… Audio
Watch: Are podcasters, not politicians, driving Australia's Gen Z's election interest?
Podcast platforms like Punter's Politics are gaining traction with young Australians disillusioned by traditional media. Audio
Film Review: One of Them Days? and Sinners
Sam Hollis reviews Ryan Coogler's latest film Sinners and One of Them Days, an American buddy comedy film starring Keke Palmer and SZA. Audio
New Zealand's first official music chart began 50 years ago today
Since May 2 1975, New Zealand has had an official music chart, based on a weekly survey that tracks music sales. Music journalist and someone who's made the New Zealand Top 40 himself with the band… Audio
Podcast Critic: 'DNA Trail: The Promise' & 'Titanic - Ship of Dreams'
Today Alan Doak looks at DNA Trail: The Promise, a podcast about Laura Ancell who is searching for the real family of her late father. He also discusses Titanic - Ship of Dreams where host Paul McGann… Audio
May marks beginning of NZ Music Month
The New Zealand Music Month kicks off on Thursday, celebrating 25 years of homegrown talent. Rumpus Machine lead singer and guitarist Daniel Hyde spoke to Alexa Cook. Audio
Doco lifts lid on Destiny, Pope farewelled, US party falls flat
A controversial documentary series by TVNZ's John Campbell - which didn't quite kick off like it was meant to. Also: 'Peoples Pope' farewelled, US media's annual White House party falls flat. Audio
Bookmarks with Chris Hipkins
It's time for Bookmarks where we invite interesting New Zealanders onto the show to discuss their cultural interests Today Jesse is joined in the Auckland studio by Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Audio
The New Zealand writer in a groundbreaking new TV show
Earlier this week we received an email from a listener Craig Dowling. He told us that he'd been selected - out of hundreds - to compete in a reality TV show. Audio
Shower Thoughts: How are animals trained for the movies?
Caroline Girdlestone speaks with Emile Donovan on what it takes to train animals for the big screen. Audio
Television Critic: Back Mirror, The Residence and the Pope's Funeral
The one and only Linda Burgess reviews the new season of Black Mirror, the Agatha Christie style murder mystery The Residence, Ted Danson comedy A Man on the Inside and, maybe the Tv event of the year… Audio
Sombre tone to annual White House correspondents' gala
The event has been shunned by the Republican tycoon, who has sought to neuter the traditional media since his return to power.
The journalist who first called Donald Trump a 'short-fingered vulgarian'
Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter got in Trump's firing line after coining a description of the business tycoon that has now become a running joke in pop culture.
Graydon Carter: The glamorous heyday of print magazines
In his early years as editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter's budget had no ceiling. It was a time of lavish parties, unchecked expense accounts, hugely expensive photographers - and it was the last… Audio
Mediawatch: The health of health reporting
Almost every day in the news we're told the health system is in crisis. What's the best way to cover a sector with so many stories - most of them bad? And why does it seem so hard to get the hard data…
Health of health reporting, media freedom day, Winston’s blurt
The health sector throws up stories of serious crisis almost daily, but journalists find hard data hard to get. Also: media freedom worries increasing around the world - and Winston Peters''threat' to… Audio
The Mixtape: Paddy Hill
Producer and audio engineer for Roundhead studios, Paddy Hill, shares the tracks that have sound tracked his career working with some of the best bands locally and abroad from Jack Black to Mark… Audio
