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National Radio's two-hour news and current affairs programme.

  • 1A review of the media's reporting after last week's tsunami alert after a massive earthquake hit Chile. How did it compare to the dismal reporting of the risks after Samoa's earthquake last year?

    • Start 00 : 00 : 00
    Speakers
    • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 2After the Minister of Broadcasting Jonathan Coleman told Mediawatch last week that he would be 'laughed out of a Cabinet meeting' if he asked for more money to support Radio New Zealand, the Government has paid $3.2-million to settle a dispute which saw two state-owned broadcasters - TVNZ and Maori Television - bidding against each other for broadcasting rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

    • Start 00 : 09 : 53
    Speakers
    • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
    • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Broadcasting)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 3The media's investigation in to whether the rugby Super 14 had begun too early.

    • Start 00 : 14 : 24
    Speakers
    • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
    • Richard Boock (Sports journalist)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 4Telling the tale of the MV Princess Ashika from Tonga and with politicians' spending under scrutiny. Six months later, it's only now beginning to come clear at a Royal Commission in to the tragedy, what led to the terrible event.

    • Start 00 : 19 : 44
    Speakers
    • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
    • Michael Morrah (Reporter, TV 3)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
  • 5The lives and actions of MPs have been under the media microscope in recent months like never before. They've had their travel bills scrutinised, their housing allowances looked at line-by-line, and in the past fortnight an investigation in to ministerial credit cards. However, do journalists get a free lunch and get their stories?

    • Start 00 : 30 : 14
    Speakers
    • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
    • Jeremy Rose (Media commentator)
    • Garreth Hughes MP (List MP, Green Party)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mediawatch
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 7 March 2010
Start Time
  • 09 : 05
Finish Time
  • 10 : 12
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • Radio New Zealand National
Broadcaster
  • Radio New Zealand
Programme Description
  • National Radio's two-hour news and current affairs programme.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Speakers
  • Colin Peacock (Media commentator)
  • Garreth Hughes MP (List MP, Green Party)
  • Jeremy Rose (Media commentator)
  • Jonathan Coleman MP (Minister of Broadcasting)
  • Michael Morrah (Reporter, TV 3)
  • Richard Boock (Sports journalist)