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The Week in Detail: Taxes, kauri, and Peter Ellis

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

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Peters says NZ First is coming back, again

Winston Peters isn’t reading too much into the centre-right swing at a local government level, but says political parties preparing for next year’s election need to start listening to voter

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TVNZ/RNZ merger a 'chilling prospect' for some

The planned TVNZ/RNZ merger has been described by one competitor as a ‘chilling prospect’ and a ‘serious threat’ to the rest of New Zealand’s media eco-system

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FBOY Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the heart of the TVNZ-RNZ merger

The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill are a testament to the importance – and contentiousness – of public media policy.

The Conversation

A fistful of (public) dollars

Peter Thompson examines some legitimate funding concerns around the new public media merger to see if the sky is really falling.

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The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections

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

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The dangers of working in New Zealand

At least two people have died at work every month since last January. Are our workplace whistleblowers up to the task?

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Five dead after New Zealand boat in suspected impact with whale

Kaikoura’s mayor said accident likely the result of a whale that surfaced beneath the boat and caused it to overturn.

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Mittens, move over: Aotearoa's most iconic animals

Mittens the cat may be cute, but Aotearoa has many animals far more worthy of immortalising in bronze.

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The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in public media – 3 things the law change must get right

With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill, it is becoming clear this crucial piece of legislation has some significant shortcomings. These will need attention before it passes into law.

The Conversation

New Zealand MP stood down after fresh bullying claims from female former flatmate

National party to launch independent investigation into Sam Uffindell, who has denied fresh allegations of intimidating behaviour

The Guardian - AU

Search engine optimisation rules the web

When you search for something on the internet, why do you get the results you get?

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The boom and bust of our polytechs

On January 1, Te Pūkenga will take over the country's 16 polytechnics and industry training organisations. Can a mega-merger bring the sector financial security?

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The Week in Detail: Quakes, emergency housing and recession

The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here’s what we covered this week.

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The week in Detail: Rugby, nurses, and HIV on the decline

The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here’s what we covered this week.

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Historic high in ratings for Hosking, NewstalkZB

The latest radio industry audience ratings show the Mike Hosking Breakfast on NewstalkZB hitting new highs - while online readership numbers reveal a strong bounce back for Stuff to number o

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Cannabis sprouts in New Zealand parliament garden in protesters’ parting pot-shot

Seedlings, apparently planted by anti-Covid mandate protesters, have been removed after speaker asked for ‘weed to be weeded’

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Behind the story: The secrecy around how we police the police

RNZ investigative journalist Guyon Espiner explains to The Detail the secretive the workings of our police watchdog, the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

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Video shows rescue from New Zealand boat on which 4 died

A video shot from a New Zealand rescue helicopter shows a man clinging to the wreckage of a fishing boat let go and leap into the arms of a rescuer after an accident in which at least four people died

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Faafoi shows political skills haven’t deserted him

Mark Jennings assesses the short-term political handling of the Government's decision to proceed with creating one public media entity to swallow TVNZ and RNZ

The Conversation

Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won't be easy – and time is running out

The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

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More questions than answers for RNZ/TVNZ merger

The Cabinet has satisfied its own case for why the country needs a new public media entity, but with so few details available they’ve failed to make the case to the public, writes Jo Moir.

The Independent UK

New Zealand to merge public TV and radio as audiences shift

New Zealand’s government says it will merge its public television and radio broadcasters into a single new organization it hopes will be better placed to reach younger audiences

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RNZ and TVNZ to be folded into new mega public media entity

RNZ and TVNZ will be subsidiaries of a new mega public media organisation before being folded into it, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi has confirmed.

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Change won't come fast for new public media entity

A blueprint for the future of public media will be revealed this week but any real change is still some way off, writes political editor Jo Moir

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