Media Archive
Repressed Memories: Air New Zealand safety videos
James Mustapic is back to rank Air New Zealand's safety videos from worst to best.
The best of The Spinoff this week
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I’m desperately in love with John Campbell and my husband understands
John Campbell will tonight present his final show as Checkpoint host. Emily Writes explains why he is a basket of kittens and how she loves everything about him.
Why is Sir Ray Avery trying to take down the news?
Unhappy with Newsroom's coverage of him in recent weeks, Sir Ray Avery has filed a complaint with NetSafe, whose decision on the complaint may be a landmark one.
How NZ’s queer and women comics are changing the scene
Our queer and women comics have been charging hard ahead and spotlighting the industry's issues with gender and sexuality.
The best of The Spinoff this week
Bringing you the best weekly reading from your friendly local website.
Praise be! Churches will pray for the media this Sunday
This weekend, at hundreds of churches around New Zealand, congregations will offer up a prayer for the media. Why?
Repressed Memories: The best and worst New Zealand TV ads
From the Big Save lady, to ASB's Goldstein, to a very young Taika Waititi selling sweets – these are the TV ads that made James Mustapic the man he is today.
What is happening? Mike Hosking and Mark Richardson both made great points
New Zealanders have woken up to a topsy turvy world this morning, with normally annoying commentators Mark Richardson and Mike Hosking talking a lot of sense, reports Hayden Donnell.
I read all 54 Animorphs books in five days and it almost killed me
Remember Animorphs? The book where children turn into animals and save the world? Charlie O'Mannin does - because he just read all 54 of them in five days. This is his story.
The best of The Spinoff this week
Bringing you the best weekly reading from your friendly local website.
Crazy Rich Asians and why representation matters
A glaring lack of representation in Hollywood means Crazy Rich Asians still feels quietly revolutionary in a #woke 2018, writes Keren Sim.
What are people complaining about now? The BSA edition
Swearing, nudity, blasphemy and Clarke Gayford – these are just some of the things New Zealanders have been complaining about to the Broadcasting Standards Authority over the past year.
Hope or heartache? Why the media needs a new approach to mental health
The media approach following Greg Boyed’s death shows just how much our mental health reporting needs to change
Why Rose Matafeo winning best show at the Edinburgh Fringe is such a huge deal
Last night Rose Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of the most prestigious awards for comedians anywhere.
The best of The Spinoff this week
Bringing you the best weekly reading from your friendly local website.
How an unhinged Aussie media drives political extremes
Why is Australian politics so poisonous? A lot of the blame can be laid at the feet of the right-wing media, which has given a megaphone to reactionary forces within the Liberal Party.
Media are crucial in criminal justice thinking. So how did they cover the big summit?
Reporters are routinely criticised as part of the problem in perceptions of crime, justice and the prison system. So what angles would they take at the government's much heralded summit?
How NZ news livestreams became overwhelmed by anti-1080 activists
Facebook streams have been overrun by an army of anti-1080 activists. We go in search of the source of the spam campaign.
The real ratings of NZ’s news sites shows some have a big problem
A just-released cache of Nielsen data shows the impact a series of Facebook algorithm changes have done to New Zealand’s online media (spoiler: it’s not great).
The Spinoff reviews New Zealand #66: The Spin-Off, a knitting quarterly
Don Rowe reviews Spin-Off, a knitting quarterly with easily as many polemics and features as The Spinoff – only more well staffed.
The best of The Spinoff this week
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The new national newspaper devoted to making the invisible visible
The founders of Multicultural Times explain why they wanted to launch a newspaper, what they hope to achieve, and how they plan to work within the country's existing ethnic media landscape.
No grounds to proceed: this year’s best TV ad complaints rubbished by the ASA
With crimes ranging from blasphemy and bad timelines to 'the homosexual agenda', we present a small selection of the most entertaining complaints dismissed by the ASA this year.
