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It was a torrid year for almost every aspect of New Zealand’s media – with one vast, existential threat lurking underneath.

Ten stories that defined New Zealand’s media in 2024

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A new fund has been launched to provide freelance writers with grants to work on ambitious, in-depth journalism.

Announcing the Vince Geddes In-Depth Journalism Fund

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Bulletins and beloved current affairs programmes fell like flies in an agonising year for screen journalism.

To all the TV news we lost in 2024

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Madeleine Chapman reflects on the week that was.

The Weekend: The phrase of the year is ‘gingle malt’

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From mullet competitions to ram raids, if it happened in Te Awamutu, the Courier was there to cover it.

A love letter to community newspapers 

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Leaked emails and documents show that the media giant will soon break apart – opening up a range of options for owner Sinead Boucher.

Stuff ‘consciously uncouples’ into two separate digital and print businesses

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With funding stagnant since 2008, the broadcaster is racing to adapt to a digital world – but at what cost?

With its daily news bulletin scrapped, what’s next for Whakaata Māori?

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The Weekend: Seriously, you need to wear sunscreen

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The Weekend: A guide to The Spinoff, for readers old and new

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An important announcement from the CEO, the editor and the founder of The Spinoff.<br />


An open letter about the future of The Spinoff

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An expiration date on longform video journalism means news shared to TVNZ+ is destined for a short shelf life.

The hidden problem when ‘news’ isn’t popular

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The Weekend: What would you march for?

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Anna Rawhiti-Connell reflects on the week that was.

The Weekend: In defence of Auckland’s ‘incredibly’ expensive Christmas tree

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Four months since Stuff’s brave leap into the unknown, here's how ThreeNews is performing.

We have the ratings for Stuff’s ThreeNews. What story do they tell?

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The Weekend: I don’t know how to travel

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The Weekend: When the tide turns

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The Weekend: What does your taste say about you?

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Questions were raised after RNZ pulled one of its own podcasts weeks before its release. Now, The Spinoff can reveal what was actually said.

The Anika Moa and Kiri Allan interview RNZ didn’t want you to hear

Revealed: The Anika Moa and Kiri Allan interview RNZ didn’t want you to hear

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The appointment of Philip Crump to NZ on Air’s board has sent a ripple of fear through the media – here's why he has them spooked.

Is there room for conservatives in culture? NZ On Air is about to find out

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The Weekend: How to get hired

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When he died, my friend Doug got no media obituary. Hardly anyone outside his tiny rural community knew him. But everyone inside that community did.

A life story

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I watched all 46 of Tom Cruise's films over the past 12 months. The question on everyone's lips: why?

‘The mission is clearly possible’: On watching every single Tom Cruise movie ever made

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How a little jar of seawater ends up as a red cross that ruins your day-at-the-beach plans – but keeps you safe from swimming in sewage.

A trip to the beach with the poo detectives

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After two decades of promised redevelopment, Johnsonville Shopping Centre remains neglected and half empty. 

Who killed the Johnsonville mall?

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Has the country changed all that much in three decades? Loveni Enari compares his two New Zealands.

Returning to a different New Zealand after 32 years away

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A dark and stormy night of mushrooms and murder, sorbet and suspicion, and more fedoras than you've ever seen in your life. 

I survived five hours on Christchurch’s first murder mystery train ride

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Speed puzzling is like a marathon for the mind – intense, demanding, surprisingly exhausting. But does turning it into a sport destroy it as a relaxing pastime?

The need for speed: What I learnt competing in an online jigsaw puzzle competition

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Presenting our full top 100 countdown for your reading pleasure.

The complete top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century

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Told in one crucial moment from every year, by The Spinoff’s founder Duncan Greive.

The epic inside story of The Spinoff’s first 10 years

The Spinoff answers the question other media are too scared to ask – is the First Baby actually a demon?

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The Spinoff TV screens Fridays at 9.45pm from June 22nd on THREE. Thanks to NZ on Air.

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