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Midweek - mayors mouth off, end of the golden weather page
20/05/2026 | 22 mins.
Two mayors mouth off and get a little loose in long-form chats - and a former one blasts the media in a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry. Also: Stuff papers dump the weather page- and some talkback callers aren't happy.
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Politicians vs media getting personal, live sport habits, cockroach radio, MMP maths
16/05/2026 | 44 mins.
Politicians vs media: the worst it’s ever been, and getting worse? Or just more of the butting heads between the powerful and the press we’ve always had? Also: live sport’s not just a TV and radio game these days, radio is a cockroach (and cheap) and an MMP maths fail.
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Midweek - Sherman pile-on and pile-up, TVNZ's big sport play, football frenzies
13/05/2026 | 21 mins.
Maiki Sherman's exits sparks a pile-on and a pile-up of opinions. Also: TVNZ's bold sports plays, frenzied football finales.
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Putting down the broadcast watchdog, deputy PM lashes RNZ & TVNZ
09/05/2026 | 44 mins.
The government wants to scrap the BSA and fill the accountability void with self-regulation. Would that work? Would standards suffer? Will it happen at all? Also: ministers must not interfere in public broadcasters, but the Deputy PM has sounded off about RNZ, TVNZ and its outgoing political editor.
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Midweek - BSA binned, Voyager sinned, Tame's empty chair & Brown's beefs
06/05/2026 | 23 mins.
Government moves to bin the BSA, Voyager awards bin sponsor, Jack Tame's empty chair & Wayne Brown says 'don't go there'
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