Best of the Week MediaRoom: Is MediaWorks in play? This week: is MediaWorks about to be sold, the latest audience numbers and whatever happened to newspaper circulations? Oct 19 2018 Mark Jennings and Tim Murphy
Best of the Week $1.8 billion waterfront stadium revealed Concept plans for a new privately-funded Auckland waterfront stadium show a see-through, 50,000 seat covered arena, ‘free’ to the ratepayer and taxpayer. Oct 19 2018 Tim Murphy
Comment The stadium: So far it’s all water and no front This week Newsroom revealed plans for a privately-funded Auckland waterfront stadium. Tim Murphy asks if it is a mirage or a miracle. Oct 12 2018 Tim Murphy
new auckland Stadium-for-stadium deal mooted A private consortium planning a new Auckland waterfront stadium is believed to have suggested it be given rights to develop a defunct Eden Park for housing as part of a deal with the city and Government. Oct 11 2018 Tim Murphy
new auckland Secret plans for ‘free’ waterfront stadium A business consortium operating in strict secrecy wants to fund and build a new national stadium on the Auckland waterfront, Tim Murphy reports. Oct 10 2018 Tim Murphy
Media MediaRoom: A thousand cuts This week’s MediaRoom column looks at continuing cuts to journalism roles, public broadcasters’ independence and Heather du Plessis Allan. Oct 05 2018 Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings
new auckland Huge Tāmaki project starts to bear fruit Tim Murphy introduces a Newsroom series on NZ’s biggest urban regeneration project, at Tāmaki in Auckland. Oct 03 2018 Tim Murphy
News Māori caucus tells National to back off In a fiery urgent debate in Parliament, Labour ministers defended their PM and her handling of MP Meka Whaitiri, with one demanding: “When will it all stop?” Sep 29 2018 Tim Murphy
Comment MediaRoom: RNZ claims radio’s crown MediaRoom brings you RNZ’s triumph in the latest ratings, the StuffMe decision, and whatever happened to Spinoff TV. Sep 27 2018 Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings
Best of the Week Public dodges a bullet from StuffMe Twenty eight months, three jurisdictions and millions of dollars after our two biggest media companies applied to merge their businesses, the plan remains in the morgue, dead but unburied. Sep 27 2018 Tim Murphy
Politics ‘It feels like Star Trek’ Texts and emails released by Derek Handley include an official view that Clare Curran didn’t taint the process of his aborted appointment. Sep 25 2018 Tim Murphy and Sam Sachdeva
Media MediaRoom: More up, Mai down in latest ratings Tim Murphy dissects the latest radio ratings and gets to the bottom of suggestions the Herald premium paywall is delayed. Sep 22 2018 Tim Murphy
Newsroom Special Inquiry Netsafe drops Avery ‘digital harm’ complaint Internet regulator Netsafe has declined to pursue a complaint by entrepreneur Sir Ray Avery claiming Newsroom stories about him amounted to digital harm and harassment. Sep 18 2018 Tim Murphy
Best of the Week The Push-me-Pull-you Government Jacinda Ardern’s stage-managed reveal of the Government’s 30-year plan was a political oddity. Tim Murphy watched from the cheap seats. Sep 17 2018 Tim Murphy
Newsroom Special Inquiry Avery targets Newsroom over ‘digital harm’ Former New Zealander of the Year Sir Ray Avery has laid a complaint against Newsroom under the Harmful Digital Communications Act over a series of news reports on his background, products and promises. Sep 11 2018 Tim Murphy
environment Court delays Hunua 1080 poison drop The Environment Court has made an urgent order injuncting Auckland Council from dropping 1080 poison across the Hunua Ranges near dams providing two-thirds of the city’s water. Sep 08 2018 Tim Murphy
News Dame Patsy: Action needed on gender equity Dame Patsy Reddy is concerned ‘depressing statistics’ in gender pay and women’s representation in business directorships could indicate a backsliding on equity gains made in the past few decades. Sep 07 2018 Tim Murphy
Newsroom The TVNZ ratings machine TVNZ had a good year financially and in ratings, most clearly seen in its growing dominance of the critical 6 pm news slot. Aug 27 2018 Tim Murphy
Comment Ardern pushes the half-eject button The Prime Minister has demoted Clare Curran from cabinet and left her as a minister despite near-identical memory lapses and poor judgment. Aug 25 2018 Tim Murphy
News Daughter takes Mum, Dad to Supreme Court A family dispute between a couple and their daughter and her husband over the sale of Hawkes Bay farmland has had to be determined by a full bench of the Supreme Court. Aug 24 2018 Tim Murphy
