Major Cross-Sector Coalition Calls For Government Action On Online Harm – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Scams, hate, abuse and misinformation are not glitches. They are design choices, and the bill keeps landing on the rest of us.

Scams, hate, abuse and misinformation are not glitches. They are design choices, and the bill keeps landing on the rest of us.

Lying about maternity care is grotesque. New mothers were promised a right they do not yet have, and the Government calls it a mistake.

RNZ gets Brent Impey, Paul Thompson heads for the exit and Maiki Sherman’s fall still says plenty about political journalism. Martyn is not pretending to be neutral.

Moana speaks out after her explosive Winston Peters interview, tackling media pressure, Maiki Sherman and the future of journalism.

David Seymour attacking RNZ from The Platform is Temu Trump theatre: bully the broadcaster, sneer at journalism, then call it free speech.

Cut the funding, lose the signal. And when the next emergency hits, that silence won’t be theoretical — it’ll be dangerous.

Public broadcasters depend on one thing above all else: trust. But when ministers publicly attack coverage and broadcasters appear to…
“It is a crime against journalism as these people have seized the power of the editor-in-chief for exercising their political interests.”
RNZ has a new content sharing deal with The Spinoff where RNZ’s content is shared by The Spinoff and The Spinoff’s content is shared by RNZ. This is the first time that RNZ has hosted content from a commercial news organisation on its website. The content on The Spinoff is funded through commercial sponsorship. While it doesn’t affect RNZ’s own content, it does indicate that a further move towards the commercialisation of RNZ.
Independent filmmakers fear a slow erosion of Māori and Pacific content at Television New Zealand has begun. Their fears have emerged after the role of commissioner for Māori and Pacific programmes was removed from a full-time commissioning role in recent restructuring by TVNZ.