Big issues, barbecues and curly questions at Waitangi; cancer care hits the headlines; Brett Phibbs - a life in pictures. Programme Code mwatch-updateaudio-2018681839UP Participants Colin Peacock, Jim Mora Topics media

Big issues, barbecues and curly questions at Waitangi; cancer care hits the headlines; Brett Phibbs - a life in pictures. Programme Code mwatch-updateaudio-2018681839UP Participants Colin Peacock, Jim Mora Topics media

The prospect of a new party for conservative conservationists became big news this past week. Some reporters and pundits reckoned it could change the government in 2020 - even though it isn't even up and running yet and doesn’t have policies for voters to ponder.

The prospect of a new party for conservative conservationists became big news this past week. Some reporters and pundits reckoned it could change the government in 2020 - even though it isn't even up and running yet and doesn’t have policies for voters to ponder.

In a potentially career-stalling move, satirist Robbie Nicol - aka White Man Behind a Desk - is biting the hand that feeds. He’s crowdfunded for a video to mock major media companies and how public funding’s paid out to media. What's the method in this madness?

In a potentially career-stalling move, satirist Robbie Nicol - aka White Man Behind a Desk - is biting the hand that feeds. He’s crowdfunded for a video to mock major media companies and how public funding’s paid out to media. What's the method in this madness?

A titan of tech was in New Zealand last week along with hundreds of the world’s “alpha geeks” to talk about huge digital-age issues affecting us all. But none of it got mentioned in our media. Did it go under the radar because it went over their heads?

A titan of tech was in New Zealand last week along with hundreds of the world’s “alpha geeks” to talk about huge digital-age issues affecting us all. But none of it got mentioned in our media. Did it go under the radar because it went over their heads?

Political party possibility hooks the media; money for media mockery; geeks' gathering goes under the radar; hyping the heatwave.

Political party possibility hooks the media; money for media mockery; geeks' gathering goes under the radar; hyping the heatwave.