A sudden surge of MPs quitting - some in disgrace - dominated political reporting this week, pushing pre-election policy into the background and painting a poor picture of Parliament.

Some well-known ads from years gone by employed crude racial stereotypes which would cause a outcry if they were aired today. But is advertising and marketing any more diverse than in days gone by? As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts industries to re-examine their record or race and diversity, Mediawatch asks if our advertising and marketing industry is committed to diversity.

Some well-known ads from years gone by employed crude racial stereotypes which would cause a outcry if they were aired today. But is advertising and marketing any more diverse than in days gone by? As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts industries to re-examine their record or race and diversity, Mediawatch asks if our advertising and marketing industry is committed to diversity.

The Unite to Fight COVID-19 campaign has been lauded as highly effective and the PM said it was crucial to crushing the curve so quickly. But it wasn’t cheap.

Bauer Media says some of the nation’s most important magazines will be back within weeks now that new buyers have been found. But four months after it shut down the likes of New Zealand Woman's Weekly and The Listener, many staff have moved on and some subscribers have asked for their money back. So what's the plan for bringing them back?

Bauer Media says some of the nation’s most important magazines will be back within weeks now that new buyers have been found. But four months after it shut down the likes of New Zealand Woman's Weekly and The Listener, many staff have moved on and some subscribers have asked for their money back. So what's the plan for bringing them back?

The Unite to Fight COVID-19 campaign has been lauded as highly effective and the PM said it was crucial to crushing the curve so quickly. But it wasn’t cheap.

Sudden surge of political scandals pushes bigger issues into the background; ad industry confronts its diversity deficit; Bauer finds buyers - but what next?

Sudden surge of political scandals pushes bigger issues into the background; ad industry confronts its diversity deficit; Bauer finds buyers - but what next?

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talked to Robert Kelly about the outcry over mental health used as a smokescreen for an MP's bad behaviour, complaints about the editorial decisions of Stuff's climate change section - and a potential missed opportunity at TVNZ