Tonight in Karyn's weekly catchup with the Midweek Mediawatch team, Colin Peacock looks at the funeral for the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip and how the Empire struck back. Viewer upset at the interrupted scheduling of TVNZ's Fair Go, and uproar and upheaval with proposed changes to European football.

Midweek Mediawatch Colin Peacock

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Somehow the team are back in the studio after a big night at the Taite Music Prize, so we're of course recapping the evening, playing some interviews with the winners, and potentially holding an intervention to discuss Evie's foul-mouth.

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RNZ News at 12pm, April 25

Bryan Crump caught up with Sue Densem, the Music Director of the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, along with choir leaders, Jasmine Hulton and Teddy Finney-Waters, and cultural leader, Siaosi Lavelua. The group discuss their ANZAC performance at Te Papa, their experiences being part of the choir, and even sing a few tunes for us.

The New Zealand Secondary Students Choir

Billy T Award winner, Melanie Bracewell, has graced screens across Australasia with her quick witted charm.

Comedian Melanie Bracewell

Emeritus Professor Michael Atherton, shares the remarkable story of the lengths troops went too to get pianos to the front during the Second World War.

Midweek Mediawatch Colin Peacock

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