Media Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    New report on ‘New Media’ - by Gareth Hughes



    The Law Commission have today called for submissions on their latest issue paper The News Media Meets ‘New Media’. The paper is a thorough look at the state of how media, blogs, social media, and such are currently regulated, what the loopholes are, and it gives suggestions for where the Government may want to change [...] read more
    December 12, 2011 12:38 pm - 2 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Thoughts from the Big Gay Out - by Kevin Hague



    I am the gayest man in Parliament. Everybody knows. So it was a bit galling to get essentially upstaged by John Key and Phil Goff. Perhaps I’m just a bit self-absorbed, but this strikes me as suggesting a weird prism through which at least some straight people see this queer event. Let’s review: I started [...] read more
    February 17, 2011 4:42 pm - 25 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    New gay study feeds misplaced sensationalism - by Kevin Hague



    Great to see researchers interested in human sexuality research are keen to do a better job of including and understanding sexual orientation, identity and behaviour as separate categories. As those of us who know the field well know, however, it is fraught with both methodological and political difficulties. The political difficulties arise from the desperation of [...] read more
    July 23, 2010 10:08 am - 11 Comments
  • frog

    Tadpoles listen up: Granny Herald gives sage advice on climate change - by frog



    Image by Lyndon Hood My Friday night tipple of lily pad liqueur (but just the one, cos I’m a responsible frog) will be raised to Granny Herald, who today ran a sane and responsible editorial on climate change. Granny concludes: The world has become far more environmentally conscious. We cannot afford to be seen as [...] read more
    August 7, 2009 11:53 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    A two horse race that’s about to become a one horse race - by frog



    The next 24 hours are everyone’s enforced break from New Zealand election news with the Melbourne Cup and the US election results likely to dominate the front pages of the newspapers.  Horses are of course an environmentally friendly form of transport but I must confess I don’t know a lot about racing them.  I see [...] read more
    November 4, 2008 10:35 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    Science Media Centre launches in NZ - by frog



    The Science Media Centre (SMC) launches today, mirroring similar initiatives overseas. The SMC is an independent source of expert comment and information for journalists covering science and technology in New Zealand. Here we feature the opinions of leading scientists on breaking news stories and provide background reports and tools for both journalists and scientists. Our [...] read more
    July 1, 2008 11:45 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Can the media cover climate change? - by frog



    There is an interesting debate going about whether the media can and is reporting climate change effectively. The Committee for Sceptical Inquiry notes of news coverage in America: according to data tracked by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, climate change failed to crack the top twenty most covered news stories of the year. [...] read more
    March 6, 2008 3:29 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    TNVZ poll also shows Greens up - by frog



    Over the weekend TVNZ’s Colmar Brunton poll continued to show an upward trend for the Greens, moving from 4.6 to 6%. The TVNZ poll often seems to be one that the Greens fare poorly in. And it’s a frustrating one because it is often hard to tell from the coverage when the poll was conducted [...] read more
    February 18, 2008 1:36 pm - 14 Comments