How TVNZ won the Fifa World Cup
Melodie Robinson is TVNZ’s head of sports and events, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the truly astounding performance of the...
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How’s that under-16 social media ban going for you, Australia?
As Christopher Luxon declares he’ll “die trying” to get something done in banning social media for New Zealand children under 16, it’s a goo...
The screen sector has drawn its election wish list. Is any party buying?
Irene Gardiner is president of SPADA, the organisation which represents screen producers in Aotearoa. She joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to...
At Large with Toby Manhire: View from media-politics junction, with Mike Munro
From the press gallery to spin doctor for Helen Clark and chief of staff to Jacinda Ardern, Mike Munro has seen plenty of the kaleidoscope i...
How FQ kept its print roots while remaking itself for the social era
Sarah Murray was a longtime staffer at FQ under different owners, before making a bold move to buy the publication outright in 2023. She joi...
Emergency Pod: Hooton to The Post!
Toby Manhire joins Duncan Greive for an emergency episode to discuss the genuine shock appointment of columnist and political operator Matth...
HBO Max is (finally) here. What does that mean for HBO, and for Sky?
Jason Monteiro is head of streaming for WBD across APAC, and joins Glen Kyne and Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the late arrival of on...
The NBR’s co-editors make the case for the Rich List, 40 years after it was born
Hamish McNicol and Calida Stuart-Menteath co-edit the National Business Review, New Zealand's business publication of record. For a publicat...
The creator economy goes mainstream
Duncan Greive is joined by James Davidson, Chief Strategy & Planning Officer, PHD Aotearoa; Lisa Leicester – Head of Social & Innovation, Om...
The end of the Paul Thompson era at RNZ, Re: News, and what’s in the (media) budget
Glen Kyne returns to The Fold to analyse the resignation of Paul Thompson after 13 years running RNZ, look back on the Re: News era and touc...
Emergency pod: Toby Manhire interviews Duncan Greive about his shiny new project Lume
Sharp-eyed and longtime Spinoff readers might have noticed that The Fold host Duncan Greive has been staggeringly unproductive as a writer l...
Unhappy endings for Maiki Sherman and the BSA, and Seymour’s war with RNZ
Media is a fraught place at the moment, less due to persistent economic challenges than external forces acting upon it. Glen Kyne returns to...
What we got wrong about the Tom Phillips and Polkinghorne documentaries
Philippa Rennie has had a near unique view of real life TV storytelling in New Zealand. She worked as the in-house lawyer for Warner Brother...
Emergency monopod: The end of the BSA
Duncan Greive flies solo to break down and respond to the shock decision to shut down the BSA. He gives reaction from the key players, talks...
Dentsu’s Rob Harvey on why bigger can be better in the AI age
Rob Harvey is CEO of Dentsu across Australia and New Zealand – it’s one of the biggest ad agencies in the world, and Rob is notable for the...
Why are indie agencies thriving in a semi-broken advertising economy?
Sam Stuchbury is the executive creative director and founder of Motion Sickness, and Lee Lowndes is the chief executive and founder of Dayli...
The five biggest stories in NZ media right now
Glen Kyne returns to The Fold to catch up on all the biggest stories in recent times. We look at the existential challenge the BSA opened up...
Exclusive: How Mike Minogue partnered with TVNZ+ on podcasting
He’s very familiar as the star of Wellington Paranormal, and a radio host with Hauraki – but Mike Minogue’s greatest achievement might be Fr...
The story of the 21st century is all about the end of trust
Richard Edelman was deeply prescient, when he responded to the “battle for Seattle” by commissioning an annual global survey of institutiona...
The BSA chooses to face its existential dilemma head on
After six months of careful deliberation, and six years after it first floated the idea, the broadcasting standards authority decided that i...