Life·Thought Piece Is this the solution to NZ’s media crisis? June 27, 2024 Pat Pilcher NZ media is in a state of catastrophic upheaval and could be in its death throes. PAT PILCHER wonders if Canada has found a Read More
Food & Drink·Life·News·Thought Piece Let’s protect and value NZ’s media April 14, 2024 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER examines the media crisis in New Zealand and what can be done to protect this essential tool to ensure the future of Read More
Life·Thought Piece Why is social media so broken? December 19, 2023 Pat Pilcher We all use it and it can be a force for good so why, asks PAT PILCHER, is social media increasingly going down the Read More
Gear·Product News·Smart Homes Smart home tech outfit Rithum goes with Connected Media in NZ May 7, 2023 Gary Steel UK-based smart home tech company Rithum announces Connected Media as their latest Rithum Switch distributor for New Zealand. Read More
Life·News·Thought Piece Media’s clickbait coverage of KiwiSaver fees shameful August 31, 2022 Pat Pilcher When did the government-owned RNZ become a vehicle for Luxon's fatuous and unchallenged pronouncements on the KiwiSaver fees? By PAT PILCHER. Read More
Life Both sides now – news media’s big failure July 25, 2022 Gary Steel Despite the digital revolution nothing has replaced old-fashioned news reporting. But it's looking rather arthritic, writes GARY STEEL. Read More
Life·Thought Piece Why is NZ media so partisan? April 16, 2022 Pat Pilcher New Zealand media is increasingly ignoring its own mandate to carry unbiased reporting and that's dangerous, reports PAT PILCHER. Read More
Life·News Throwing Cash At Media In Poor Taste April 25, 2020 Pat Pilcher The Government will help out our big, overseas-owned media, but is that a solution to the problem? PAT PILCHER thinks not. Read More
Life The Great New Zealand Print Media Meltdown April 22, 2020 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER examines the parlous state of New Zealand media and provides some solutions to a looming disaster. Read More
Life What To Do About Our Rotten Media October 9, 2019 Pat Pilcher NZ’s disgraceful media reaction to Greta Thunberg’s UN address shows just how far we’ve sunk. PAT PILCHER suggests that we have only one solution Read More
Life·Thought Piece MediaWorks Has A Hissy Fit, The Public Yawns August 14, 2018 Pat Pilcher As TV Three warns it might pull out of television locally, PAT PILCHER takes a look at the NZ media-scape, how it got in Read More
Life How About Less Election Bullshittery In The Media? September 5, 2017 Pat Pilcher PAT PILCHER is angry that – just out from an important election which will decide the immediate future for all of us – mass Read More
Music·Recordings Mulholland – Eugene Told Me You Were Dead (Frequency Media Group) CD REVIEW October 9, 2014 Gary Steel Mulholland's debut drive is just okay, despite the precocious talent on offer Read More
Uncategorized Sony NZW-Z1050 Walkman Digital Media Player REVIEW July 6, 2012 AshK Sony's Android powered NZW-Z1050 Walkman digital media player reviewed by Ashley Kramer Read More
News·Sound and Vision Epson’s Multimedia Projector October 19, 2011 Gary Steel Epson announces its shot at portable, flexible "multimedia" projector Read More
Computers·Gear Logitech Z523 Multimedia Speaker System June 4, 2010 AshK Logitech's Z523 computer speakers reviewed by audio nut Ashley Kramer Read More
Computers·Gear Bose Computer MusicMonitor Multimedia Speakers May 25, 2010 AshK Ashley Kramer steps back into the dark side with a review of the Bose Computer MusicMonitor Multimedia Speakers. Is Bose a four letter word? Read More
Amplifiers·Gear·Hi-Fi·Sound and Vision This way cool French amp is a genuine hi-fi bargain June 18, 2024 Andrew Baker Our very own ANDY BAKER gets some luxury time with a French amp that’s wowing the hi-fi world for its smart feature set and Read More
Film & TV The best (and worst) streaming TV shows & films right now June 17, 2024 Gary Steel A regular column in which GARY STEEL sifts through the mountain of available streaming TV and brings your attention to great new and old Read More
Gear·Hi-Fi·Sound and Vision·Speakers Engaging sound, amazing price point June 6, 2024 Wade Booth WADE BOOTH soaked up the sounds emitting from PSB's handsome new T65 speakers and found their sound engaging and their price point remarkable. Read More