Mediawatch / Auckland

Mediawatch for 29 January 2023

09:08 am on 29 January 2023

Mediawatch for 29 January 2023

PM's exit and epic rain blow up 'slow news' summer; political pressure pumped up on media merger; mixed messages on state of the highways.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2020, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives for a press conference to speak about the charges laid over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption, in Wellington. - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on January 19, 2023 she will resign next month.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on 19 January, 2023 she will resign next month. Photo: AFP / Marty Melville