Surviving 2025 & following Australia’s lead, decoding Destiny, luring tourists

Surviving 2025 in the intertwined industries of media and advertising. Should our government follow Australia’s media policy - and beware of billionaires? Also: decoding Destiny and the tricky task of luring Aussie tourists.

Can the intertwined industries of media and advertising survive 2025 - and even thrive? That was the theme of a gathering in Auckland this week. One day later, the hosts of it confirmed 30 of its journalists jobs have gone.

Our government says - again - its waiting to see what Australia’s government does when it comes to media policy. Mediawatch asks an Australian media expert if that makes sense - and if should media in both places beware of the billionaires.

Also - this week our government unveiled a new slogan to tempt Aussie tourists across the Tasman. Everyone Must Go seems to have gone down well over there, if not here at a time when many Kiwis are going there for good. We look back at previous efforts to lure tourists across the Tasman.

But tricky timing here when record-number of Kiwis have decided they must go over there for good.

But some of the past efforts to attract Aussie visitors haven’t dated that well either:

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That;s later on in the programme

But first - what happened after Destiny Church supporters disrupted Pride events in Auckland last weekend:

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details