By Chris Schulz of
Opinion - Journalists avoid his calls, editors loathe it when he highlights mistakes. But he reckons he's not scary at all. Chris Schulz meets RNZ's Mr Mediawatch, Colin Peacock.
Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas
Over his summer holidays, Colin Peacock tried to switch off. For much of the previous 12 months, the 52-year-old host of Radio New Zealand's long-running Mediawatch show had seen his favourite industry - the media - decimated, and it had taken its toll.
The worldwide pandemic caused by Covid-19 wreaked havoc. Bauer Media closed its doors, with 237 jobs lost and major magazine mastheads like