Corina Shields: Independent Media and the Stories Nobody Covers

Corina Shields: Independent Media and the Stories Nobody Covers

September 7, 2026 · 45 min · Season 2 · Episode 35

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Corina Shields discusses her experiences in independent media and the challenges faced in radio ownership and advertising.

Corina Shields returns to Free to Speak. As producer of Shubz Says So, she helped build one of the most talked about shows on independent New Zealand radio. Then she walked away from the station that carried it, and tells Dane Giraud why. Shields gives her account of the arrangement behind the show. On her telling, the pay was always going to come from advertising, ownership of a stake in the station was discussed from the first meeting, and neither materialised. Radio Aotearoa owner George ...

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