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Banks' blunder a blow for MediaWorks Newsroom 28/01/2021 © Provided by Newsroom MediaWorks radio stations dominate the music format but the company has always struggled to develop a viable talkback station. Now, as Mark Jennings writes, a racist incident involving stand-in host John Banks has suddenly added to the company’s problems. What were they thinking? Mediaworks’ decision to give John Banks some sort of last hurrah on its station, Magic Talk, was never going to end well. Banks has history when it comes to making offensive remarks or agreeing with callers who make them. The day ...

One cultural adviser says it's time for those of John Banks' ilk to step aside from influential positions in broadcasting.

John Banks axed from MediaWorks' Magic Talk show over Māori 'stone-age culture' comments 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM 6 minutes to read Former Auckland mayor John Banks. Photo / Brett Phibbs Other Vodafone, Kiwibank and Spark have suspended advertising on Mediaworks' Magic Talk radio station as talkback host John Banks is taken off air. Alex Braae reports. The Black Caps have expressed their "disgust" over former Auckland mayor John Banks endorsing the views of a caller who described Māori as a "stone-age people with a stone-age culture". New Zealand Cricket says it reserves its right to review it...

John Banks axed from MediaWorks' Magic Talk show over Māori 'stone-age culture' comments 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM 6 minutes to read Other Vodafone, Kiwibank and Spark have suspended advertising on Mediaworks' Magic Talk radio station as talkback host John Banks is taken off air. Alex Braae reports. The Black Caps have expressed their "disgust" over former Auckland mayor John Banks endorsing the views of a caller who described Māori as a "stone-age people with a stone-age culture". New Zealand Cricket says it reserves its right to review its relationship with Magic Talk, which holds the audio b...

Major NZ radio network Magic Talk allowed a highly offensive rant to air live The caller labelled Maori people 'genetically predisposed to crime and alcohol' Backlash was severe, with multiple advertisers quick to condemn Magic Talk Former Auckland Mayor and host John Banks inexplicably agreed with the caller  Mr Banks has since been dumped by Magic Talk as an on-air radio presenter