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Peter Thompson, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won't be easy – and time is running out

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The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

Cabinet had discussed the proposal back in 2019, and yesterday’s announcement was expected to be the culmination of extensive planning, consulting, expert committees and corporate accounting reports.

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