Pundit

Ministry of Culture and Heritage

Whither Archives New Zealand and the National Library?

Proposals to change the unsatisfactory status of two vital heritage institutions are meeting strong resistance from their current host.

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Digital TV's jungle of bungles needs sorting

New Zealand’s switch to digital TV is running smoothly on the home-front – but TV broadcasters are having a rough ride through a jungle of bungles by state agencies.

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TVNZ kills ad-free channels to grow profits

Official papers show Television New Zealand won $79 million in government funding for its advertising-free channels TVNZ 6 and TVNZ 7, by claiming they would be self-funding by 2012. Now they are closing the new channels down to enhance profits.

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Rugby row raises bigger TV issues

Ructions over free-to-air television coverage of the Rugby World Cup raise major questions about the sustainability of New Zealand’s approach to public broadcasting

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