Saving TVNZ

Russell Brown has a copy of a speech by the head of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett on TVNZ.

Unlike Russell who can’t say if he agree with the prescription for public broadcasting in New Zealand, I am happy to say what Barnett proposes would seem to me to be a huge improvement over the status quo. It’s a long speech but worth reading in full.

There seems to be an emerging consensus that the charter has been a disaster, especially when you consider that it is a state secret what programmes are actually prodiced as part of the charter, so the proposal that charter money simply be given to NZ on Air is sensible.