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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1487/
- Published: 2026-05-22T18:30:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-22T18:30:19.000Z
- Description: Mather said Thompson advised the board of his plan in December. They were planning to tell staff, and confirm his departure, later this year.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Media

> RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson will stand down at the end of the year, after 13 years as the public broadcaster’s editor-in-chief.  
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> RNZ board chair Dr Jim Mather announced the move on Friday. News of Thompson’s resignation was announced early, after Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour [hinted at leadership changes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360977383/outrageous-hipkins-calls-out-david-seymours-comments-about-rnz-and-maiki-sherman?ref=goodoil.news) coming for the public broadcaster.  
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> Mather said Thompson advised the board of his plan in December. They were planning to tell staff, and confirm his departure, later this year.  
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> On Friday, he wrote to staff, saying: “I am sharing this news with you today as there has been recent unhelpful external commentary about his future.”  
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