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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-637/
- Published: 2022-08-21T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-21T08:53:46.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Media, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson says TVNZ and RNZ are not prioritising **Maori, Pasifika, Asians and young people** enough and the **planned merger will change that**.

> “They’re there, but there is not enough priority and I would like to see those groups prioritised, obviously along with Pakeha New Zealand too.”

TVNZ and RNZ are **Crown Entities** that are supposedly independent of interference from government ministers.

But the Crown Entities Act says the new entity, Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media, **must have regard to government policy when directed by their minister**.

**National broadcasting spokesperson Melissa Lee says she is concerned**: “I’m worried that it will create not only the perception, but also the reality that the new entity will become a mouthpiece for the government.”

Two thirds of respondents to a *Stuff* poll said they were against the merger. But Willie thinks they’ll get over it.

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/129613925/government-not-seeing-the-nz-stories-that-we-want-to-see-on-radio-on-tv?cid=app-android&fbclid=IwAR1a7If2TElm8sLvVVeC-a9IK8yBnKhJVEyxe%5FBKsFkTNurtlFRcDW1kqNU&ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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