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Taxpayer takes double hit from film fiasco

For 10 years film-maker Craig Newland has been beavering away on a movie about New Zealand’s first pirate radio station – a project which has been financed in part with almost $50,000 worth of pu

Wed, 11 Jul 2018

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Fur flies over taxpayer-funded 'sexploitation' of women on TV

Fur is flying among the matriarchs of the New Zealand television industry as tempers rage over the "sexploitation" of women in two reality shows on TV3, one of which is funded by New Zealand On A

Wed, 11 Jul 2018

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran says “We’ve got three years to deliver on our promises.”

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RNZ will know by July how much money it is getting

Broadcasting minister encourages media companies to "think outside the square." Watch Clare Curran's interview with Grant Walker.

Brent Edwards

Tue, 22 May 2018

Frances Valintine

Curran names final seven members of digital advisory panel

The 11 questions the panel will consider.

Thu, 26 Apr 2018

Barrie Saunders was a government relations consultant (Saunders Unsworth) and for six years was a director of TVNZ

How Labour can streamline broadcasting

Opinion: Proposals for yet another non-content public broadcasting organisation are too complicated. There is a better solution.

NBR Contributor

Thu, 02 Nov 2017

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Chicago's mobsters and Playboy's Hefner are latest to be 'Kiwi made' on screen

International film-makers are attracted by the diverse landscapes within a small geographic area.

Nevil Gibson

Mon, 15 May 2017

NZ On Air chief executive Jane Wrightson

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NZ On Air announces a 'platform-neutral' funding future

Although NZOA chief executive Jane Wrightson doesn't expect TV broadcasters "to be capering about with joy" at the change, "neither should they be particularly worried at this point.”

NBR Contributor

Mon, 26 Sep 2016

The key cast of Filthy Rich, which centres on three illegitimate children who discover they have a claim to the fortune of one of NZ’s wealthiest men.

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New Zealand TV drama scores significant overseas sales

Filthy Rich’s first season picked up by US streaming giant and Oz free-to-air broadcaster. With special feature audio.

NBR Contributor

Mon, 23 May 2016

From MediaWorks to Fairfax: (from left to right) Toby Longbottom, Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham

Media matters: Musical chairs & the etiquette of death

Fairfax current affairs TV coming soon? Plus the politics of reporting deaths. With special audio feature.

NBR Contributor

Thu, 03 Mar 2016

The Brokenwood Mysteries

NZ On Air washes hands of MediaWorks’ soap ambitions

Broadcaster bemoans the decision, while others applaud it.

NBR Contributor

Mon, 14 Dec 2015