Tim Leahy
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Via email: <[FYI request #25681 email]>
21 February 2024
Dear Mr Leahy
Official Information Act request dated 8 February 2024
We refer to your email dated 8 February 2024 (your Request) requesting information
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). TVNZ’s Response to your Request is
set out below.
Request: Please provide a copy of the policies and procedures that TVNZ fol ows in
order to make its editorial choices.
Response: The relevant sections of TVNZ’s News and Current Affairs Handbook are
attached. Please note that this Handbook is currently undergoing review.
In addition, in 2023 TVNZ undertook a review into its editorial controls. That is publicly
available online at https://corporate.tvnz.co.nz/reports/.
As you may know, if you are dissatisfied with this response, section 28 of the Act
provides you with the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman in order to seek
an investigation and review.
Yours sincerely,
Official Information Requests Team
TVNZ