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From: Luke <[FOI #25902 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:22 AM
To: OIA <[TVNZ request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Not reporting on controversial
political issues

 

Dear Television New Zealand Limited, 1. Does TVNZ support the views of
Newsroom editor Mark Jennings when he commented on The Detail: “Quite a
lot of talk and discussion in the media, particularly amongst senior
editorial people about whether

Dear Television New Zealand Limited,

 

1. Does TVNZ support the views of Newsroom editor Mark Jennings when he commented on The Detail: “Quite a lot of talk and discussion in the media, particularly amongst senior editorial people about whether we should even report Winston Peters' attacks on the media when he says there’s corruption and clearly there’s no basis for that, whether we should all just stick together, and decide not report him”?

 

2. Has any of the "quite a lot of talk and discussion ... amongst senior editorial people" included persons within TVNZ?

 

3. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind with any news media organisation, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

4. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind either internally or with NZ on Air, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

5. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind with any other organisation, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

6. Please provide a summary, relevant emails, and a transcript of all mentioned above.

 

7. Does TVNZ agree that if major New Zealand media organisations form agreements over what controversial issues to report on and what not to report on, then the outcome has the potential to cause significant harm to the public interest?

 

8. Why has TVNZ not reported on Winston Peters' allegations of news media corruption, at the same time as several other news media outlets in New Zealand have stopped reporting on it?

 

9. Has TVNZ ever chosen not to report on a controversial political issue in the last three years? If so, what?

 

10. Other than stories that might breach the BSA and Media Council standards, on what grounds does TVNZ deem a story inappropriate to report on?

 

11. Is TVNZ party to any agreement with any other news media organisation which either prevents TVNZ from reporting, or materially affects TVNZ's reporting on any particular political issue?

 

12. Is TVNZ party to any agreement with any other organisation which either prevents TVNZ from reporting, or materially affects TVNZ's reporting on any particular political issue?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Luke

 

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Dear Luke

 

Please see the attached response.

 

TVNZ Official Information Act Team

 

From: Luke <[FOI #25902 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:22 AM
To: OIA <[TVNZ request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Not reporting on controversial
political issues

 

Dear Television New Zealand Limited, 1. Does TVNZ support the views of
Newsroom editor Mark Jennings when he commented on The Detail: “Quite a
lot of talk and discussion in the media, particularly amongst senior
editorial people about whether

Dear Television New Zealand Limited,

 

1. Does TVNZ support the views of Newsroom editor Mark Jennings when he commented on The Detail: “Quite a lot of talk and discussion in the media, particularly amongst senior editorial people about whether we should even report Winston Peters' attacks on the media when he says there’s corruption and clearly there’s no basis for that, whether we should all just stick together, and decide not report him”?

 

2. Has any of the "quite a lot of talk and discussion ... amongst senior editorial people" included persons within TVNZ?

 

3. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind with any news media organisation, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

4. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind either internally or with NZ on Air, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

5. In the last three years, has TVNZ ever engaged in any discussions or conversations of any kind with any other organisation, where refusing to report on either media corruption, the Treaty, or any other controversial political issue has been discussed?

 

6. Please provide a summary, relevant emails, and a transcript of all mentioned above.

 

7. Does TVNZ agree that if major New Zealand media organisations form agreements over what controversial issues to report on and what not to report on, then the outcome has the potential to cause significant harm to the public interest?

 

8. Why has TVNZ not reported on Winston Peters' allegations of news media corruption, at the same time as several other news media outlets in New Zealand have stopped reporting on it?

 

9. Has TVNZ ever chosen not to report on a controversial political issue in the last three years? If so, what?

 

10. Other than stories that might breach the BSA and Media Council standards, on what grounds does TVNZ deem a story inappropriate to report on?

 

11. Is TVNZ party to any agreement with any other news media organisation which either prevents TVNZ from reporting, or materially affects TVNZ's reporting on any particular political issue?

 

12. Is TVNZ party to any agreement with any other organisation which either prevents TVNZ from reporting, or materially affects TVNZ's reporting on any particular political issue?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Luke

 

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