RNZ and TVNZ to become Aotearoa NZ Public Media

RNZ and TVNZ to become Aotearoa NZ Public Media
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Daniel Dunkley
Radio New Zealand and TVNZ will become subsidiaries of Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media as the two groups combine under the new state broadcast entity.The new name was revealed as legislation to merge the two groups is scheduled to face its first vote on June 28.The government has outlined further details of its plan to effectively merge RNZ and TVNZ under a single state media umbrella.In an explanatory note ahead of the reading, ministers reiterated that all employees of RNZ and TVNZ would transfer to the new entity on the same terms as their...

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