On Wednesday the government introduced the Television New Zealand Amendment Bill to scrap TVNZ’s Charter, implemented in 2003, paving the way for either a sustainable business model or an inept, fawning cash cow ready for sale, depending on your POV.
Unsurprisingly, it was Labour Broadcasting Spokesman, Brenda Burns, who was promoting the latter opinion.
The Charter was never a perfect solution from the get-go. Whether the new Bill makes things better depends on one’es point of view.
