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![TVNZ shake-up: Minister wants changes, says NZ identity 'more than' Country Calendar; Gary McCormick calls in lawyer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TVNZ shake-up: Minister wants changes, says NZ identity 'more than' Country Calendar; Gary McCormick calls in lawyer
MEDIA INSIDER: Take our poll - what's your favourite local TVNZ show?
![RNZ threatens to leave Twitter over Musk's new label](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
RNZ threatens to leave Twitter over Musk's new label
The broadcaster has been slapped with the "Government-funded media" tag on the platform.
![World Cup shock: Sky's big call on Justin Marshall; Duncan Garner's legal warning](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
World Cup shock: Sky's big call on Justin Marshall; Duncan Garner's legal warning
MEDIA INSIDER: RNZ's newsroom farewell dilemma; lawyers circle Today FM.
![RNZ to get $25.7m in new funding, new strategy unveiled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
RNZ to get $25.7m in new funding, new strategy unveiled
RNZ will get $25.7m in new funding, half to run a new platform.
![Cancelled RNZ-TVNZ merger cost almost $20m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cancelled RNZ-TVNZ merger cost almost $20m
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage claims the money wasn't wasted on consultants.
![Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan apologises for remarks at partner's farewell from RNZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan apologises for remarks at partner's farewell from RNZ
Dunlop said in her final broadcast she had been passed over for the 'top job'.
![‘When you don’t get the top job it’s time to go’: RNZ presenter's final show](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘When you don’t get the top job it’s time to go’: RNZ presenter's final show
Dunlop had earlier been tipped as a potential morning report co-host.
![Radio silence: Two star RNZ hosts off-air for more than a month with no explanation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Radio silence: Two star RNZ hosts off-air for more than a month with no explanation
One of the presenters hasn't been on air since February 14.
![Damien Venuto: The slow, painful death of the TVNZ-RNZ merger leaves media vulnerable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Damien Venuto: The slow, painful death of the TVNZ-RNZ merger leaves media vulnerable
The dalliance with the merger has stagnated progress that could have been made.
![What the Govt spent on the dead TVNZ-RNZ merger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What the Govt spent on the dead TVNZ-RNZ merger
And what happens to public service media now the merger is dead?
![Mihingarangi Forbes: 'The majority of hatred towards me is aimed at my being a Māori woman'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mihingarangi Forbes: 'The majority of hatred towards me is aimed at my being a Māori woman'
The broadcaster talks to Elisabeth Easther.
![TVNZ-Radio merger plan will make public suspicious, scientist says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TVNZ-Radio merger plan will make public suspicious, scientist says
Proposed media mega-merger is archaic, not independent enough, top scholar says.
![RNZ/TVNZ merger: Debate 'is the proof we need it'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
RNZ/TVNZ merger: Debate 'is the proof we need it'
OPINION: How opponents exploited a lack of public media to attack the prospect of one.
![Russia sanctions Clarke Gayford, media executives over ‘propaganda’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Russia sanctions Clarke Gayford, media executives over ‘propaganda’
Those sanctioned are now indefinitely blocked from entering Russia.
![Opinion: TVNZ-RNZ merger risks creating monolithic, monopolistic monster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: TVNZ-RNZ merger risks creating monolithic, monopolistic monster
OPINION: If merger proceeds in its current form we could be looking at a trainwreck.
![Mitch Harris: TVNZ-RNZ merger is good for Māori and Pasifika capacity building](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mitch Harris: TVNZ-RNZ merger is good for Māori and Pasifika capacity building
Opinion: Not all the industry are against the TVNZ-RNZ merger.
![Coast breakfast star Toni Street tests positive for Covid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Coast breakfast star Toni Street tests positive for Covid
The beloved broadcaster has revealed her Coast co-stars are still negative.
![Political Roundup: Labour was meant to save public broadcasting, not weaken it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Political Roundup: Labour was meant to save public broadcasting, not weaken it
Merging RNZ and TVNZ was supposed produce a broadcaster that would enhance democracy.
![Consultants cash in: $6k a week paid out to each contractor in RNZ/TVNZ merger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Consultants cash in: $6k a week paid out to each contractor in RNZ/TVNZ merger
Private consultants working on the public media mega-merger raking in the big bucks.
![RNZ-TVNZ merger: Govt expects to pay contractors $6m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
RNZ-TVNZ merger: Govt expects to pay contractors $6m
Forecast puts the cost of branding alone at $3m.
![Sir Ian Taylor: Sorry Willie Jackson, we're not 'useless Māori' because we don't speak te reo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Ian Taylor: Sorry Willie Jackson, we're not 'useless Māori' because we don't speak te reo
OPINION: Some people only have one interpretation of a Māori world view - theirs.
![Investigation under way after posts made purporting to be convicted rapist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Investigation under way after posts made purporting to be convicted rapist
A series of fake online posts have been taken down.
!['Keep the change': Farmer throws $50 notes at regional council CEO after heated meeting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Keep the change': Farmer throws $50 notes at regional council CEO after heated meeting
The tense meeting was set against the backdrop of a renewed push for a dam in Hawke's Bay.
![Rongoā garden 'a pretty special spot'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rongoā garden 'a pretty special spot'
The garden is a place to learn and teach those with a hunger for medicinal knowledge.
![Marathon race for new TVNZ-RNZ merger chief exec](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Marathon race for new TVNZ-RNZ merger chief exec
An interim CEO is mooted as the public media establishment board wrestles with timelines.
![New state broadcasting entity passes first hurdle in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New state broadcasting entity passes first hurdle in Parliament
The bill that combines RNZ and TVNZ into a new media entity has passed its first reading.
![Willie Jackson: Broadcasting challenges given NZ's changing face](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Willie Jackson: Broadcasting challenges given NZ's changing face
OPINION: Our news media must reflect our communities and be well represented.
![Damien Venuto: The dangerous sentence in the TVNZ-RNZ merger legislation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Damien Venuto: The dangerous sentence in the TVNZ-RNZ merger legislation
Are we set to see a series of unintended consequences?