TVNZ pays 168 staff more than $100,000
Twelve staff at TVNZ get $290,000 a year or more, its annual report shows.
Twelve staff at TVNZ get $290,000 a year or more, its annual report shows.
The exact cost to the Govt of its bid for the World Cup rugby rights won't be known until the bid is accepted but is "considerably under $5m", John Key said today.
Maori TV's battle for the Rugby World Cup TV rights has ended in a total walkover with it now sharing all of the big games with the major channels.
NZ taxpayers will "not be paying over the odds" to see free-to-air 2011 Rugby World Cup games, John Key says.
After years behind the camera, Shortland St veteran Angela Bloomfield is coaxed back to centre stage.
Maori Television has again lost out, as the chance to broadcast the 2011 Rugby World Cup is kicked back and forth between channels.
John Key says his Govt handled the rights issue poorly and Maori TV's bid deserves to be backed.
John Key says he's unaware of any iwi pledging cash to help Maori TV boost its Rugby World Cup TV rights bid.
Maori TV will continue to fight for the rights to the Rugby World Cup, saying the Govt's backing of TVNZ's bid is an affront to Maori.
The Beehive's decision to virtually order TVNZ to gazump Maori TV's Rugby World Cup bid has soured the Maori Party's relationship with National.
Remember the utter shambles as the All Blacks bombed out of the last Rugby World Cup because they could not organise a simple drop-goal?
The Crown Law Office reviewing internet publication, after recent cases raised questions over contempt of court and suppression order breaches.
The Govt has scuppered Maori TV's bid for exclusive free-to-air rights to screen the Rugby World Cup by putting up enough money for TVNZ to outbid it.
TVNZ has resubmitted what the International Rugby Board calls a compelling bid for the free-to-air rights for the Rugby World Cup.
The US says a military training ban with NZ, put in place over our anti-nuclear stance is absurd and should be reviewed.