Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 24, 2021 3:30:45 GMT 12
RNZ PUSHES BACK AGAINST CONCERNS IT'S MOVING IN ON COMMERCIAL TERRITORY
Chief executive Paul Thompson also suggested to MPs that RNZ’s charter could be updated to include a duty to offer material to other media and to reference te Tiriti.
The lack of mention of te Tiriti (the Treaty of Waitangi), seemed like “a bit of gap” in its existing charter, which was updated, five years ago, Thompson said.
There was “quite an exciting opportunity” to make sure that Aoteroa’s foundation document was “anchored at the heart of our mandate”, he said.
Questioned on what impact a reference to te Tiriti would have on its audiences, Mather said an example might be that if there was a particular story that had a Māori focus, “rather than a primarily Eurocentric team debating the editorial merits of it, they would – under the principle of participation – invite Māori journalists to contribute”......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/126456160/rnz-pushes-back-against-concerns-its-moving-in-on-commercial-territory
Chief executive Paul Thompson also suggested to MPs that RNZ’s charter could be updated to include a duty to offer material to other media and to reference te Tiriti.
The lack of mention of te Tiriti (the Treaty of Waitangi), seemed like “a bit of gap” in its existing charter, which was updated, five years ago, Thompson said.
There was “quite an exciting opportunity” to make sure that Aoteroa’s foundation document was “anchored at the heart of our mandate”, he said.
Questioned on what impact a reference to te Tiriti would have on its audiences, Mather said an example might be that if there was a particular story that had a Māori focus, “rather than a primarily Eurocentric team debating the editorial merits of it, they would – under the principle of participation – invite Māori journalists to contribute”......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/126456160/rnz-pushes-back-against-concerns-its-moving-in-on-commercial-territory