Mentions of Radio New Zealand in New Zealand Parliament debates
Radio New Zealand has been mentioned in 202 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Third Readings 4 Oct 2011
RAHUI KATENE ... of the criminal justice system. We received an email reflecting on the comments of a retiring judge interviewed on Radio New Zealand National about 2 or 3 years ago. One of the questions the judge was asked was whether he had any regrets. His reply was ...
Labour
Income Gap, Parity with Australia—Effect of Labour Market Deregulation 27 Sep 2011
Darien Fenton ... and better holiday conditions, or the Christchurch earthquake and Australia’s different climate, as she suggested on Radio New Zealand this month?
Urgent Debates - Rugby World Cup—Extension to Queens Wharf Fanzone
Rugby World Cup—Extension to Queens Wharf Fanzone 15 Sep 2011
KEITH LOCKE ... every day. There is ministerial responsibility for that, as the Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Penny Hulse, pointed out on Radio New Zealand National yesterday morning. She said that all the mayors had gone down to Wellington years back—4 years back—to plead ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 9 Aug 2011
DARIEN FENTON ... to be strengthened. This Government is planning to weaken it—it is planning to weaken it. Phil O’Reilly was on Radio New Zealand this morning. It was so depressing and we have heard it all before. He said something like “We’ve got to end the union ...
Appropriation (2010/11 Supplementary Estimates) Bill
In Committee 21 Jun 2011
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM ... I come and go from Christchurch. I live there most of the time. I left at 8 o’clock this morning. I went in for a Radio New Zealand interview in downtown Christchurch this morning at 7.15. I have been into the red zone a couple of times. Mr Cunliffe’s ...
Budget Debate 8 Jun 2011
CATHERINE DELAHUNTY ... partnerships in the procurement of new school property. The Government has to do that because it got exposed by Radio New Zealand National for not having one that worked. So it is going to do that and it is going to increase the money to $6.7 ...
Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill
First Reading 11 May 2011
KEITH LOCKE ... bullets, and military-style guns. We saw that in the case reported in the Sunday Star-Times and on Radio New Zealand about how the SAS was conducting little sessions with business people from a group called Direct Capital. During the ...
Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill
In Committee 13 Apr 2011
CLARE CURRAN ... Government in cultural content, which this legislation is designed to protect. We are ring-fencing the funding for Radio New Zealand and squeezing the heart and soul of New Zealand content. Basically the Minister has contributed only hot air to this ...
Communications and Information Technology
MediaWorks—Payment to Crown 9 Mar 2011
Sue Kedgley ... MediaWorks to defer payment of $43 million to the Crown, will the Government end its 5-year funding freeze on Radio New Zealand and not require a full-year dividend from State broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ); if not, why not?
Hon STEVEN JOYCE I do not have responsibility for either TVNZ or Radio New Zealand. However, I point out that private broadcasters pay for their frequencies and Radio New Zealand does not. So if we are ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 9 Feb 2011
Hon STEVEN JOYCE ... We have to build infrastructure for growth. I heard the pending leader of the Labour Party, Mr Andrew Little, on Radio New Zealand last week.
Hon STEVEN JOYCE Well, he is on Radio New Zealand, so I suppose he is almost there. He was saying that the Government should build some infrastructure. Hallelujah! ...
DAVID SHEARER ... it is stuffed, and we are not going anywhere. What is the answer? When Kathryn Ryan interviewed John Key on Radio New Zealand he gave the example of Asia—a high tech, high-growth economy roaring ahead, and with manufacturing and all of those ...
State Sector Management Bill
In Committee 11 Dec 2010
DAVID SHEARER ... Let us look at people who have tried to put in an Official Information Act request—and I include journalists and even Radio New Zealand, who is here today. Radio New Zealand has been trying to get Official Information Act releases done and has appealed to ...
General Debate 8 Dec 2010
CHESTER BORROWS ... members want to make, and to never have to address the question of where the money will be found. This morning on Radio New Zealand we heard the Leader of the Opposition complain about money not being put into the so-called Cullen fund, obviously ...
Employment Relations (Film Production Work) Amendment Bill
First Reading 28 Oct 2010
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON
... reticence about taking the unions at their word. One needs look no further than the statement from Actors Equity on Radio New Zealand just last Friday: “We’ve been trying this with local productions for a couple of years. The difference with The Hobbit
Attorney-General
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill—Access Under Customary Title 13 Oct 2010
Hon SHANE JONES Does he agree with ACT leader Rodney Hide’s statement on Radio New Zealand this morning in relation to ACT’s amendment to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill to explicitly prohibit Mā...
Mr SPEAKER ... made by Rodney Hide. It did not ask anything about an amendment. It asked whether he agreed with a statement on Radio New Zealand: “I have an e-mail here from the Attorney-General’s office saying that they would support such a provision in the bill—th...
Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
First Reading 16 Sep 2010
DAVID SHEARER ... still to be built and that they should come before any talk of new rail projects. That is what he said in August on Radio New Zealand National. The Minister is not visionary; he is merely “rear-visionary”. He looks behind him to what people wanted before,...
Economic Development
Earthquake, Canterbury—Government Assistance 14 Sep 2010
Hon Clayton Cosgrove ... three affected Canterbury mayors for the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill, given their statement on Radio New Zealand today that the lifting of the state of emergency in Canterbury will not happen if they are not satisfied with the ...
Goods and Services Tax (Exemption of Healthy Food) Amendment Bill
First Reading 8 Sep 2010
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... which when it was in Government did nothing for 9 long years. I ask members to listen to what Mr Phil Goff said to Radio New Zealand. The broadcaster reported that Labour’s leader had “told a meeting in Nelson that removing GST on fresh fruit and ...
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology (Storage) Amendment Bill 2009
Second Reading 7 Sep 2010
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... and gametes. Of course, gametes are defined as sperms and eggs. There was a little bit of confusion about this from Radio New Zealand during the first reading, and it is important to make sure that it is aware of that. This bill endeavours to make the ...
Ministerial Statements - Earthquake—Canterbury
Earthquake—Canterbury 7 Sep 2010
Hon PETER DUNNE ... that there has been one discordant note. I acknowledge the superb coverage provided by Television New Zealand, Radio New Zealand, and other radio stations on the day of the disaster, but, frankly, the incessant march of media vultures from outside ...
Debate on Crown Entities, Public Organisations, and State Enterprises - In Committee
In Committee 29 Jun 2010
NICKY WAGNER ... players. The orchestra was founded in 1946 as the National Symphony Orchestra of New Zealand, and was administered by Radio New Zealand until 1989, under the name NZBC Symphony Orchestra. It is currently based in the Wellington Town Hall. The orchestra ...
Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill
In Committee 21 May 2010
CHRIS HIPKINS ... an ageing population, so people will be paying more. I heard Ganesh Nana from Business and Economic Research Ltd on Radio New Zealand National this morning saying that in the short term this Budget is affordable but in the long term the tax cuts the ...
General Debate 5 May 2010
Hon PHIL GOFF ... it to the National Party conference. We wanted to find out what the thinking was behind that employment package. Radio New Zealand put in an Official Information Act request, and for 9 months National refused to respond to it. Today the information ...
Transport
Truck Driver Safety—Changes to Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 22 Apr 2010
Darien Fenton Does he stand by his statement on Radio New Zealand earlier this week that the Sunday Star-Times article that revealed it is common for truck drivers to work well beyond ...
Conservation
Conservation, Department—Advocacy Role 30 Mar 2010
Charles Chauvel Does she share the concerns of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, interviewed on Radio New Zealand National yesterday, about the adequacy of the consultation process over mining schedule 4 land; and does she agree with ...
Television New Zealand Amendment Bill
Third Reading 12 Jul 2011
CLARE CURRAN ... refuse to support TVNZ 7? Why has it made Television New Zealand (TVNZ) a commercial broadcaster? Why freeze Radio New Zealand funding and force it to look for other revenue streams? Why refuse to support, encourage, or even acknowledge the fact ...
BRENDON BURNS ... which I am sure is coming very shortly. His only contribution to TVNZ and to broadcasting has been this bill and a Radio New Zealand bill, which, 18 months after it was due to have been passed, still languishes on the Order Paper. What a legacy for ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... In fact, I came across an article from 1998 written by Denis Welch when he was exploring the attacks made on Radio New Zealand. It was most interesting, because a whole series of letters attacking Radio New Zealand was uncovered. The letters had ...
RAYMOND HUO ... without a public service television channel. The only true public service broadcaster we have left in this country is Radio New Zealand, and I believe it is only a matter of time before Radio New Zealand’s public service role is eroded if a National and ...
In Committee 22 Jun 2011
Hon DAVID PARKER ... are screened free to air through TVNZ 7. There were suggestions at different times that TVNZ 7, perhaps together with Radio New Zealand, could provide the basis for some good quality, free-to-air broadcasting in New Zealand. As my colleague Charles ...
In Committee 17 May 2011
SUE KEDGLEY ... through, the Government will turn its mind towards weakening and undermining our other public service broadcaster, Radio New Zealand. The intention of the Minister is to starve Radio New Zealand of funding, weaken the organisation, put it on the back ...
In Committee 12 May 2011
CLARE CURRAN ... only countries in the OECD that do not have a public broadcasting channel. The Government is also freezing funds for Radio New Zealand National, which is essentially a cut, while at the same time doing sweetheart deals with MediaWorks. There is a very ...
CLARE CURRAN ... I am still waiting for answers on what he actually talked about. Last week I also asked the chair of the board of Radio New Zealand National, Mr Richard Griffin, how many times the Minister had met with Radio New Zealand National since the election. ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... channels—TVNZ 6 and TVNZ 7—so there will be no public service channels left; and, thirdly, deliberately starving Radio New Zealand of funding, so that it will stay in a weakened state, on the back foot, and will ultimately be forced to commercialise?...
BRENDON BURNS ... was the starting point of this Minister’s tenure as Minister of Broadcasting. Next, he moved in quickly to freeze Radio New Zealand, to the point where its new chair suggests that it may have to raise funding through cake stalls and selling its grand ...
BRENDON BURNS ... organisation that he has imposed a swingeing freeze on, at a time when there was an established KPMG report that said Radio New Zealand was desperately short of funds. We now have the new chair of Radio New Zealand suggesting cake stalls and piano sales ...
Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN ... with boards over the last year or so. I have not been to nine MediaWorks board meetings. I have been to more than two Radio New Zealand board meetings in my time as Minister. I have met with the TVNZ board so many times that I cannot even remember how ...
First Reading 29 Apr 2010
GRANT ROBERTSON ... does not believe in public broadcasting. We can certainly see that the Minister has made comments in terms of Radio New Zealand that indicate he does not believe in that kind of public broadcasting. Television New Zealand is an even more ...
First Reading 23 Mar 2010
BRENDON BURNS ...(TVNZ) charter, effected from the middle of last year. At that time the Minister of Broadcasting was also introducing a Radio New Zealand charter bill, which pledged that there would be no sponsorship. Now he is telling the Radio New Zealand board to get ...
BRENDON BURNS ... value those things, and they have shown that very, very clearly in the response to his instructions to the board of Radio New Zealand in the last few weeks—very, very clearly. By the thousands and thousands, they have said very clearly to the Minister ...
CLARE CURRAN ... to public broadcasting. This bill is about erosion, and it is a disgrace. It mirrors the gutting that is happening to Radio New Zealand and it reveals the true agenda of this Government, which is to erode public broadcasting services, both television and ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... Zealand are not foreign-owned. They are the Otago Daily Times, a couple of papers on the West Coast, Radio New Zealand, TVNZ, and Māori Television. We are one of the only countries in the world that has no local content quotas, and as a ...
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... that? We have some fairly strong misgivings about this bill. We strongly believe that Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand should remain in public ownership. Sue Kedgley advocates a similar view. But the greatest thing for us is to ensure ...
Motions - Earthquake—Chile
Earthquake—Chile 16 Mar 2010
Hon PETER DUNNE ... the work of the New Zealand civil defence authorities in the wake of the tsunami warning. I acknowledge the work of Radio New Zealand, which demonstrated the value and worth of having a quality public broadcaster through the work it did in keeping New ...
Financial Review Debate - In Committee
In Committee 16 Mar 2010
BRENDON BURNS ... of the consumption tax? What benefit will that bring to ordinary people? I will touch upon the financial review of Radio New Zealand. During the course of the Commerce Committee hearing into Radio New Zealand’s financial year we were given a letter ...
The CHAIRPERSON We are concentrating on the Finance and Expenditure Committee’s report, not on Radio New Zealand. The member will have an opportunity to debate that later, if he wishes.
BRENDON BURNS ... that is now specifically what the Minister is proposing to that entity. I think we are seeing that happen not just in Radio New Zealand but across the spectrum of Government departments. We also see in the broadcasting portfolio that the broadcasting ...
The CHAIRPERSON I have said to the member this is a debate on the Finance and Expenditure Committee’s report, not on Radio New Zealand. He will have the opportunity to debate that matter later on, so I ask the member to come back to the debate. He has 30 ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... dollar cut to the Ministry of Education. She was asked what programmes and what activities would be cut. She told Radio New Zealand that she did not know. We know it will be $25 million, but we do not know what the programmes and the services are. ...
Student Loan Scheme (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill
In Committee 25 Feb 2010
Hon PETER DUNNE Yesterday I was listening to a discussion about language on that great national icon, Radio New Zealand. It was stated that the great American writer Mark Twain was known for his precision in language. He was very critical ...
Appointments - Chief Ombudsman and Ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman and Ombudsman 23 Feb 2010
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE ... servant of the New Zealand public. She has been an Ombudsman since 2005, having previously been a chief executive of Radio New Zealand from the early 1980s until 1991 and then embarking on an equally distinguished career in the private sector. She has ...
RAHUI KATENE ... Wakem has certainly lived up to the challenge set out by the Māori Party that day. As a former chief executive of Radio New Zealand, and having come from an impressive career in broadcasting and public relations, Beverley Wakem was used to shaping the ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 17 Feb 2010
NICKY WAGNER ... be a catalyst for work in the blue-green business area. There are plenty of ideas to develop. On the rural news on Radio New Zealand National yesterday, we heard of two new initiatives. The first was about processing wool. Wool is getting a new persona ...
Adjournment - Sittings of the House
Sittings of the House 16 Dec 2009
KEITH LOCKE ... for the victims of offences and for the criminals in jail, and for the families of both of them. It was estimated on Radio New Zealand this morning that there are 20,000 children of prisoners, and we should remember them because they will not be having a ...
Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill
In Committee 20 Oct 2009
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... as there is a big gap between the rhetoric and reality. Judith Collins said every car would be crushed, then on Radio New Zealand National she said that meant 10 cars a year. She says “Ha, ha!” to all the people in Christchurch and around the ...
Vehicle Confiscation and Seizure Bill
In Committee 20 Oct 2009
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... What evidence do I cite, before Government members interject on me? I cite the Minister’s own words. The Minister, on Radio New Zealand—and we have the transcript—and in other places, when asked: “How many cars, Minister, will be crushed?”, do members ...
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... and they thought it would get rid of the problem. Now that the Minister has been forced to come clean, she said on Radio New Zealand National, when challenged about the 10 cars that are to be crushed per year, that she knew judges would order this. Oh, ...
Second Reading 13 Oct 2009
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... because its theory is defeated by the Minister’s own words. She said as recently as a couple of weeks ago on Radio New Zealand National that, far from every boy racer’s car heading for the crusher, she anticipates that as few as 10 cars will be ...
Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill
First Reading 23 Sep 2009
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... association, and I will quote from just one of them. Clayton Cosgrove is one such member. In a radio interview with Radio New Zealand on 14 March 2008 he said: “Why should I as a politician tell you or anybody else what you should belong to? … If you ...
Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill
In Committee 16 Sep 2009
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... the population. It is a reality. It is no good to wring one’s hands in here, or come up with populist nonsense on Radio New Zealand as Rodney Hide did this morning, saying that one vote means one vote for all. That is not the reality. We recognise ...
International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force Bill
First Reading 19 Aug 2009
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... provision of social services, such as education, we find there has been a general dumbing down. I remember saying on Radio New Zealand National on election night last year that John Key would become the George Bush of New Zealand. He is a man whom ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 6 Aug 2009
Hon DAVID PARKER ... changes to the scope of the scheme? The Government has not yet made the case for change. Just today we heard on Radio New Zealand National an orthopaedic surgeon from Christchurch say that in the last 6 months operational changes had resulted in an ...
General Debate 22 Jul 2009
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... and on Thursday Fitch Ratings downgraded us. Is that not fantastic? It was so inspiring that Matthew Hooton said on Radio New Zealand National—he is no friend of ours, by the way—that there was absolutely nothing new in that speech and that it was ...
Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill 2009
First Reading 25 Jun 2009
MELISSA LEE ... tackle regulatory impediments, and we are doing that. This bill is similar to the bill I spoke on last night, the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill, which mops up—yes, it mops up—what the previous Labour Government failed to do. It did not finish it, ...
Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill 2009
First Reading 24 Jun 2009
Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN I move, That the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill be now read a first time. This bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. Its purpose is to update ...
BRENDON BURNS I am very pleased to speak in support of the introduction tonight of the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill, and to speak fulsomely about Radio New Zealand as an organisation. I acknowledge that there is a lot ...
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA I rise to support the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. The bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, and it contains a new Radio New Zealand charter, as the ...
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA ... this House. It is a brave move to take on this legislation and move it quickly through the House. As we all know, Radio New Zealand is a Crown entity, established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. As both the previous speakers have already alluded ...
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA And our heritage—I thank the member. This bill really is about supporting an institution in this country called Radio New Zealand. It is an institution that, as the honourable Minister has already said, cleaned up at the New Zealand Radio Awards ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK I am pleased to take a call on the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill, because it is a Labour bill. When we brought in this bill the then Opposition members on these benches ...
SUE KEDGLEY The Green Party is delighted to support the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. We are immensely relieved to know that there is still one broadcaster left in New Zealand that still ...
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... Minister of Broadcasting and I was very pleased to give it a bit of a shake up at that time. I only regret that the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill does not do the same. I suspect I take a slightly, or maybe a substantially, different stance on this ...
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES Tēnā koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. The Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill has emerged as a result of a parliamentary review. In coming to this review I have been thinking about ...
KATRINA SHANKS It is my pleasure to rise and speak to the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill tonight. The bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act of 1995 and contains a new Radio New Zealand charter ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... that that was Katrina Shanks from the National Party showing the true degree of enthusiasm that National has for the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. Commitment and passion for public radio dripped from every word we just heard from Katrina Shanks! ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... it is about New Zealand’s disability sector. It is one of the most amazing, incredible, and insightful programmes. Radio New Zealand also has a programme on the disability sector, called One in Five. Again, this is incredibly important programming that ...
MELISSA LEE I rise to support the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. It seems like a lifetime ago when I last spoke in this House. It is a pleasure to be standing here ...
MELISSA LEE ... people that I took a cab and left my car at home—so what was that about being misleading? The bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995 and contains a new Radio New Zealand charter that has come about as a result of a parliamentary review that ...
MELISSA LEE What this means, I say to Mr Robertson, is that although Radio New Zealand is commercial-free it can run its own station advertising, as is common in television and radio, to promote its own ...
MELISSA LEE ... story on the radio I could picture it. Radio has an amazing function. This amendment bill clarifies the uncertainty Radio New Zealand had previously over its status. The previous Government proposed to disestablish Radio New Zealand as a Crown entity ...
CLARE CURRAN I rise to support the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. This bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, and contains a new Radio New Zealand charter. That new ...
JONATHAN YOUNG ... talk, saying different things, creating a very interesting soundscape of New Zealand life. What is unique about the Radio New Zealand charter is that Radio New Zealand seeks to be an impartial voice. It seeks to operate in the public interest, and, ...
JONATHAN YOUNG ... warm, fuzzy feelings as I mentioned those names. What I discovered was that the older I became, the more interesting Radio New Zealand became. My son would say that the older I became, the more boring I became. I would say that one of the interesting ...
Supplementary Estimates - Imprest Supply Debate
Imprest Supply Debate 23 Jun 2009
ALLAN PEACHEY ... secondly, they are totally bereft of ideas. When the Opposition’s finance spokesperson, Mr Cunliffe, was asked on Radio New Zealand National when Labour would offer an alternative plan, the best he could do was to say it would be sometime before the ...
Privilege - Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee, Freedom of Speech of Members of Parliament—Court Orders
Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee, Freedom of Speech of Members of Parliament—Court Orders 2 Jun 2009
Hon DAVID PARKER ... to Hansard—that leave it in doubt as to whether the likes of the podcasts one can pick up from Radio New Zealand National, or through other means of repeat or delayed broadcast, are properly protected. That puts the Officers of ...
General Debate 27 May 2009
Hon JUDITH COLLINS ... noise that has been destroying lives; it is the fact that so much damage is being done. I listened this morning to Radio New Zealand, and I heard so many people from Christchurch talking about the damage that has been done. Not one of those people said ...
Energy and Resources
Mining in Conservation Areas—Public Support 21 Jul 2010
KEVIN HAGUE Can he confirm that, as reported on Radio New Zealand, the Government believes it has public support to expand mining on conservation land?
Mining in Conservation Areas—Minerals Stocktake 23 Mar 2010
Hon David Parker How can the Minister expect to have the “rational discussion” he said on Radio New Zealand National today that he wants to have about mining in conservation areas, when in that same interview he first dismissed ...
Biofuels—Bio-diesel Production Grants 26 May 2009
Charles Chauvel It is from Radio New Zealand Newswire, summarising comments from those organisations.
Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Bill
In Committee 15 May 2009
Hon MARYAN STREET ... power to push through unpalatable and ultimately unworkable measures in local government. Mr Hide this morning on Radio New Zealand National said that it does not matter, because the Government has the numbers and it just has to sit it out—it just has ...
General Debate 8 Apr 2009
Hon PETE HODGSON ... of Technology, and she is not someone who easily misunderstands people. Dr Worth’s seventh mistake was that he told Radio New Zealand, including on yesterday morning, that he had dropped his directorship of WSD Global Markets because he learnt that it ...
Maori Affairs
Māori Affairs, Minister—Statements 8 Apr 2009
Hon Parekura Horomia Does the Minister stand by his statement on Radio New Zealand National this morning that disagreement between the Māori Party and National on this issue strengthens relations ...
Transport and Industrial Relations
Accident Compensation Corporation—2007-08 Financial Review 26 Mar 2009
Hon Trevor Mallard ... that answer with the comments that Dr Smith made, which were reported in the New Zealand Herald and the Press, and on Radio New Zealand, that he was invited to that—I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is the chairman of the committee allowed to get ...
Hon Trevor Mallard ... chair reconcile his answer with the comments of Dr Smith, reported in the New Zealand Herald and the Press, and on Radio New Zealand, that he, Mr Bennett, invited Dr Smith to the meeting?
ACC
Accident Compensation—Improvements 7 Jun 2011
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... (TVNZ). Anybody who said today that the fact that choice was provided in the 1970s and 1980s meant that TVNZ and Radio New Zealand were privatised would be seen as ridiculous. In respect of the 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers report, the part that is ...
Accident Compensation—Sensitive Claims Clinical Pathway Review 17 Aug 2010
Hon ANNETTE KING Does he stand by his statement on Radio New Zealand’s Checkpoint programme of 12 August 2010: “I’m not satisfied that ACC has handled the issue of counselling services for ...
ACC, Minister—Statements 8 Apr 2009
Hon Dr NICK SMITH Yes. The member’s assertion on Radio New Zealand National was incorrect, as it was based on a half-quote. I originally said: “if ACC was an insurance company, it would ...
Accident Compensation Scheme—Solvency 10 Mar 2009
Hon Dr NICK SMITH I have received very positive statements that he is the right person to lead ACC at this time. His statements on Radio New Zealand National this morning that he is firmly committed to the founding Woodhouse principles of accident compensation and ...
Questions to Ministers - Question No. 3 to Minister
Question No. 3 to Minister 3 Mar 2009
Hon PHIL GOFF ... Brian Gaynor, Grant Spencer, and Gareth Morgan, and are sourced from various areas, including transcripts from Radio New Zealand and news media.
Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill
First Reading 19 Feb 2009
JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... Minister of Justice told the House that their concerns had been addressed, but the Minister for the Environment told Radio New Zealand National that he disagreed with the concerns of those officials and had ignored them. That is not the same as ...
General Debate 18 Feb 2009
JACQUI DEAN ... problems in the justice area and in the corrections system, yet nothing has been done? To hear Clayton Cosgrove on Radio New Zealand National calling for Judith Collins’ resignation is a joke. Clayton Cosgrove should look in his own backyard for ...
Hon TREVOR MALLARD The Prime Minister appears to be considerably reluctant to repeat in the Chamber the comments he made to Radio New Zealand. He dismisses Radio New Zealand transcripts as being blogs because they have come from a blog site.
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... earlier today he said that because the transcript was on a blog it was not true. I say that when a transcript from Radio New Zealand is on a blog—
Hon TREVOR MALLARD Let us just get the facts. Why will the Prime Minister not back his courage on Radio New Zealand with similar courage in this Chamber? Why will he not be consistently courageous? Why does the Prime Minister hide when ...
Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Bill
First Reading 12 Feb 2009
Hon SIMON POWER ... Government was so committed to that policy that when I debated with the then Minister of Corrections, Phil Goff, on Radio New Zealand National during the election campaign, he had no idea that the Law Commission had released its report 10 days ....
Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Bill 2009
First Reading 10 Feb 2009
KEITH LOCKE ... with that. I think there are a number of problems here. One is the accidental misuse of samples. A scientist on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report this morning said that the science is not entirely accurate. In this case, when over ...
Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Biofuel Obligation Repeal Bill
Third Reading 17 Dec 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... and it disturbs me that the Minister does not understand that fundamental point. This is Mr Brownlee, who has been on Radio New Zealand National saying that National’s real reason for introducing this repeal legislation was that it did not want to see ...
Bail Amendment Bill 2008
Second Reading 12 Dec 2008
Hon PHIL GOFF ... they are tough. Gee, they will really sock it to the criminals.” Then the day after the election I was listening to Radio New Zealand National, and heard David Garrett speaking. He was asked whether this policy would have a horrendous impact on the ...
Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2008
In Committee 11 Dec 2008
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... to debate with Mrs Tolley, National’s new Minister of Education. Sadly, she would never appear on television or on Radio New Zealand National with me. I am not sure why. Perhaps she was a little bit nervous about it. But she did come to the occasional ...
Maiden Statements 11 Dec 2008
BRENDON BURNS ... My other shadow portfolio is broadcasting. My working life began as a broadcasting journalist, and I still regard Radio New Zealand as a national taonga. In an ever digitising, increasingly commercial and converging world, it is imperative to retain ...
Business of Select Committees - Appointments
Appointments 11 Dec 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... in Timaru that National would repeal the emissions trading scheme. During the election there was a debate on Radio New Zealand National. Nick Smith took umbrage at my claim that National did not know where it stood and was planning to do things ...
Reinstatement of Business 9 Dec 2008
Radio New Zealand Limited
Valedictories 25 Sep 2008
Hon MARIAN HOBBS ... by those in prison? As a society, we deserve better. Our taxes do provide one shiny example of good analysis: Radio New Zealand. Thank you, Kim Hill, for bringing science and mathematics into the mainstream on a Saturday morning. Thank you, ...
Aquaculture Legislation Amendment Bill
Second Reading 24 Sep 2008
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS The member and Bill Ralston and Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand? No, no. Tell the truth. Last December the judge said that there was a prima facie case to face here. In other words, ...
Public Transport Management Bill
In Committee 9 Sep 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING Oh, yes, he said it. It is in the transcript from Radio New Zealand National.
General Debate 27 Aug 2008
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... matter on which the defamation case against TVNZ has been brought. I want to say this: there is no way that TVNZ, or Radio New Zealand, or anyone is going to lose inside the court and seek to win outside in public opinion by this most devious and ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... is happening here, of course, is that this case is sub judice on two levels. It is the nub of my case against TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, and others. Mr Hide knows that, the people who have given him this information know that, but, of course, he has not ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... before the courts of this country. It is also a key issue in respect of the case that I have brought against TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, and a few others as well. The reality is that your having warned him thus far, I think you should tell Mr Hide that he ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... and I am not going to allow him to get away with it. If he wants to say that, he should go outside and join TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, and everybody else who is being sued in this case. But he will not get the sanctuary of this House while I am sitting ...
State Services
Public Sector Job Cuts—Front-line Services 18 Mar 2010
Grant Robertson Is the news reported on Radio New Zealand this morning that the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) office in Blenheim is to be replaced by a drop-box an ...
Crown-connected Organisations—Board Appointments 29 Jul 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... as head of KiwiRail, and today’s appointment of former National Minister Paul East as a governor to the board of Radio New Zealand.
Taxation (Personal Tax Cuts, Annual Rates, and Remedial Matters) Bill
In Committee 22 May 2008
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... to look very, very dodgy, with a pair of loose lips out there that cannot stick to a single line. But best of all, on Radio New Zealand National this morning Mr John Key announced that tax cuts are not the only thing that matter in life. Having said ...
Budget Statement - Budget Debate
Budget Debate 22 May 2008
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... Incentive Fund; $7 million for a Wharewaka on the Wellington waterfront; and $10.9 million to maintain services at Radio New Zealand.
Conservation initiatives include $13 million to maintain DoC’s capability; $5.3 ...
Climate Change Issues
Emissions Trading Scheme—Effectiveness in Reducing Climate Change 24 Jun 2010
Hon Dr NICK SMITH Yes, I have. Radio New Zealand reported yesterday that Labour is reconsidering its climate change policy and whether it would have a carbon tax, ...
Climate Change—Statement 14 May 2008
Hon Dr NICK SMITH Does he stand by his statement regarding climate change on Radio New Zealand’s Checkpoint that “I am absolutely clear, in my own mind, that I could make mistakes in a lot of my portfolio areas”?
Debate on Crown Entities, Public Organisations, and State Enterprises - In Committee
In Committee 14 May 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... and other matters of detail. But having pointed out those mistakes in a radio interview with Sean Plunket on Radio New Zealand National about a week ago, I thought that by now the speech notes that Mr Auchinvole read from would have been ....
Hon DAVID PARKER I answered that question on Radio New Zealand National the other day, and I wish that National’s leading spokesperson on energy had pointed out what I had said, ...
Appointments - Chief Ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman 17 Apr 2008
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... of Kentucky, was in the broadcasting business, where she began in 1963. She was, of course, chief executive of Radio New Zealand from 1984 to 1991. She then spent a number of years in the private sector with Wrightson Ltd as, firstly, commercial ...
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... the hard questions in order to search out the truth—or at least for a more positive outcome. As chief executive of Radio New Zealand she engaged in a public fight over gender issues when she banned a list of 140 sexist terms of abuse from news and ...
Fisheries
Fish Stocks—Depletion 15 Apr 2008
Pita Paraone ... importance of the need to ensure the sustainability of our country’s fish stocks, would the concern he expressed on Radio New Zealand National pertaining to Māori commercial fishers and the plundering of fish by their chartered vessels be addressed if ...
General Debate 19 Mar 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... month. And what is he doing outside it? He is slamming his office door in the face of TV cameras and hanging up on Radio New Zealand National journalists. Do members know that Tony Ryall has been banned from Radio New Zealand National for 2 weeks? Its ...
Agriculture
Sustainable Pastoral and Food Innovation Initiative—Investment 18 Mar 2008
Hon JIM ANDERTON ... National Party, having made a complete botch of his response to this fund, then refused to be interviewed about it on Radio New Zealand National, and we have now the spokesperson on finance putting a spin on the story and digging the hole even deeper. I ...
Hon Bill English ... to confirm his position and that maybe they are confused because he has made ridiculous claims, such as his claim on Radio New Zealand National that the private industry will contribute “$1,000 million”?
Financial Review Debate - In Committee
In Committee 18 Mar 2008
LOUISA WALL ... received considerable recognition, with daily coverage and items on Television New Zealand, TV3, Māori Television, Radio New Zealand, and iwi radio and in print media. Several hundred organisations organised or participated in events to celebrate Māori ...
Debate on Budget Policy Statement 12 Mar 2008
MOANA MACKEY ... I want the people of New Zealand to know that the National Party has said it will scrap this fund. John Key said, on Radio New Zealand: “New Zealand does not need such a fund.” I suggest that National might want to go out and talk to the rest of the ...
Community and Voluntary Sector
Community Sector and Government—Relationship 19 Feb 2008
Hon Tariana Turia ... commitment to partnership, as stated by Enid Leighton, the general manager of Ngati Awa Social and Health Services on Radio New Zealand National yesterday morning?
Hon Tariana Turia ... a different range of bed-night costs between tangata whenua organisations and mainstream organisations, as stated on Radio New Zealand yesterday?
Electoral Finance Bill
In Committee 5 Dec 2007
PAULA BENNETT ... is true. But the Government has finally twigged that this provision would include Television New Zealand (TVNZ) and Radio New Zealand, and there was the fear that it would prevent them from broadcasting campaign openings and closings. So the Government ...
Justice
Search and Surveillance Bill—International Federation of Journalists’ Statement 16 Nov 2010
Keith Locke If it is hyperbolic nonsense, why did the chair of the select committee, Chester Borrows, tell Radio New Zealand National that the bill may warrant further consideration and that he took seriously the criticisms of the journalists, ...
Election Advertising—Parliamentary Funding 5 Aug 2008
Hon Bill English Can the Minister tell us whether, when the Prime Minister said on Radio New Zealand after the pledge card debacle: “There will be no more pledge cards.”, that what she actually meant was that instead of ...
Electoral Finance Bill—Interpretation of Clause 80(d) 6 Dec 2007
Hon ANNETTE KING No, but I can say to the listening public that when I give my word I keep my word, unlike the member, who said on Radio New Zealand on 4 December there would be no filibuster from the National Party, then tabled 30 amendments during the tea break in ...
Electoral Finance Bill—Election Advertisements, Government Publicity 22 Nov 2007
Hon Bill English Is the Minister aware of the exchange this morning on Radio New Zealand National during which the presenter said: “That’s a new provision. Can the Government technically be regarded as a type ...
Crimes (Repeal of Seditious Offences) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 18 Oct 2007
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER ... people close to the police. I heard nothing more appalling than a speech made by Derek Fox—a man I respect greatly—on Radio New Zealand National this morning at about 11 o’clock. He came on ostensibly to speak about Māori sovereignty, but he instead ...
Appointments - Ombudsman
Ombudsman 11 Oct 2007
CHARLES CHAUVEL ... of the State Services Commission, and a former Comptroller of Customs; Beverley Wakem, a former chief executive of Radio New Zealand, a former president of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, a former executive chair of Hill and Knowlton (New Zealand) ...
Foreign Affairs
Combined Threat Assessment Group—Reports 10 Oct 2007
Hon Murray McCully Does he stand by his statement on Radio New Zealand this morning that a staff member in his office had read the Combined Threat Assessment Group report; if so, how does he ...
General Debate 10 Oct 2007
Hon PETE HODGSON ... the Iraq war to be over. But what did he do the next day about the Iraq war? He said on bFM that the people on Radio New Zealand National had asked him about an invasion. They had not.
Broadcasting Amendment Bill 2007
First Reading 6 Sep 2007
Hon MITA RIRINUI ... times of their choosing. A range of broadcasters, from national institutions like Television New Zealand (TVNZ) and Radio New Zealand to local access radio stations, are increasingly using these platforms to reach their audiences in new ways. The exact ...
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... is the National Party that when in Government, as I understand it, was going to allow the former Concert Programme on Radio New Zealand to be contracted out. We should look very closely at National’s agenda. Its agenda, very clearly, would be to get rid ...
Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 2)
First Reading 21 Aug 2007
NATHAN GUY ... to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright when she was having a wide-ranging interview on Radio New Zealand National. Here she was, spouting on about how the dairy industry is causing all this degradation in water quality in ...
New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Bill
First Reading 7 Aug 2007
DIANNE YATES ... very careful in your use of Māori language and Māori names. We have just had Maori Language Week, and I must commend Radio New Zealand also on its use of Māori language in Māori Language Week, and I note that it is continuing that use. It is very ...
General Debate 25 Jul 2007
Hon RUTH DYSON ... say that as well as his strengthening his contribution in the House, I was very impressed with his moonlighting as a Radio New Zealand National interviewer this morning and the way he eased himself into Sean “Just Answer the Question” Plunket’s seat ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 17 Jul 2007
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... previous National Government. I hear Labour members say that spending has gone up. In fact, I made that comment on Radio New Zealand National when the Budget came out. I said that spending was up. But spending on roading is up every year. Annette King ...
Housing
Housing New Zealand—Hobsonville Development 8 Aug 2007
Phil Heatley I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand transcript in which Chris Carter complains about the time it is taking for his building consent for his bach on Waiheke.
State Houses—Subletting 28 Jun 2007
Phil Heatley Does the Minister stand by his comments on Radio New Zealand this morning that “I am confident the allegations of corruption have been dealt with.”, that “We have a comment from a ...
Budget Debate 23 May 2007
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER ... do with KiwiSaver? When did that question go on the table? It clearly went on the table this morning, on the Radio New Zealand National programme Morning Report, when the leader of the National Party would not commit to the continuation of ...
Budget Debate 17 May 2007
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS ... that gangs will be shut down once and for all. One could say that they could be “The Departed”. I heard a lady on Radio New Zealand National today between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. Her name was te Heuheu. She has been 30 years in that world of association ...
Budget Statement - Budget Debate
Budget Debate 17 May 2007
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ...
the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Radio New Zealand
Archives New Zealand and
the National Library.
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Royalties—Artists 1 May 2007
Christopher Finlayson ... concerned about payments to artists, why does she not do something about the appalling royalties paid to writers by Radio New Zealand and Learning Media Ltd, and the shambolic administration of the Authors’ Fund by Creative New Zealand?
Hon JUDITH TIZARD ... with the last assertion, and representations have been passed on to the Minister of Broadcasting and the head of Radio New Zealand. I will continue to assert the rights of all creative workers in New Zealand to be properly paid for what they do.
Debate on Crown Entities, Public Organisations, and State Enterprises - In Committee
In Committee 1 May 2007
Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN ... it had to go into debt by $60 million in order to pay that. All the Minister can say, when he is asked about that on Radio New Zealand, is that that is the business model, and it is good for businesses to carry debt. Well, it needs a bit more of a ...
Broadcasting
Radio New Zealand—Funding 12 May 2011
SUE KEDGLEY When will Radio New Zealand’s funding freeze end?
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON Radio New Zealand has been informed that it is unlikely to receive any increase in Crown funding over the next few years. Radio New ...
Sue Kedgley Is it not the case, as Richard Griffin, chairman of the Radio New Zealand board, conceded in the Commerce Committee last week, that the present freeze in Radio New Zealand funding, which comes ...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON No; because at the same time as the funding has been kept at the same level, Radio New Zealand has been able to find quite significant efficiency gains in the way it operates. The chair of Radio New Zealand in ...
Sue Kedgley Does he agree with the present chairman of the board of Radio New Zealand, Richard Griffin, that if the funding freeze continues beyond the next few years it will erode staff morale and create ...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... might happen many years into the future. What will be done is on a case-by-case, year-by-year basis. The funding for Radio New Zealand will be assessed by the Minister of Broadcasting and Minister of Finance, and if, many years into the future, it is ...
Sue Kedgley ... that Richard Griffin told the Commerce Committee that the only strategy the board has to increase revenue for Radio New Zealand is selling two grand pianos, setting up a trust so that the board can go cap in hand to the public to try to raise funds,...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... quite innovatively about how other revenue streams and more cost-effective mechanisms can be brought to bear so that Radio New Zealand can continue to deliver the quality product it does within its current baseline.
Sue Kedgley Does he agree with the majority of the board of Radio New Zealand that commercial sponsorship of Radio New Zealand should be a no-go area; if not, why not?
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON I am told in my briefing notes that the current Radio New Zealand bill before the House does not allow sponsorship of Radio New Zealand, so the member can sleep calmly in her bed.
Sue Kedgley ... board’s proposal to set up a charity trust so that it can go begging to the public for financial support to maintain Radio New Zealand Concert, and down the track possibly Radio New Zealand National, as well; if so, why?
Sue Kedgley ... his hand-picked political appointee, Richard Griffin, is telling the truth about the effect of the funding freeze on Radio New Zealand, instead of just exercising his skills in public relations and spin?
Television New Zealand—Mandate 7 Apr 2011
Sue Kedgley What about Ireland? Will Radio New Zealand National be the next State broadcaster to face funding cut-backs and the pressure to commercialise; if not, why not?
Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN If the member had read the New Zealand Herald this morning, she would know what the position is. Basically, Radio New Zealand National has a very good plan for living within its means, which we are very happy with.
Radio New Zealand—Funding 25 Feb 2010
SUE KEDGLEY Has he told Radio New Zealand that its funding will be frozen for a number of years; if so, how many?
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON The Minister has made it clear to the Radio New Zealand board that, like a number of other Government agencies, Radio New Zealand must live within its current baselines.
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... of this House will know, funding changes year by year. However, for the foreseeable 2 to 3-year baseline out-years, Radio New Zealand has been asked to live within that baseline.
Sue Kedgley Why is he ignoring the advice of the board and chief executive of Radio New Zealand that current funding levels are already unsustainable, and that any freeze in funding will undermine the quality and ...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... bridged to meet the requirements you laid out at our December meeting as being the bottom-line requirements to enable Radio New Zealand to manage within the present funding over the next 2 to 3 years while meeting its statutory and charter obligations on ...
David Garrett Does the Minister know, through the radio ratings, how many people listen to Radio New Zealand, or is he, like the rest of the New Zealand taxpayers who fund it, kept in the dark about listener numbers?
Sue Kedgley Why did the Minister give the Radio New Zealand board an ultimatum to change its mindset and adopt a more commercial approach, or else, in his letter to the chair of ...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON The Minister has not given any clear direction to Radio New Zealand about what it must do to achieve the goal. All he has asked it to do is to make sure it can work within its baselines, ...
Sue Kedgley ... board change its mindset and look at alternative revenue models—in other words, adopt a more commercial approach—when Radio New Zealand’s legislation says explicitly that it must be free of advertising and sponsorship, and must remain commercial-free?
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON I am quite perplexed as to why the questioning carries on, given that I have read a letter from the chair of Radio New Zealand, who says that Radio New Zealand can deliver all its statutory and charter obligations from within the current ....
Clare Curran What level of cuts in programming at Radio New Zealand is he prepared to accept?
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON Again, I refer the member to the statements the Minister has made. He wants Radio New Zealand to look at its service and its delivery, and to look at how it can make changes, as so many other Government ...
Sue Kedgley Does he agree that some of the options for cost savings that Radio New Zealand has been forced to consider, such as reducing its regional news coverage, will undermine the quality of Radio New ...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON Once again, I am quite gobsmacked. Radio New Zealand has not been forced to consider anything. It has been asked to come back with a plan about how it will deliver the ...
Sue Kedgley Has he discussed Radio New Zealand’s funding with any chief executives from private sector radio, such as the former MediaWorks chief executive, Brent ...
Broadcasting, Digital—Regulatory Review 7 May 2009
Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN The Government plans to introduce legislation to enact the revised Radio New Zealand charter and will shortly introduce legislation to repeal the Television New Zealand Ltd (TVNZ) charter, which will ...
Television New Zealand—Charter Funding 28 May 2008
Hon TREVOR MALLARD I announced that Radio New Zealand will receive $10.9 million extra over 4 years, in addition to its $29 million annual baseline funding to maintain its ...
Television New Zealand—Revenue Decline 12 Sep 2007
Hon STEVE MAHAREY ... management have assured me that this plan will return TVNZ to profitability. The chief executive confirmed this on Radio New Zealand National yesterday when he said that the issues that had led to the loss have been addressed, and TVNZ is confident of ...
Television New Zealand—Charter Obligations to Māori 24 May 2007
Dr Jonathan Coleman Does the Minister agree with Rick Ellis when he said on Radio New Zealand National earlier today that this debate flows from a general lack of specificity around charter measurements; and why ...
Radio New Zealand—Ministerial Process 4 Apr 2007
GERRY BROWNLEE What is the process by which he raises issues of concern with Radio New Zealand, and what issues has he raised recently?
Hon STEVE MAHAREY As Minister of Broadcasting and shareholding Minister for Radio New Zealand, my role is to ensure the board understands and accounts for the interests of the shareholder in terms that are ...
Gerry Brownlee ... about the Minister on 23 March, and was a threat also made that this matter would be raised with the board of Radio New Zealand if no withdrawal and apology were forthcoming?
Dr Jonathan Coleman Does the Minister think it is appropriate for the Minister responsible for Radio New Zealand to abuse that position by complaining about operational matters to the board that he himself appointed; if not, why not?
Gerry Brownlee Is the Minister aware that his decision to threaten Radio New Zealand with a direct appeal to the board of directors that he appoints sits outside the provisions of section 13(1)(a) of the ...
Gerry Brownlee ... agree that a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority would be acceptable, but that his decision to threaten Radio New Zealand with a direct complaint to the board that he appoints was inappropriate?
Hon Dr Michael Cullen Can the Minister confirm that Radio New Zealand frequently runs advertisements advising people that if they have a complaint about any matter, it should first be taken ...
Hon STEVE MAHAREY Not only does Radio New Zealand say that; for members of the House who may feel aggrieved at being labelled in the ways that I was on that morning, I ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters Would the Minister, given the severity of the situation, like to join me in my suit against Radio New Zealand, whose defence is that it did not mean what it said?
Gerry Brownlee Once the Minister had made his complaint to Radio New Zealand, did he threaten to take the matter directly to the board if a withdrawal was not made?
Hon STEVE MAHAREY ... that was what I would do. That is what one does by making a formal complaint: one complains right to the board of Radio New Zealand. I have explained and explained that. That is what I would do, and I would say the same again tomorrow; if Mr Plunket ...
Energy
Biofuels—Compulsory Requirement 25 Jun 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... addressed in the bill. I quote the executive director of Oxfam—the author of the report—Barry Coates, who on Radio New Zealand National this morning said: “ ‘There is a place for biofuels and for biomass production to produce energy but it needs ...
Biofuels—Price Impact 24 Jun 2008
Hon Dr Nick Smith I seek leave to table a transcript of the Radio New Zealand National interview this morning in which the Minister said the tallow price has dropped.
Marine Energy Projects—Government Assistance 29 May 2008
Hon DAVID PARKER ... price of power for residential consumers, the member will probably have seen a report of the comments made today on Radio New Zealand National by Mr Baldwin, the chief executive of Contact Energy, saying the opposite of that.
Resource Management Act—Meridian Energy 29 Mar 2007
Gerry Brownlee ... Association has said it is a problem and is preventing growth in that sector, when Dr Keith Turner this morning on Radio New Zealand National says that the Resource Management Act is the problem, and when the Contact people have said they will go ahead ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 20 Feb 2007
NATHAN GUY ... to hear Paul Hargreaves, the former boss of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, say on Radio New Zealand National this morning that the institute could forecast floods 12 to 36 hours quicker than MetService, yet MetService ...
Corrections
Corrections, Department—Confidence 15 Mar 2007
Simon Power ... House today exactly how many inquiries into corruption are going on in his department, given that he initially told Radio New Zealand National that he did not know, then he said there were three investigations, only to have his staff call Radio New ...
Corrections, Minister—Departmental Information 20 Feb 2007
Ron Mark When the Minister stated on 19 February on Radio New Zealand: “The thing that concerns me is that people assume this is right across the prison system. It is not. This is one unit, ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 13 Feb 2007
PHIL HEATLEY ... are locked out of housing ownership—when the Minister is doing up his bach on Waiheke Island and skiting about it on Radio New Zealand. Did the Minister of Finance come to the Minister and say: “You may be concerned about housing affordability, but”—
Prime Minister
Rugby World Cup, Minister—Confidence 14 Sep 2011
Dr Russel Norman ... blame for the failure of public transport on the Auckland Council when Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse said this morning on Radio New Zealand National: “6 years ago every single mayor in Auckland flew down to Wellington” to try to get central government to ...
Dr Russel Norman ... he lay the blame for the failure of public transport on the Auckland Council when Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse said on Radio New Zealand National this morning: “6 years ago every single mayor in Auckland flew down to Wellington” to try to get central ...
Dr Russel Norman ... blame for the failure of public transport on the Auckland Council when Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse said this morning on Radio New Zealand National: “6 years ago every single mayor in Auckland flew down to Wellington” to try to get central government to ...
Pansy Wong—Ministerial Resignation 16 Nov 2010
Hon Trevor Mallard Does he stand by his statements on Radio New Zealand this morning when he said that he advised Pansy Wong not to talk until a Parliamentary Service investigation into her ...
Ministers—Compliance with Cabinet Manual 10 Nov 2010
Hon Pete Hodgson Does he stand by the answer of his office, when asked by Radio New Zealand whether the Hon Pansy Wong had used her position to further her husband’s interests, that “That is not a question that ...
Prime Minister—Statements 18 May 2010
Hon Phil Goff Does he stand by his statement last month on Radio New Zealand National that “The 20 free hours early education policy won’t be changed.”, and his earlier pledge that National would ...
Hon JOHN KEY ... they are absolutely right. In relation to the question that he asked me, let me quote a question from Sean Plunket of Radio New Zealand National to Tāmati Kruger: “Had the Prime Minister said anything or had his office indicated anything to you that you ...
GST Increase—Prime Minister’s Statements 16 Feb 2010
Hon Phil Goff ... one: his promise not to raise it, his comment last week on Newstalk ZB that he would raise it, or his comment on Radio New Zealand last Friday that he might not raise it?
Hon Phil Goff Does he stand by his statement reported on Radio New Zealand last week that he would not put the rate of GST up if that put the Government’s relationship with the Māori Party at ...
Hon Phil Goff ... documents in the House is to substantiate a question such as I asked. I asked a question based on a transcript of a Radio New Zealand programme. The Prime Minister has denied that he said that. It is easy to resolve that by tabling the document.
Emissions Trading Scheme—Ngāi Tahu Settlement 18 Nov 2009
Hon JOHN KEY ... making the comments that he is, then maybe it is worth listening to the Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei, who, on Radio New Zealand National this morning, said “It’s not about being race based. It’s about the value of those settlements and Labour can ...
Unemployment Rate—Increase 18 Feb 2009
Hon JOHN KEY ... facts of life. Mr Mallard’s running around the press gallery, trying to tell its members that something was said on Radio New Zealand National that was not said, is just a further example that Mr Mallard makes it up as he goes along.
Road Tolling—$50 Charge 26 Aug 2008
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK ... is also the Opposition spokesperson on communications, apparently could not find a telephone to ring Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand National. I find it interesting that the first reaction of the de facto spokesperson on transport was to go straight ...
Corruption Allegations—Investigations 26 Aug 2008
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... serious allegations. They are deadly serious in my view, and they also concern the issue on which we turned over Radio New Zealand and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) in December last year with one Phil Kitchin, who was working for them—those are the ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... is the subject of a serious defamation case for which at the time, all the way through December last year, TVNZ and Radio New Zealand argued that they had never at any point sought to impugn my integrity. The member is now seeking to litigate a sub ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... a point of order, Madam Speaker. The sub judice rule applies in this House. You know I have an action against TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, and others.
Rt Hon Winston Peters ... House. I am fighting this case in the court—and doing rather well at the moment—and with the greatest respect TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, and ACT are not going to win inside this House. They have to come to court with me, and I am very happy to join them.
Violent Offending—South Auckland 17 Jun 2008
Dr Pita Sharples What action will she take to investigate claims she made on Radio New Zealand that “I suspect a lot of police cars carry firearms more routinely than you or I know.”, in the light of her later ...
Economy—Statement 19 Mar 2008
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK He did not say that. But I am happy to table the Radio New Zealand transcript of the Leader of the Opposition’s statement this morning. When asked: “Your views on the R word, recession ...
New Zealand - Australia Migration—Statement 13 Feb 2008
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK ... project as being economic vandalism and likely to lead to a big ghetto in his electorate. This morning, on Radio New Zealand, he said he agreed with it. I guess he was just talking to a different audience from the one he tried to whip up in his ...
Health, Minister—Confidence 27 Mar 2007
Hon Annette King Did the Prime Minister hear the comments made by Dr Tony Bierre on Radio New Zealand this morning when he claimed that he had always disclosed his conflict of interest, even before he was elected to the ...
Australia / New Zealand—One Country Proposal 12 Dec 2006
Sue Kedgley ... in which New Zealand First assures New Zealanders it will not support this legislation, and a transcript from Radio New Zealand, in which Winston Peters says that those who believe in natural medicines—
Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill
First Reading 12 Dec 2006
Hon ANNETTE KING ... trans-Tasman authority. Contrary to what I believe is deliberate misinformation peddled by Green MP Sue Kedgley on Radio New Zealand today, the new authority will not be an offshore entity based in Australia; the new authority will be an agency based ...
Auckland Issues
Auckland International Airport Ltd—Sale Options Actions 24 Jul 2007
Sue Bradford Does the Minister agree with the comments of Manukau’s Mayor, Sir Barry Curtis, on Radio New Zealand National this morning that he is totally opposed to foreign control of a 51 percent stake in Auckland International ...
Auckland Issues—Minister's Statement 16 Nov 2006
Hon Bill English Is it correct that the Minister told Radio New Zealand that she would refuse the radio interview about Auckland stadium proposals because she did not want to be shouted at, ...
Hon JUDITH TIZARD I note that the debate so far, particularly as conducted on Radio New Zealand and other places, has had rather more heat than light.
Finance
Economic Growth—Forecasts 22 Mar 2011
Hon David Cunliffe I seek leave to table a transcript of Radio New Zealand Nine to Noon on 28 January 2011—
Pacific Economic Development Agency—Minister of Finance’s Meetings with Representatives 17 Jun 2010
Hon Annette King Was the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs correct when she stated on Radio New Zealand this morning that the Minister of Finance had been in discussions with Mr J R Pereira, the contact person for the ...
Hon Annette King Was the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs correct when she affirmed on Radio New Zealand this morning that the Pereira family had been involved in brokering appearances or endorsements by members of the ...
Crown Accounts—Year Ended 30 June 2009 20 Oct 2009
Hon Jim Anderton ... are so bad, having been disastrously handled by the previous Government, why did the Minister of Finance say on Radio New Zealand National that the reason New Zealand had come through the recession better than most countries was the good state of ...
Financial Crisis—Strength of Government Finances 15 Oct 2009
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE Does he stand by his statement on Radio New Zealand this morning “New Zealand weathered the global financial crisis partly because of the strength of the Government’s ...
Hon David Cunliffe It is a transcript of a broadcast from Radio New Zealand National.
Mr SPEAKER Leave is sought to table a transcript from this morning’s Radio New Zealand National broadcast. Is there any objection? There is objection.
Financial Position, Government—Borrowing 15 Oct 2009
Hon David Cunliffe Can the Minister confirm that Cabinet papers released this week to Radio New Zealand signalled more savage cuts to come that will impact on the life of every working New Zealander?
Unemployment, Assistance—Government Programmes 22 Sep 2009
Hon David Cunliffe Can the Minister confirm that he said on Radio New Zealand today that “for most people the measure of the economy is whether unemployment is still rising”, and, given that it is, ...
Economy—Reports on Imbalances 17 Jun 2009
Hon David Parker ... New Zealand Superannuation Fund in last month’s Budget, given the Secretary to the Treasury’s reported comments on Radio New Zealand National on 10 June that “We’ll have to give something up.”; and why does the Minister not openly admit, what is ...
Reserve Bank—Currency Intervention 12 Jun 2007
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... tools. One of those was a mortgage interest rate levy. Mr Key thought it was a very interesting idea. As soon as Radio New Zealand slipped it into the public arena, Mr English dobbed on it as fast as he possibly could. The fact is that no changes can ...
Public Sector Pay—Comparisons 8 May 2007
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... good doctors and good nurses; we need to pay the appropriate rates to retain them. I note that although Mr English on Radio New Zealand National this morning was criticising such increases, the National Party’s industrial relations spokesperson was on Bay ...
Electricity Commissioner—Minister's Comments 15 Nov 2006
Hon Dr Nick Smith How can that Minister’s Government dismiss repeated statements at the select committee, on Radio New Zealand, and on Newstalk ZB, when the select committee heard last Thursday that another member of the Electricity Commission ...
Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill
In Committee 18 Oct 2006
Hon TAU HENARE I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa report headed: “National Party to oppose spending validation bill”.
Hon TAU HENARE I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa report headed: “Parliament goes into urgency to consider validation bill”.
Hon TAU HENARE I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand report headed: “Auditor-General’s report on parliamentary election expenditure”.
Research, Science and Technology
Marsden Fund—Code of Ethics 12 Oct 2006
Dr Paul Hutchison ... Minister said on Radio Pacific she would order, or the report that the Minister said was ordered, as reported by Radio New Zealand and the National Business Review, be available so that the public can be assured that process, prioritisation, and ...
Official Information (Openness of District Health Boards New Zealand) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 15 Aug 2007
Dr PITA SHARPLES ... there was still concern expressed about Māori representation in the aftermath of the 2004 elections. A report from Radio New Zealand in November 2004 revealed that many district health boards still lacked Māori, Pacific Island, and rural members. In ...
First Reading 6 Sep 2006
Hon PETE HODGSON ... status. I myself did not hear the interview that the member mentioned between Ross Boswell, Michael Ludbrook, and a Radio New Zealand interviewer. Michael Ludbrook is the chair of District Health Boards New Zealand only because he also chairs a district ...
Appropriation (2006/07 Estimates) Bill
Third Reading 1 Aug 2006
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... you to the Minister and to the Government for the extra funding towards local television through New Zealand on Air, Radio New Zealand, and broadcasts to Pacific nations. I thank them for that money because, again, it is very important in developing ...
General Debate 26 Jul 2006
Hon PHIL GOFF ... challenge.” It dominated the whole conference. But Dr Brash broke the rule. On Friday I heard Dr Brash say on Radio New Zealand that three or four malcontents in his caucus were undermining his leadership. That was said by the leader! He owned up ...
Police
New Zealand Police Review—Statements 10 Sep 2009
Hon JUDITH COLLINS ... to the review of police firearms training, I agree with Assistant Commissioner Operations Viv Rickard, who told Radio New Zealand yesterday that it was not a cost-cutting measure, it never had been, and the police had started work on it a couple of ...
Taser Guns—Introduction 28 Aug 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... was selected some weeks ago as the date for the ministerial statement. The Commissioner of Police confirmed that on Radio New Zealand National today, and I can only assume that Gerry Brownlee, with his interjection, doubts the commissioner’s word.
Gangs—Police Progress 18 Jun 2008
Ron Mark Is the Minister concerned about recent reports on Radio New Zealand National that claim large-scale infiltration of gang influence in most Government departments, from Immigration New ...
Terrorism—Border Control 15 Jun 2006
Hon Murray McCully ...yesterday: “Assistant Police Commissioner White knows exactly what he is talking about.”, in light of his appearance on Radio New Zealand this morning to admit that the statements he made on the same programme a day earlier were 100 percent wrong?
Terrorism—Border Control 14 Jun 2006
Hon Murray McCully Will the Minister confirm the statement of Assistant Police Commissioner Jon White, the head of counter-terrorism, on Radio New Zealand this morning that the 88 terrorists designated by Australia and those designated by Canada, on those countries’ own ...
Hon Murray McCully ... First, I seek the leave of the House to table a transcript of Assistant Police Commissioner Jon White speaking on Radio New Zealand this morning.
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements—Progress 11 Feb 2010
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON The member alluded to this allegation in an interview on Radio New Zealand National the other week. I say for the benefit of that member that I am acutely conscious of the need to proceed very ...
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON In my answer to a previous supplementary question I referred to an interview that Ms Street had on Radio New Zealand National where at times she seemed to be arguing that rather than resolving matters in a timely manner, the Government ...
Waikato River—Government Negotiations with Tainui 24 May 2006
Hon MARK BURTON ... Crown that we have no intention of infringing, compromising, or obstructing any access…”. That is a statement made on Radio New Zealand yesterday by Tukoroirangi Morgan, a co-negotiator.
Waikato River—Government Negotiations with Tainui 23 May 2006
Hon MARK BURTON ... no power to direct Tainui negotiators as to how and to whom they talk. For instance, in response to a question from Radio New Zealand, one of the co-negotiators for Tainui expressed an absolute guarantee that the rights and access of all New Zealand ...
Hon MARK BURTON I quote from Tukoroirangi Morgan on Radio New Zealand this morning: “Public access, private and third party rights are”—[ Interruption]; if the member wants to listen to the ...
Hon MARK BURTON ... any access to the Waikato River. It is a taonga, a treasure, for all New Zealanders to enjoy.” That was said on Radio New Zealand this morning.
Budget Debate 18 May 2006
JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... looking over our shoulders today and rejoicing that the Buy Kiwi Made initiative he negotiated with Michael Cullen on Radio New Zealand during the election campaign is finally bearing fruit and is funded to the tune of $11.5 million over 3 years. Rod was ...
Budget Statement - Budget Debate
Budget Debate 18 May 2006
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... funding over four years for Arts, Culture, and Heritage is dominated by $24.9 million for New Zealand on Air, Radio New Zealand and broadcasts to Pacific nations. Other funding includes $12.8 million to maintain capability in the New Zealand ...
Civil Defence
Floods—Government Response, Northland 3 Apr 2007
John Carter Does the Minister stand by his promise on Radio New Zealand National yesterday that “Transit will pay the full cost of restoring each road in full—no question about that.”?
Phil Heatley Does the Minister stand by his second promise to the people of Northland on Radio New Zealand National yesterday, when he stated: “Anything to do with public safety we will pay for in full.”?
Phil Heatley Does he stand by his fourth and final promise on Radio New Zealand National yesterday that “The Government will make a substantial contribution to this flood without a question of a ....
Phil Heatley I seek leave to table the transcript of all the promises on Radio New Zealand National yesterday.
Civil Defence and Emergency Management Plan—Confidence 16 May 2006
Hon Dr Nick Smith I seek leave of the House to table the transcript of Radio New Zealand this morning from the Wellington civil defence coordinator, who, in contrast to the Minister’s comments, made it ...
Immigration
Immigration Service—Oughton Report 20 May 2008
Dr the Hon Lockwood Smith When the Minister of Immigration told Radio New Zealand this morning that “Ministers are reliant at the end of the day on their chief executives, and it’s plain we were not ...
Work Permits—Ministerial Special Directions 1 Aug 2006
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... those in employment relationships, not in contracting relationships. I note that the member’s colleague Mr Mapp, on Radio New Zealand, opposed a member’s bill that seeks to extend the law in that direction.
Immigration Act—Discussion Paper 6 Apr 2006
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... two of which were from Dr Lockwood Smith. After yesterday describing it as an “underwhelming document”, he said on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report this morning that he was not objecting to it. A further report was from Dr Donald Brash. He issued a ...
Health
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board—Conflicts of Interest 19 Mar 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... for more efficient pharmaceutical dispensing. I note that the former board chair, Kevin Atkinson, confirmed on Radio New Zealand National yesterday that there was, therefore, potential commercial conflict between Mr Hausmann and Mr Dunkerley, ...
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... chairman had a habit of rewriting minutes—it does not change the facts. I seek leave to table the transcript from Radio New Zealand National yesterday where Mr Atkinson confirms the possibility of commercial conflict across the board table.
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board—Governance 5 Mar 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... executive officer to attend the meeting; Thursday 14 February, Dr David Davidson, board member, on Checkpoint, a Radio New Zealand National programme, described the lack of permanent appointments to the board as very destabilising, notwithstanding ...
District Health Boards—Tendering Processes 5 Mar 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE —to table a transcript of a Radio New Zealand National interview this morning where former Chairperson Atkinson, interestingly, confirmed that the supposedly secret ...
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand National transcript that confirms that Chairperson Atkinson confirmed—
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board—Community Services Joint Venture 5 Mar 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE Yes. I am advised that former Chairman Atkinson commented on Radio New Zealand National today that the emails related to events preceded Mr Hausmann’s appointment to the board, and I quote: “Interview...
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board—Ministerial Intervention 21 Feb 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE I do not need to do so when a number of clinicians have been on Radio New Zealand National this morning outlining their concerns for themselves.
Focus 2000 Ltd—Complaints 29 Mar 2006
Dr Paul Hutchison Does the Minister accept that he was ill-informed and confused on 17 February this year, when he was asked by Radio New Zealand about the need for wholesale change or for a special inquiry into Focus 2000 and he said: “No, no, no, no. No, not at ...
General Debate 7 Dec 2005
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS ... up what I say. I have already got two defamation writs out. One is against Television New Zealand and one is against Radio New Zealand. Unlike those members over here—all talk—I back up what I say. I want to make it very clear that one European Green ...
Social Development and Employment
Welfare Reforms—Payment Card Proposal 18 Aug 2011
Hon Annette King What did she mean when she said on Radio New Zealand this morning that there is a difference between a credit card on to which whole or part of a benefit is loaded and ...
Social Development and Employment, Associate Minister—Statements 1 Apr 2010
Hon Annette King When her Associate Minister, Tariana Turia, claimed on Radio New Zealand on Tuesday that: “At the last minute we were given a copy of the reforms. That makes it really difficult to have an ...
Youth Employment—Youth Opportunities Package 18 Aug 2009
Hon PAULA BENNETT ... been in employment before or been out of employment for quite some time. I heard a media report on Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand National of a restaurant owner in Te Kūiti who was on the verge of hiring possibly one person, but since he heard about ...
Unemployment—Current and Projected Rates 10 Feb 2009
Hon Annette King Which statement is correct: the Minister’s comments on Radio New Zealand on 27 January, stating that a number of job initiatives are ready to go, or her quote in her sole press release on ...
Unemployment—Reports 13 May 2008
Judith Collins ... day job! Following the challenge by the Minister, I seek leave to table the transcript of the Minister’s interview on Radio New Zealand on 9 May 2008, in which she made those statements.
Judith Collins I seek leave to table a Radio New Zealand Newswire article entitled “Gloomy Dyson”.
Benefit Changes—Minister's Comments 8 Nov 2006
Judith Collins: I seek leave of the House to table a transcript of a Radio New Zealand Checkpoint interview with the Minister on 26 October 2006 where he said that there were no losers under his scheme.
Judith Collins I seek leave of the House to table a transcript of a Radio New Zealand Nine to Noon interview with the Minister on 27 October, the next day, where he said that they would be penalised.
Unemployment—Predictions 7 Sep 2006
Hon DAVID BENSON-POPE ... record low rate of 3.6 percent. No doubt National also agrees with ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie, who told Radio New Zealand on 11 August that maybe in order to curb inflation it would be better if unemployment rises.
Child, Youth and Family (CYF)—Associate Minister’s Statement 6 Sep 2006
Hon RUTH DYSON I stand by all my reported comments that were made in the Radio New Zealand interview. It may be that the member’s attention span is such that she did not hear my other comments, including the ...
Hon RUTH DYSON I stand by all my reported comments that were made in the Radio New Zealand interview. My other comments included the comment that increased referrals from the police and other agencies were a ...
Social Development and Employment, Minister—Police Decision 6 Dec 2005
Judith Collins I seek leave to table a transcript of the Radio New Zealand Morning Report interview that the Prime Minister has today referred us to in relation to so-called legal advice from Mr ...
Address in Reply 23 Nov 2005
Hon MARK BURTON ... the defence spokespeople of the major parties for an intense interview with a very intelligent political editor from Radio New Zealand. I have to say that one or two of the other parties—and Ron Mark was there—had some policy. Ron Mark and I do not agree ...
Education
Education, National Standards—School Charters 6 Jul 2011
Sue Moroney Does she agree with Mary Chamberlain from her Ministry of Education, who told Radio New Zealand National’s Insight programme on the weekend that it would take 2 years to get to the point where even 80 percent of ...
Education, National Standards—Minister’s Statements 23 Feb 2010
Hon Trevor Mallard ... and you are not very happy when people do this, Mr Speaker, but I seek leave to table a Media Monitors transcript of Radio New Zealand from 24 January this year, to indicate to the Minister where she made that statement.
Education, Ministry—Confidence 19 Jun 2008
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... and I am glad to say that it came from a National Party member. I have seen a report from a media interview on Radio New Zealand National this morning where the MP Colin King, who is one of National’s education spokespersons, said in relation to ...
Early Childhood Education—New Centres 18 Dec 2007
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... benefiting thousands of Kiwi families. Of course, the member who asked me a question earlier, Paula Bennett, said on Radio New Zealand National on 24 June that the National Party would get rid of the 20 free hours policy.
Hon CHRIS CARTER I seek leave to table a transcript from Radio New Zealand National on 24 June 2007, which states that the National Party’s early childhood spokesperson, Paula Bennett—
Early Childhood Education—Free Hours Policy 7 Nov 2007
Hon CHRIS CARTER ... reports. Some members of the National Party vow they would end this historic and visionary policy. Paula Bennett told Radio New Zealand News on 22 June that National would not offer the policy and that National members vowed not to continue it if they won ...
Early Childhood Education—Free Hours Participation 28 Jun 2007
Hon STEVE MAHAREY ... will be around $105,000 for an average centre. By contrast, National offers complete uncertainty. Paula Bennett told Radio New Zealand that National would not offer the policy. Katherine Rich is quoted in the Christchurch Press today as saying that ...
Early Childhood Education—Free Hours Providers 19 Jun 2007
Moana Mackey Does the Minister agree with National Party spokesperson Paula Bennett, who told Radio New Zealand National on Saturday that it is clear parents will get cheaper early childhood education from 1 July?
New Zealand Qualifications Authority—Text Speak 9 Nov 2006
Hon STEVE MAHAREY I agree with Bali Haque’s explanation, as given on Radio New Zealand this morning. There has been no change in the approach to the use of abbreviations. Students are actively discouraged ...
New Zealand Qualifications Authority—Acting Chief Executive 13 Dec 2005
Hon STEVE MAHAREY I have heard one report from Radio New Zealand’s education correspondent, Gail Woods, who said that she has spoken to markers who view the system quite differently ...
New Zealand Qualifications Authority—Vulnerability 22 Nov 2005
Hon Bill English Can the Minister confirm that he made this statement on Radio New Zealand on Friday, 18 November: “Yes, and in fact I asked your journalists not to put this news item on the air at the present ...
Hon Bill English ... journalists have known whether that was not a direction he was issuing as the Minister of Broadcasting in charge of Radio New Zealand?
Hon Bill English ... understand that the Broadcasting Act prevents him specifically from issuing any direction to any journalist in Radio New Zealand about what news item it might run, regardless of whether it might run it?
Hon Bill English ... this from the journalist’s point of view, because when he was instructing the journalist not to put the news item on Radio New Zealand, the journalist would not have known whether the Minister was acting in his capacity as Minister of Broadcasting or as ...
Hon Bill English When the Minister issued his direction to a Radio New Zealand journalist not to put the news item on the air at the present time—as he has stated himself—did it occur to him that ...
Address in Reply 22 Nov 2005
Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH ... to support the Labour Government on issues in his area of portfolio responsibility. What happened the other day on a Radio New Zealand Checkpoint interview? The interviewer—Mary Wilson, I think it was, if I look at the transcript—asked Peter Dunne: “… ...