Pasifika media petition to TVNZ

Change the timeframe for outsourcing Polynesian television

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National broadcaster TVNZ is "outsourcing" production for Maori and Pacific Islands programmes. Signatories here call for TVNZ to change outsourcing to March 2015. This will enable Pasifika communities to better prepare, plan and implement change.

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TVNZ wants production of Maori and Pasifika programmes "outsourced" and has announced a very short timeframe for doing so.

Pacific media groups are calling on TVNZ to extend to March 2015, including through an online petition. That new date will allow Pasifika communities more time to organise responses. These responses include issues of community ownership for the programmes, as well as answering calls for a long-sought after Pasifika TV channel.

The petition is being led by the Pacific Islands Film and Television group and the Pacific Freedom Forum, following a fono held with the support of the Pacific Islands Media Association.

Fono to consider TVNZ's Pasifika outsourcing
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/258667/fono-to-consider-tvnz's-pasifika-outsourcing

Community meets to air TVNZ concerns
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/258797/community-meets-to-air-tvnz-concerns

TVNZ cuts another threat to democracy - PFF
http://www.pacificfreedomforum.org/2014/10/tvnz-cuts-another-threat-to-democracy.html

TVNZ PR: Maori and Pacific Programme Production
http://tvnz.co.nz/tvnz-corporate-comms/maori-and-pacific-programme-production-6114895

TVNZ plans to outsource Māori and Pacific programmes
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-tvnz-plans-outsource-m-ori-and-pacific-programmes-9026

TVNZ to outsource most of Maori unit
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11347114

TVNZ outsourcing Maori, Pacific shows
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/62636713/TVNZ-outsourcing-Maori-Pacific-shows

TVNZ proposes to outsource Māori and Pacific programmes
https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/tvnz-proposes-outsource-maori-and-pacific-programmes

TVNZ outsourcing affects 30 jobs
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/25336490/maori-party-unhappy-at-tvnz-move/

NZ: TVNZ programme outsourcing plan 'catastrophic' for Pasifika, says PIMA
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-tvnz-programme-outsourcing-plan-catastrophic-pasifika-says-pima-9028

Politics alleged behind TVNZ shift
http://www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=ODE4MA==

PR: What next for TVNZ? Outsourcing the news?
http://campaign.labour.org.nz/what_next_for_tvnz_outsourcing_the_news