4 Apr 2023

Minister Kiri Allan apologises for comments at RNZ event

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 4 April 2023

Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has apologised after criticising RNZ's treatment of Māori staff during a farewell for her fiancee, Māni Dunlop.

Ms Dunlop - who presented Midday Report - left the organisation last week. At her work farewell in RNZ's boardroom on Friday, Kiri Allan took the mic and addressed gathered staff including the chief executive Paul Thompson and board member Jane Wrightson.

We're joined now by our political editor Jane Patterson.