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A proposal to disestablish RNZ and TVNZ and replace it with a new public media entity, funded by both the tax payer and from commercial revenue, is to go before Cabinet ministers within weeks.
The recommendation came from a Government advisory group which included representatives of RNZ, TVNZ, NZ on Air and a number of other public agencies.
The whole new entity would have with statutory editorial independence and a public service mandate. Andrew Holden has been a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne.
He is now the Director of Communications for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise.
