Friday 11th May 2001 Penny Webster
Media Release -- Other
ACT Broadcasting Spokesman Penny
Webster said today that she was pleased that the Minister
of Broadcasting took her advice to express faith in TVNZ
staff, but said Ms Hobbs had not gone far enough.
“I join
with Murray McCully in calling for the TVNZ Board
Chairman, Ross Armstrong, to be replaced,” Penny Webster
said.
“Especially in this rocky time, TVNZ needs a
chairman whom the staff respect and admire. This latest
debacle in this has proven that employees have no faith in
the Chairman.
“It is an open secret that TVNZ is
haemorrhaging – talented staff are escaping while they still
can.
“It is time for Ms Hobbs to prove to everybody that
she has integrity, and real confidence in TVNZ staff, by
replacing the Chairman,” Penny Webster said.
For more
information visit ACT online at http://www.act.org.nz or
contact the ACT Parliamentary Office at
act@parliament.govt.nz.
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