Georgina te Heuheu
National Broadcasting Spokeswoman

17 May 2004

TVNZ spending out of control

TVNZ needs to front up to its critics and explain its unprecedented level of expenditure on foreign news, which is already available to the taxpayer, says National's Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu

Mrs te Heuheu is commenting to reports today that TVNZ have but in a bid for $1.3 million to acquire ABC and 20/20, both of which are already available to viewers on TV3.

"This is just more evidence that TVNZ has become an out-of-control monster that will spend any amount of taxpayers' money and do anything to squash the competition for advertising dollars," says Mrs te Heuheu.

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