Video: Bill English TVNZ7 Promo

Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 3:24 pm
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Video: Bill English TVNZ7 Promo

The TVNZ7 promotional ad featuring Finance Minister Bill English. The promo is intended to promote TVNZ7’s ‘Spotlight on the Economy’ month and is expected to run 130 times on various TVNZ channels.

It has been subject to criticism as amounting to free advertising for English, who, as Finance Minister, is a shareholding minister in TVNZ.

This version was taken from the TVNZ website.

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