Myles Thomas

Guest writer

Myles Thomas (Ngāpuhi) is chair of the Better Public Media Trust. He's worked in television all his life and currently manages a regional video news production funded by NZ On Air. He's also a student at Auckland Law School.

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Our public media should serve audiences, not the interests of commercial rivals

What matters in the new TVNZ-RNZ setup is the audience – not advertisers, not the industry, and certainly not politicians.

By Myles Thomas | 26th September, 2022

ANZPM is not about banks and afternoons.

The TVNZ merger could improve RNZ, or destroy it. Let’s ensure it’s not the latter

If RNZ became commercial, it’d be the beginning of the end.

By Myles Thomas | 4th March, 2021