newsletterThe budget can feel like a short-lived newsapalooza but follow-ups from journalists this week got into the stories and impact behind the numbers, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in The BulletinBeyond the budget week headlinesThe budget is reported in a flurry of press releases and numbers. Mediawatch goes hunting for a long-promised strategyRNZ’s MediaWatch picked up on the $40 million for Māori media in the budget. Mediawatch isn’t critical of the funding but has asked where a long-awaited Māori media strategy review is. The Māori Media Sector Shift review was launched in 2018 by Nanaia Mahuta. In 2020, a document was released that proposed a “one-stop shop” for Māori media.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 27, 2022 01:37 UTC