Sign the petition

Petition: Media outlets must repay taxpayer funding

Media

Taxpayers' Union polling reveals most New Zealanders believe government funding undermines media independence. Whether or not this is true is irrelevant, perceptions of independence are important for retaining trust and confidence in the media. 

This comes after the Government has given millions hand over fist to the likes of the NZ Herald, Stuff, and The Spinoff from the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund.

Sign the petition calling on media companies to pay back the Public Interest Journalism Fund to restore confidence in media independence. 

I call on media companies that took money from the last government’s so-called Public Interest Journalism Fund to restore confidence in media independence and pay it back.

13,969 signatures

Goal: 15,000 signatures

Will you sign?

Do you like this post?

Showing 13429 reactions

  • David Poole
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:58 +1200
  • Noel Rogers
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:39 +1200
  • Graeme O'callaghan
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:34 +1200
  • Steve Hunter
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:24 +1200
  • Julie Te Kanawa
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:18 +1200
  • Jessica Allen
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:15 +1200
  • Rachel Jamieson
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:12 +1200
  • Peter Diver
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:03 +1200
  • Sam O'Brien
    signed 2022-05-06 12:46:00 +1200
  • Trevor Johns
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:56 +1200
  • Mark Richardson
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:54 +1200
  • Andrew Methven
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:31 +1200
  • Adriaan van Schalkwyk
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:29 +1200
  • Teresa Bodzassy
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:29 +1200
  • Vanessa Forster
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:25 +1200
  • richard ison
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:17 +1200
  • Lesley McGrath
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:14 +1200
  • Jason Grimstrup
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:11 +1200
  • Robert Jollands
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:07 +1200
  • Dave Cronin
    signed 2022-05-06 12:45:05 +1200
  • Angela Bryan
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:54 +1200
  • Shirley Tokelove
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:54 +1200
  • Heather Tudor
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:42 +1200
  • Roger Ansin
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:23 +1200
  • Sue Bancroft
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:22 +1200
  • Ashley Peryer
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:02 +1200
  • Dennis Gottschalk
    signed 2022-05-06 12:44:01 +1200
  • ¨Patrick Ifra
    signed 2022-05-06 12:43:59 +1200
  • Georg Winkler
    signed 2022-05-06 12:43:58 +1200
  • Donna Finlayson
    signed 2022-05-06 12:43:56 +1200

Sign up here to find out how your tax dollars are really being spent