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Petition: Stop Taxpayer funding of political propaganda


The Film Commission has decided to dish out $800,000 of taxpayer money into a hero worship film about Dame Jacinda Ardern. Any funding of films about politicians is questionable, most countries call it propaganda.

The Film Commission and New Zealand On Air have proven themselves to be nothing but leftie love-ins that ignore any pretence of being politically neutral. In 2021, NZ On Air and the New Zealand Film Commission allocated NZ$220,000 to a feature-length documentary focusing on the political career of Swarbrick called Being Chlöe. In 2018, the same organisations threw $870,000 of taxpayer money at a film about Helen Clark. 
 
To the best of our knowledge no fiscally conservative politician has been promoted with content funded by the New Zealand Film Commission. Not even once.

Sign the petition to end this taxpayer funding of political propaganda:

I call on the Government to end taxpayer funding of content promoting politicians through organisations like the Film Commission and New Zealand on Air. 

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