No. 21
455

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: THURSDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1985

CORRIGENDUM

IN the issue of the New Zealand Gazette, No. 18, dated the 31st
day of January 1985; in the heading at the top of even numbered
pages between pages 410 to 428 for 'No. 31' read 'No. 18'.

Royal Commission on Broadcasting and Related
Telecommunications

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand
and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved ROBERT McDONALD CHAPMAN,
of Auckland, University Professor, MICHAEL JOHN ALBERT BROWN,
of Auckland, District Court Judge, LAURENCE ALFRED CAMERON,
of Wellington, Company Director, and ELIZABETH ANN NELSON,
of Auckland, Company Director:

GREETING:

KNOW YE that We, reposing trust and confidence in your integrity,
knowledge, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint
you, the said Robert McDonald Chapman, Michael John Albert
Brown, Laurence Alfred Cameron, and Elizabeth Ann Nelson to be
a Commission to inquire into the institutions, operations, financing,
and control of New Zealand broadcasting and related
telecommunications and to report on what changes are necessary
or desirable to use in an economically efficient manner those
advances in technology which fit New Zealand's circumstances and
resources, to widen the choice, and improve the quality, of
programmes, to secure independence, depth, and impartiality in news
and current affairs programmes, and to reflect New Zealand's cultural
and social variety so that the structure and resources of broadcasting
may be better organised to serve all New Zealanders:

AND in particular, to inquire into and report on:

1. The opportunities presented to New Zealand by technological
   change for new options for the transmission of broadcasting services
   and the economic aspects of these opportunities, and whether the
   exploitation of those opportunities calls for the establishment of a
   Department of Communications; with particular reference to—

(a) The benefits and costs of cable services for bringing radio,
television, and information services into and out of the
home:

(b) The benefits and costs of direct broadcasting satellite services
and of reception facilities for such services:

(c) The consequences for broadcasting of the rapid spread of video
cassette recording:

(d) The rate of technological change and the manner in which the
rate of technological change affects the pattern of
investment decisions:

(e) The respective roles of the Post Office and warrant holders in
the provision of transmission services:

(f) The cases for and against a Department of Communications:

2. The constitution, operation, programming, financing, and
   control of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand; with
   particular reference to—

(a) The independence of the Corporation and its continuing role
as the provider of a broadening range of programmes which
inform, educate, and entertain:

(b) The Corporation's structural and financial efficiency, its
resources, its profitability, and its capacity to compete
without loss of programme quality:

(c) The means by which a broadcast receiving-station licence fee
should be reviewed and fixed at an appropriate level:

(d) The purchasing by the Corporation of overseas programmes,
including, the success achieved, the difficulties encountered,
and the opportunities to tap services infrequently or never
used:

(e) The sources, scope, staffing, and intended development of the
Corporation's news and current affairs programmes,
including—

(i) The extent to which and the manner in which officers
and employees appointed under section 38 of the
Broadcasting Act 1976 are used; and

(ii) The extent to which and the manner in which persons
who enter into contracts under section 34 of the
Broadcasting Act 1976 (including persons commissioned
to provide comment) are used, and the terms and
conditions of the contracts entered into with those persons:

(f) The benefits, the relative costs, and the staffing implications
of extending in-house production of drama, nature, science,
religious, and cultural programmes, light entertainment
programmes, quiz and game shows, and sports
programmes:

(g) The extent to which the Corporation draws on the products
of independent television production companies and the
New Zealand film industry and the conditions, benefits,
and costs of doing so:

(h) The manner in which and the extent to which the Corporation
commissions individual writers and artists, and the manner
in which and the extent to which the Corporation, in
commissioning individual artists and writers, co-operates
with the Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council, the
New Zealand Film Commission, the National Film Unit,
and relevant voluntary bodies: