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If commercial radio stations that deliver important public media content are eligible for NZ On Air funding, can stations that cannot afford official radio audience measurement data prove audience reach through alternative methods, and if not, why not?

Answered Question 35710 (2026)
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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • If commercial radio stations that deliver important public media content are eligible for NZ On Air funding, can stations that cannot afford official radio audience measurement data prove audience reach through alternative methods, and if not, why not?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Media and Communications

Answer

I am advised that commercial radio stations are not eligible for operational funding from NZ On Air, regardless of radio audience measurement data.