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 Issues in Public Sector Broadcasting, published by Victoria University Press.

Papers and commentaries from a seminar on Public Sector Broadcasting in the Nineties, sponsored by the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington and held on Nov. 9, 1990 in the Beehive Theatrette, Parliament.

Contents 
Part I Introduction 
1. The Purpose of the Seminar - Professor Gary Hawke 
2. A Focus on Public Sector Broadcasting - Merwyn Norrish 
3. Government and Broadcasting in New Zealand - Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hunt 
4. Improvement of Public Broadcasting Services - Hon. Maurice Williamson 

Part II The Context 
5. Public Sector Broadcasting in New Zealand - Hugh Rennie 

Part III The Economic Context 
6. Financing Public Sector Broadcasting - Laurie Cameron 

Part IV Airwaves as a Finite Resource  
7. Demands on the Spectrum - Rob Willamson  
8. Public Sector Broadcasting: How Do We Pay For It? - David Gascoigne 
9. The Treaty of Waitangi and Māori Claims to the Spectrum - Professor Hirini Mead 

Part V New Zealand Content for a Public Good 
10. Public Sector Broadcasting and Commercial Entertainment: The Dominance of Drama - Dave Gibson 
11. Public Sector Broadcasting and Commercial  Entertainment: Is there a Difference? - Vince Burke 
12. Public Sector Broadcasting in Te Reo Māori - Derek Fox 
13. The Importance of Broadcasting Locally Produced - Children's Programmes Ruth Zanker 

Part VI Where Do We Go From Here? 
14. Commercial Realities and Broadcasting - David Compton 
15. Public Sector Broadcasting: Funding and Fees - Athol Mann 
16. Public Sector Broadcasting: Our Political Culture and the Policy Community - Richard Mulgan 
17. Growth and Activity in Public Sector Broadcasting - Robin Scholes 

Part VII Conclusion 
18. Conclusion: Access to the Airwaves? - Gary Hawke

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