Media Insider: RNZ annual result - staff set to learn of major financial issues, with all eyes back on costs

NZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·8 Nov, 2026 11:27 PM6 mins to read‌RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson - Treasury earlier stated: 'RNZ needs to deliver its operations more efficiently, including right sizing.'Source on RNZ budget and finances: ‘They just haven’t done what they’re supposed to have done.’RNZ is set to announce a budget blowout today, with implications for the broadcaster’s ongoing cost-savings, including staff cuts. The announcement is expected to raise questions about the public broadcaster’s operations and its accounting