At last! Some enlightenment! Hey Kiwis, we can change this. The public service has become bogged down in the user pays mantras of the 90's, far beyond their use-by date. OK a balance was called for - what the public purse should pay for has to be constantly re-evaluated. But as with all major changes in thinking, the new paradigm becomes the new religion, to be accepted without question as god's word! What's needed instead is continuing open debate, right?
So lets continue to debate and action what Michael has so ably and eloquently initiated. I finally paid for Sky a year ago, just to see what I might have been missing. After 2 months I had seen it all! Now I'm after Freeview, which has the only channels worth watching. The success of NHNZ is testament to how well we can do in little ole NZ. PLEASE let's have access to our own creativity - show NZ made films in NZ for free. Its gotta happen! In a small country like ours, change can happen quickly once folks get the message. That's what happened in the quiet revolutions of the 80's. It would only take a relatively small group of smart and committed people with good communication skills.