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Sandra Lee MP Fri Oct 8 1999
Alliance Deputy leader Sandra lee launched the Alliance arts, culture and broadcasting policy today as a total package.
It plans to decrease reliance on Lottery Board funding for the arts, and instead increase stability by bringing in mainstream government funding.
The Alliance also intends to let TVNZ keep
part of the money it now pays to central government in the
form of a dividend, to pay for more local production and a
reduction in advertising.
That would mean an extra $15
million available for local production.
'There are
many well qualified and practising artists who are unable to
complete quality works of art because of financial
constraints. A grant scheme would alleviate this problem,'
said Sandra Lee.
The Alliance would introduce an extra
$10 million in grants to professional writers, artists and
performers.
Tax concessions for artistic earnings
would be explored.
The Alliance is committed to
introducing quotas for NZ content on TV and local music
quotas for radio, a commercial-free Youth Radio Network, and
major sports events broadcast free-to-air.
Arts
projects in the regions would be encouraged, in line with
the Alliance regional development policy which prioritises
job creation.
Part of developing the arts in the
regions would involve an extension to the writers and
artists in residence schemes into a wider range of
centres.
As part of its commitment to local
broadcasting, the Alliance would promote legislation to
protect and restore live free to air broadcasts of
significant national sports events.
'Anti-siphoning
legislation operates successfully overseas, notably in
Britain, to ensure that the general public have access to
major sports events without compromising the ability of
sports to attract revenue through the sale of TV rights,'
said Sandra Lee.
'It is the responsibility of any
government to ensure that New Zealanders have the
opportunities to be creative and to excel in the arts if
they choose,' said Sandra Lee.
'As a nation we must
then be able to share in our successes. That may mean the
right to watch free-to-air sporting events that involve New
Zealand teams, or the possibility to choose to watch and
listen to quality New Zealand programmes,' said Sandra
Lee.
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