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Steven Joyce: Former Senior National Party Minister on Winston Peters' comment on the Public Interest Journalism Fund

Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 6:42 p.m.

A former senior National Party Minister is weighing in on the stir caused by new the Deputy Prime Minister at the first Cabinet meeting.\xa0

Winston Peters called the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund provided during Covid a "bribe".\xa0

He told reporters to "tell the public what they had to sign to get the money".\xa0

Steven Joyce told Mike Hosking that it's a bit of 'Winston being Winston', although some people do have genuine concerns.\xa0

He says the media put itself in this position by taking the money in the first place, which wouldn't have happened in his time.\xa0

NZME's funding agreement included acknowledgement of absolute editorial independence.\xa0

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