Equal time for parties
PA Wellington j • The chairman of the! . Broadcasting Corporation,! [Mr lan Cross, yesterday con-j [firmed that the. National,) I Labcar, and Social Credit) parties will be given equal’ [time on radio and television, during the General Election! [campaign. 1 Each of the three parties [had welcomed the move be- ! fore Mr Cross, in a written, 'statement, made it public. Each party will get 230 ’minutes of broadcast time., 'split evenly between radio [and television for the four; [weeks preceding the eve of the election, when campaign-! ing stops. ( Mr Cross said the allocation, reached by the corpor-i [ation after • considering voting trends at. both general; and by-elections, is separate! from whatever coverage the parties may receive in news; and current affairs pro-: grammes. ' He also said that the; Social Credit leader (Mr) Beetham) had been given), equal time for opening and;] closing campaign speeches] at the 1975 and 1978 elec- ; tions. / £
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