[pima.nius] Re: The Facts....

come on... you trying to match what we achieved june year, the most
hits on pima by having your following gabbage under 2 headings????

Move on and do something positive and constructive for once...

Will

On Jul 30, 4:18 pm, Truth FactsLies <truthfactsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Truth Facts and Lies… the real story about what's been going on at the
> Pacific Media Network….
>
> Malo e lelei
> Well, how surprising that the NPRT saga does not go away, and even
> more surprising that Will Ilolahia appears to know nothing about this
> "secret" email (has anyone actually sighted it or is another myth in
> the NPRT saga?). How strange that Will Ilolahia hasn't – usually he's
> involved in writing such emails and spreading them around. He is after
> all the 'self appointed media expert' and self-declared crusader
> working tirelessly on behalf of "his people, his community" to right
> the alleged wrongs at the Pacific Media Network.
>
> It never ceases to amaze me how gullible our people can be, especially
> our Pacific media: sucked in by the libel and lies that Will and
> others like him propagate in order to pursue very self-serving
> agendas. Agendas that have nothing to do with protecting the interests
> of our Pacific communities, or the very important radio services that
> are so critical to our communities: but rather to enable Will to
> conduct a personal vendetta.  It's unbelievable too how many of Will's
> 'friends' - in this PIMA forum and in public - also promote the same
> crap.
>
> Media have a responsibility to report balanced and objective news, not
> the rubbish that gets televised, written in Pacific papers or on news
> blogs, and passed off by many of as unbiased and objective, when it is
> more just unsubstantiated opinion, hearsay and gossip.
>
> What special expertise, background, knowledge in broadcasting & media
> does Will have that would make our flagship Pacific programme Tagata
> Pasifika, give him airtime time and time again over the last few years
> to comment about NiuFM &PMN? Just that he shouts loudly and sh**stirs
> long enough? Yes, and that it makes for an exaggerated sensational
> story. Where was the balanced commentary from legitimate leaders and
> members of the Pacific community who value the network and believe in
> the good work it was doing?  It is sad to see our main Pacific TV
> programmeconsistently resort to theatrical and negative stories to
> knock Pacific people and organizations doing good work, under the
> guise of "hard news".  The same can be said of a well-known Pacific
> female TV journalist that has recently got herself into very hot water
> because she sensationalized stories about gangs and guns. Perhaps
> they'd all be better to stick to lifestyle and entertainment stories?
>
> Who appointed Will the resident commentator on PMN anyway? How can he
> validly criticize from the outside when he has no knowledge or
> experience whatsoever in running any significant Pan Pacific (let
> alone broadcasting) organization. Those of us inside the organisation
> and many people outside know he has a personal axe to grind with NPRT/
> PMN. And what group does he represent exactly? The "Tongan"
> community…. hmm…  I wonder?? Is that the same community of a few, like
> the community that Melino Maka is a spokesperson for? e.g The Tongan
> Advisory Council - does it really exist? Who else is on it anyway? Is
> it even a constituted organisation?  As for piTV? That online Kiwi TV
> channel was an admirable attempt to get Pacific TV started… but Will's
> over-promotion of it is laughable - definitely a case of overselling
> and under delivering…  All bluster and no substance.
>
> So, in the interests of balanced disclosure, let's clear up some of
> the unfortunate lies that Will has spread in pursuit of his own agenda
> and look at some real facts.  All PMN staff / ex-staff who were there
> when Will Ilolahia was employed as Tongan Producer and Sales Rep know
> the truth:
>
> 1.     Will says he had the most popular Tongan programme and that the
> programme got worse when he left. Actually, he resigned as producer of
> the NiuFM Tongan show because his erratic, unstable behaviour was
> badly affecting the Tongan show and the Tongan team complained to
> management. Key members of the Tongan community (including Mr Maka –
> kind of ironic that they now gang up together against NPRT?) and many
> Tongan listeners also complained to the station about Will. Will was
> not performing as a producer, so he removed himself from the role.
>
> 2.     As a sales person he also underperformed – not achieving his
> budgets, and the sales team had to suffer from similar shocking
> behaviour – his non-performance & misconduct became the subject of
> disciplinary action, and the truth is, if he hadn't resigned - he
> would have been asked to leave – and he knew that.
>
> 3.     It's amazing in more recent times that he puts himself out
> there as the savior of our network and continues to promote grand
> myths about how he is changing the situation at the network – taking
> credit for what? He is having no visible impact at all.  He claims the
> NPRT Board has listened to him - that they protested and 'forced' the
> Board to come to a meeting and make some changes….. hmm…. Maybe Will
> can tell us exactly what has changed at the network? The Truth is
> nothing. All that happened is he & other Tongan agitators, have got
> the political run around by the NPRT board: Consider this, he attended
> an NPRT Fono in Nov 08 – he & other Tongans asked for a meeting and
> got the commitment from the Board to having one, but they didn't meet
> with the Board until March 09 and (despite the big press release from
> Will skiting how successful they were in getting their demands heard)
> they were actually just were fobbed off by the Trustees & management
> who made vague promises to come back to them in June. Well, did
> anything actually change?? No - because the Trust has no intention of
> delivering anything extra to the Tongans - especially not another
> night - way too political. There are only 24 hrs in a day, and how
> will they convince the other 8 Pacific communities that this is fair?
> Unless of course the Trust quietly does make changes to keep Will & co
> happy, without other communities knowing? Now that woudln't be a
> surprise either... why?
>
> Well, there are many other untruths that Will has made over the years
> about the network, but instead of wasting time reliving those, our
> communities and especially NiuFM listeners should be seriously
> concerned about the REAL ISSUES…… the truth and facts that all staff
> at the network have been aware of for some time now.
>
> The real problem at the Pacific Media Network is the NPRT Board of
> Trustees….
> Anyone who is seriously interested in the long term viability of our
> Pacific Media Network should be looking to the major problems and
> incredible goings-on at the governance level: investigating the
> actions of the NPRT Board.
> People should be asking questions like:
> Why has the Minister for Broadcasting, Jonathan Coleman, had
> independent reviewers in the network over the last couple of months
> conducting a full review of the NPRT board and the radio services??
> Why has the NPRT Board not told our communities about that? Suddenly
> silent when the heat is on them?  And what does this mean for the
> Pacific Media Network's future?
>
> To answer this people need to look more closely at the actions of the
> Board over the last 18 months.
> At best this Board can be described as incompetent, and at its worst
> the Board members behave unethically and lack integrity.  It is a
> Board that is more interested in protecting political positions and
> personal agendas of individual trustees, esp in Wellington (with
> government officials) and out in our Pacific communities, then
> producing good programming and services for the listeners.
>
> Some examples to illustrate: It is common knowledge amongst PMN staff
> that:
>
> 1.     The NPRT Chairman's company (NVG) owes PMN money for
> advertising services – a debt of some tens of thousands of dollars;
> and this debt has been outstanding since July 2008. The Board has not
> taken any action against Tino Pereira's compnay - despite this being
> raised by the previous CEO, and many times over since by the existing
> management team. The Minister for Broadcasting is also aware of this.
>
> 2.     Knowing this, you can understand why our PMN staff found it a
> bit difficult to swallow Tino Pereira's public statements to them and
> the 'community' last year about the network being in financial strife,
> and the Board taking action which included having to restructure and
> make people redundant.  Staff asked the Board at a meeting last year,
> and then again this year, whether they would take a cut in their board
> fees to help ease the supposedly critical financial situation and they
> said no.
>
> 3.     This Board wrote off debts owed by Radio 531pi Limited in 2008:
> interestingly enough, two of NPRT trustees were also directors of that
> company which was in liquidation at the time this decision was made.
>
> 4.     Following the previous CEO's departure, the Trustees gave
> themselves executive roles and stepped in to run the operations –
> their lack of experience and knowledge about broadcasting operations,
> and the level of interference and meddling in the operations has
> caused great angst amongst the management team and staff generally;
> who feel their work has been badly compromised as a result.  The
> quality of the news service has deteriorated significantly, sales
> continue to decline, and decisions about programming are questionable.
> None of the promised changes to Auckland programming have been
> delivered.
>
> 5.     Several Board members got involved last year with staff that
> were taking grievances against the Board, and breached their Trustee
> duties/responsibilities by supporting the staff and talking with the
> lawyer representing those staff (completely improper, and against
> fundamental rules of good governance 101).  The Board then paid out
> significant trust monies late last year to ex-staff to settle
> grievances following the restructuring: despite getting very sound
> legal advice that the news staff concerned did not have a legitimate
> claim.
>
> 6.     The board has allowed the contracting of a 531pi ex-staff
> member this year - someone that was previously sacked for serious
> misconduct concerning breaches of IT security / confidentiality which
> included asking another staff member to lie/cover up for him.
>
> 7.     Another very serious incident took place at the network at the
> beginning of the year, and the 531pi staff member concerned who should
> have been fired for serious misconduct (for physically threatening
> another staff member) was allowed to stay. The staff member she
> threatened left fearing for her safety if she remained at work.
>
> 8.     And then only last month we see the drama over the suspension
> of the NiuFM Fiji Producer Bulou Amalaini for an interview she
> conducted on air. What HR advice did the management rely on to make
> that call – perhaps the advice of the NPRT Trustee (a lawyer who has
> no HR expertise) that is now the trust-appointed HR advisor to
> management? All staff have contracts which clearly spell out what
> constitutes misconduct and the processes that should be followed, and
> all of us know there is a complaints policy/procedure in place.
> Suspending a staff member without investigation is in breach of NPRT's
> duties to act as a fair and reasonable employer. and any first year
> broadcaster knows the right place for listeners to complain about on-
> air stuff is the BSA.
>
> What is going on?  Where is the outrage of our Pacific media about
> this now? What does PIMA have to say about this? (Nothing – not
> surprising. Because PIMA is just another Pacific organization that is
> not representative of the group it claims to speak on behalf of.  It
> has increasingly become merely a voice for journalists to bitch and
> argue and slag off each other – under the guise of discussing the
> merits or otherwise of each others news stories)
>
> The astute and sensible people reading this will understand the
> current situation at PMN - and realise the Fiji news story issue, is
> not about bad journalism or breaching the BSA standards…… it's about a
> 531pi and NiuFM history that is playing out once again on the Board,
> and in the community and it's pervading the network operations.  The
> facts are:
> There is no leadership on the board..
> The management team flounders and is subject to the whims and fancies
> of the Board.
> Staff are untrusting of the Board and management, they are miserable
> and the culture in the organisation is tragic.
>
> The NPRT trustees might think that they are doing well because they
> are keeping the vocal critics like Will quiet through token
> consultation meetings but our people are smarter than that. The
> reality is that the PMN is a time-bomb waiting to implode on itself.
> It's only a matter of time… we are just starting to see the cracks …
>
> Our Pacific communities – all the PMN listeners and especially the
> national audience that relies on and thrives on NiuFM – should be
> concerned about where this is all going to end up. We have seen what
> this new government thinks about public broadcasting (TVNZ charter
> decision). We have all seen the cuts the government is making across
> government spending to cope with the recession.  Coleman is also
> Immigration Minister and had to deal with the Pacific Division
> scandals so he's not going to tolerate another Pacific led
> organisation causing the government grief & embarrassment. Interesting
> that the auditors arrived at the station early this year to do the
> annual audit of the Trust - we usually don't see them till September?
> a coincidence? we wonder..
>
> What will happen to NiuFM and 531pi given this Board is incapable of
> delivering sound governance and Pacific leadership?  We hope and pray
> that Coleman and the National government show some leadership and deal
> to the current Board before they do any more damage, and hopefully the
> government finds another way to ensure our network survives and
> thrives….and does what we say we are all about: Celebrating the
> Pacific Spirit.
>
> PS. I see the Board has finally advertised for a new CEO ………….. I
> wonder if, after reading this, anybody will be stupid enough to apply.
> Go on Will - put your money where your mouth is....
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