Three jobs may be lost as Maori TV restructures

Maori Television chief executive Paora Maxwell has announced a proposed staff restructure of Maori Television. Photo / File

A final decision on the staff restructure of Maori Television will be announced on Monday.

A proposal has been announced by the chief executive Paora Maxwell (Ngati Rangiwewehi) following a review of the station's organisational structure to assess its capability as a broadcaster operating within a fast-changing multiplatform broadcast environment.

It's been reported high-profile Maori Television executives Julian Wilcox and Carol Hirschfeld have been demoted.

Mr Maxwell said the proposed structure was designed to ensure alignment of operations to business strategy for increased performance and results. He said it reflected the values of Maori Television and was intended to increase strategic capability, foster efficiency of resources, encourage internal collaboration and workflow, foster staff success and promote the organisation's commitment to te reo Maori me nga tikanga.

"This proposal provides a stronger strategic alignment to a forward-thinking business model that is audience focused," Mr Maxwell said.

"We will be well positioned to seek a higher level of engagement with audiences across multiple platforms and re-aligned to our primary function to promote and protect te reo Maori me nga tikanga."

The proposed re-alignment would have potential impact across the organisation. However, job losses were minimal.

Five roles would be disestablished with the incumbents offered new roles, three roles would become contestable and two roles disestablished, and six roles would be created.

Throughout the organisation reporting lines would change as would several role titles to better reflect the intent of an organisation that was multiplatform focused. If the changes were confirmed, three jobs would be lost.

"While three of our 180 staff would potentially face job losses we will do what we can to redeploy the affected staff into appropriate and available roles," Mr Maxwell said.