James 
No address provided 
 
Via email: [FYI request #28344 email] 
 
17 October 2024 
 
Kia ora James 
 
Official Information Act request dated 7 October 2024 
 
We refer to your email dated 7 October 2024 requesting information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act).  
 
Request: Please provide the breakdown of expenses [in relation to the recent TVNZ 
news and current affairs trips to Tonga, Malaysia and South Korea]. 
 
Response:  Please note that the previous total cost figures provided to you were 
incorrect. We apologise for this error. Correct figures have been provided below, 
together with a breakdown of costs for each:  
 
Trip 
(Corrected) Total Cost  
Tonga $4175.30 
Malaysia and South Korea 
$13,407.08 
 
TONGA  
Expense Item 
Cost 
Car Hire 
$300 
Taxis $112.30 
Carnet $183 
Accommodation (Auckland – Camera Operator) 
$200 
Accommodation (Tonga – Reporter) 
$1,140 
Accommodation (Tonga – Camera Operator) 
$1,140 
Media Bus 
$300 
Staff per diem – Reporter 
$400 
Staff per diem – Camera Operator 
$400 
 
MALAYSIA / SOUTH KOREA  
Expense Item 
Cost 
Domestic Airfares (Reporter & Camera Operator)  
$1,837.14 
Domestic Accommodation (Reporter & Camera Operator) 
$1,238.40 
International Airfares (Air New Zealand Commercial flight -  $6,672.70 
Reporter & Camera Operator) 
Excess Baggage (Cameras) 
$510 
Accommodation (Hotel Euljo Co-op in Seoul - Reporter & Camera  $590.84 
Operator) 
Accommodation (Concorde Hotel in Kuala Lumpur - Reporter &  $234 
Camera Operator) 
Media Bus 
$500 
Staff per diem – Reporter 
$912 
Staff per diem – Camera Operator 
$912 
 
 

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Please note that section 28 of the Act sets out the circumstances in which you may 
make a complaint to the Ombudsman in order to seek an investigation and review of 
this decision. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Official Information Requests Team 
TVNZ 
 
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