This post is a list of links to published articles about this topic in chronological order. I will update it as people send me new links.
16 Jan 2020
RNZ moves ahead with plans to create new music station for a younger audience
Stuff
5 Feb 2020
RNZ says new ‘youth oriented’ music brand will lift whole radio industry
Stuff
A ‘complete travesty’ or ‘long overdue’? Former RNZ presenters divided on proposed cuts
Stuff
6 Feb 2020
La Nouvelle-Zélande va perdre son unique radio de musique classique (New Zealand to lose it’s only classical music radio station)
RTBF (French Belgium Public Radio)
Proposed cuts to RNZ Concert are sad but necessary in the current climate
Stuff
7 Feb 2020
Rage and change: RNZ’s music problem
Russell Brown on Public Address
Axing of Concert FM ‘disenfranchising’ for older RNZ listeners
Stuff
RNZ Concert change ‘a great loss for classical, art sector’
RNZ
RNZ is overhauling its music network, and a lot of people are mad as hell
Analysis by Toby Manhire
‘Killing a museum’: Should RNZ stick with Concert?
NZ Herald: Comment by Damian Venuto
Work to begin on a possible new public media entity
Beehive: Hon. Kris Faafoi
8 Feb 2020
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa slams ‘controlling’ RNZ executives over proposed Concert changes
Stuff
RNZ – an insider’s plea
Charlotte Wilson on Scoop
Youth radio killed the classical star
Stuff Editorial
The RNZ/TVNZ merger is on. The rest of the media should be very afraid
Duncan Greive on The Spinoff
10 Feb 2020
Jacinda Ardern on RNZ Concert changes: ‘We don’t have to lose one for the other’
Stuff
Mike’s Minute: Government must act over RNZ Concert
Newstalk ZB
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern frustrated by RNZ Concert proposal timing
RNZ
Government could free up FM frequency to keep RNZ Concert on radio in stereo
Stuff
Government to free up FM frequency to keep RNZ Concert
Stuff
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seems to have found a solution to Concert FM scrapping saga
NZ Herald
Calls to save Radio New Zealand classical music station reach crescendo
The Guardian
RNZ Concert more than ratings and revenue
James Tibbles on Newsroom
12 staff to run Concert FM is ridiculous
Kiwiblog
11 Feb 2020
State Committee on Culture knows what we want
Dave Armstrong on Stuff
‘Democratise classical music’: Conductor calls for RNZ to engage youth with classical music
Oliver Lewis on Stuff
‘Miscommunication over one key point’ in Concert plans – RNZ head
RNZ Checkpoint
RNZ chairman welcomes chance to keep Concert on FM, but no final word on jobs
RNZ
Both RNZ Concert and Youth Radio – Not Either/Or.
Chris Trotter on The Daily Blog
For youth orchestra members, RNZ Concert is the lifeblood of music-making
Tony Ryan on Stuff
Classical music, young listeners, and a monumental blunder
Tom Frewen on Scoop
RNZ (& others) seek Fountain of Youth
Gavin Ellis
12 Feb 2020
RNZ Concert proposal ‘disastrously handled’ – Helen Clark
RNZ
In support of Radio NZ’s Concert FM
Stuff Reader Views
On Concert Being Bled To Enable RNZ’s Youth Station
Gordon Campbell on Scoop
Why RNZ Concert Matters
Scoop: NZ Choral Federation press release
Dear RNZ bosses, young people aren’t an homogeneous herd
Joe Bennet on Stuff
Concert FM’s lesson in realpolitik
Bernard Hickey on Newsroom
Why the arts debate is so binary and repetitive
Anna Rawhiti-Connell on Newsroom
RNZ Concert jobs appear safe for now, as union welcomes apparent climb down
Stuff
RNZ holds off on plans to restructure Concert
RNZ
RNZ Concert fans deliver petition as cut-back plans shelved
RNZ
Iwi radio demand greater urgency for survival after action on RNZ Concert
RNZ
13 Feb 2020
RNZ Concert petition organisers still have questions
RNZ
RNZ Concert fans plan protest show
Stuff (same audio as above, different text)
Kate Hawkesby: Is Concert FM really the biggest issue right now for Jacinda Ardern?
NZ Herald
RNZ executives front up to Parliament to defend Concert restructure process
RNZ
RNZ Board Chair Jim Mather on Concert back down
RNZ Nine to Noon
Culture and Heritage Ministry silent on whether it gave the ‘clear steer’ referred to by RNZ boss
Stuff
The future of broadcasting is in Faafoi’s hands (which might not be as fumble-free as CEOs decided last year)
Point of Order
“It’s Not Over Til The Fat Lady Sings”: RNZ And Concert FM
Steve Maharey on Pundit
Broadcasting merger: Cost is the great unknown for RNZ boss
RNZ
14 Feb 2020
RNZ Concert future brightens as staff told to prepare for ‘focus on growth’
Stuff
Music can cut across cultural, generational divides
Stuff
A second act for RNZ Concert
Stuff Editorial
Get back to basics on public service broadcasting
Peter Dunne on Newsroom
RNZ’s new youth station proposal: How will it impact Pacific Media Network?
RNZ
Pulling the FM plug on the Concert programme was a matter for Parliament to decide
Tom Frewan Point of Order
The TVNZ–RNZ merger – is this another broadcasting train wreck?
Point of Order
The Strange Case of RNZ Concert
Chris Trotter on Bowalley Road
Radio Gaga – Thompson, staff not in concert over RNZ plans
Stuff
RNZ is endangering its most precious commodity: public respect
Editorial in The Listener
15 Feb 2020
Concert argument should be about ‘what we cannot afford to lose’
Prof. Glenda Keam, Comment on Stuff
Lizzie Marvelly: An RNZ station dedicated wholly to home-grown Kiwi talent … why can’t radio execs tune in to that idea?
Comment in NZ Herald (paywall)
NZ’s classical music station is not safe yet. It now needs innovation and leadership
Michael Norris on The Conversation
Bill Ralston: Was the RNZ Concert proposal just a ploy?
Noted
16 Feb 2020
Opinion: Concert programme fiasco is a revealing glimpse of Labour’s priorities
Stuff
Underestimating the power of classical music
Rod Oram on Newsroom
A model for RNZ’s new youth service?
RNZ
18 Feb 2020
If taxpayers fund RNZ Concert, shouldn’t we fund an RNZ youth channel too?
MP Opinions on Stuff
20 Feb 2020
RNZ Must Have No Dogs In The September Fight
Chris Trotter
21 Feb 2020
What was the RNZ Concert fiasco really about?
NZ Listener
Why RNZ Concert is a vital part of the music and arts ecosystem
Elizabeth Kerr in The Listener
RNZ wants a ‘youth’ audience. Here’s 10 ways to get one
Anna Dean on The Spinoff
24 Feb 2020
RNZ Concert supporters take over parliament to protest for station’s future
Stuff
Focus: RNZ Concert protest at Parliament
NZ Herald
25 Feb 2020
Stop treating the arts as elitist – they’re a business, and a good one
Cas Carter on Stuff
28 Feb 2020
Hamilton listeners turn out to support Concert FM
RNZ
29 Feb 2020
Concert FM supporters rally
ODT
4 Mar 2020
RNZ’s tone-deaf ads are hypocritical – and unfathomable
Mark Stevens, Stuff Editorial Director
‘The first salvo in a war’: Senior Herald and Stuff editors hit back at RNZ attack ad campaign
Duncan Greive on The Spinoff
5 March 2020
No one cares about media self-righteousness
Anna Rawhiti-Connell on Newsroom
6 March 2020
Damien Venuto: Radio NZ-TVNZ merger plan – will it go the same way as capital gains tax?
NZ Herald (Paywall)
Voguish RNZ is ignoring its obligations to be a ‘national’ radio station
Karl du Fresne on Stuff
The case for running advertising on RNZ
Bill Kerton on The Spinoff
10 March 2020
RNZ Concert and new RNZ music station documents revealed
RNZ
11 March 2020
RNZ originally considered taking Concert channel off broadcast radio altogether
Stuff
12 March 2020
Which of RNZ’s ‘Ten New Zealanders’ are you?
Metro
Concert FM: anatomy of a blunder
Tom Frewen on Scoop
13 March 2020
Integrating Seamlessly With The Lowest Common Denominator
Chris Trotter on The Daily Blog
14 March 2020
Concert FM: anatomy of a blunder – part two
Tom Frewen on Scoop
16 March 2020
Something Thoughtful
Nicholas Reid – Blog post
18 March 2020
Concert FM: anatomy of a blunder – part three
Tom Frewan on Scoop
Stuff I'M Thinking About 
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