Milne predicts RNZ chair Impey will leave within weeks

The journalist questions the board's financial oversight in a podcast clip published by the broadcaster itself.

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RNZ's leadership scrutiny has reached its board chair, Brent Impey, with journalist Jonathan Milne predicting he will leave the job within a week or two.

"I don't think that Brent Impey is off the hook on this one," Milne says in the broadcaster's podcast clip. He argues that Impey's explanations about his tenure and committee assignments do not resolve the questions facing him.

The discussion opens with another commentator questioning how leadership could be surprised by a financial discrepancy, contrasting a $400,000 forecast with a $12 million reality. The brief extract does not explain how those amounts were calculated.

Milne describes Impey's position as unsustainable and discusses the political dynamics involving Minister Paul Goldsmith. His forecast is a journalist's assessment, not an announcement that Impey has resigned or been removed.

The clip shifts attention from management to governance. As we reported here, RNZ's Paul Thompson previously defended staying on while staff faced job cuts. Milne's warning extends beyond the chair: "I think the whole board is in a very difficult and dangerous position."

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