Should TVNZ and RNZ publish all staff salaries?

The Guardian reports:

Almost 250 BBC staff including stars such as Victoria Derbyshire, Mariella Frostrup, Naga Munchetty and Dan Snow have challenged the corporation to publish individual salaries and benefits of staff if it is serious about tackling pay inequality at the corporation.

The group, which comprise on- and off-screen staff from across the BBC, have co-signed an open letter calling on the BBC director general, Tony Hall, to deliver on his promise to make the corporation the “most transparent organisation when it comes to pay”.

The signatories argue that Hall’s new strategy to tackle pay inequality and discrimination will not solve the problem, and claim that management is dragging its feet.

Hall announced a five-point plan in January following the publication of a review by PwC of pay for on-air staff, which prompted a major backlash by concluding there was no evidence of gender bias in pay decision-making.

“It’s time for full pay transparency at the BBC,” the letter states. “Transparency about what everyone earns, about how pay is decided, and also about promotion and recruitment across all areas of the corporation. Our pay structure is likely to flatten as very high salaries become harder to justify. It’s the fastest, cheapest, fairest way to begin to tackle unequal pay at the BBC.”

The Government here has said it wants to get rid of the gender pay gap in the public sector. Will it force the state owned broadcasters to publish salary details of staff? Are the Morning Report hosts paid the same salary? Should they be?