A deal between the Govt and TVNZ is not commercially sensitive

RNZ reports:

Government spending on boosting nurse recruitment through Shortland Street and TVNZ is commercially sensitive and will not be made public, a spokesperson says.

What nonsense. How is that commercially sensitive? Are they competing with Coronation Street?

In a statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Te Whatu Ora Health NZ confirmed the television soap and TVNZ Blacksand Partnerships – an advertising and sponsorships division – had been contracted to deliver marketing material.

TVNZ is a publicly owned company. A deal between the Government and a company it owns must be public, and not hide behind commercial sensitivity.