Chinese Voice
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Best News Entertainment, an Asian language television, print and radio company, and consists of three station set up between 2003 and 2010.
It produces more than 80 hours of local content each week, including live talkback on news stories, migrant issues, political developments and dealing with New Zealand Government agencies.
[2] It has accepted a role in broadcasting public messages to Cantonese and Mandarin speaking communities during Civil Defence emergencies.
[5] The proportion of New Zealanders of Asian origin doubled between 1991 and 2001, with the fastest increase being in Auckland's Chinese population.
[9] The company set up Chinese Voice stations over several years as it acquired new terrestrial radio frequencies in Auckland.
[11] During the 2013 local elections she interviewed candidates for Auckland Council positions, like Orakei ward councilor Cameron Brewer, on her radio programme.
[12] At the same time she was serving as chairwoman of the Asian Women and Family Trust, was a member of the council's Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel, and was standing for the Albert-Eden Local Board.
[13][14] After the election, it emerged she was also in a sexual relationship with Auckland mayor Len Brown, in what was described as "the biggest sex scandal in New Zealand public life".
This had followed her public appeal for a sperm donor, in an effort to conceive a child during the Year of the Dragon.
[16][17] In 2014 the Broadcasting Standards Authority rejected a privacy complaint against Chinese Radio FM 99.4, over the NZ Life talkback programme.
She believed Chinese Radio FM 99.4 had been inaccurate and unfair in its coverage of the story, had breached responsible programming standards, and had excluded her viewpoint on a controversial issue.
The authority found there had been no breach of privacy as the woman and her daughter were never personally identified, and the complainant had failed to raise these other issues with the broadcaster.
[1][20] The station targets a broad range of demographics, with programming slots dedicated to young adults, homemakers, workers, professionals and retired people.
It was set up to combine imported talk and music programming from China with locally produced language programming, including live talkback on news stories, migrant issues, political developments and dealing with New Zealand Government agencies.
Other programmes cover topics like news, current affairs, finance, economics, culture, immigration, education and music.
[3] AN936 includes regular news updates and current affairs interviews during its breakfast and drivetime programmes, in Mandarin or English.
[31] Hosts include Shawn Zhang, Simon Zhu, Manning Chen, YiYi Ma, Nick Jie, Mu Tong, Darryl Gao, Brianna Bo, Claire Dai and Jianming Guo.
