The Electoral Commission is tasked with allocating to eligible parties the time made available by TVNZ and Radio New Zealand for opening addresses and closing addresses and also the money made available by parliament for party TV and radio advertising during the election campaign. Part 6 of the Broadcasting Act 1989 specifies the process of the broadcast allocation. The process starts eight months before the last possible election date and the final allocation is made after nomination day.  This report, available as .pdf for download at right, sets out the details of the 2008 allocation process.