The Broadcasting Minister is speaking to Radio New Zealand's chair over fresh comments from board member Jason Ake about the Kiri Allan scandal.
The Prime Minister on Tuesday morning told RNZ it wasn't appropriate for the board member of a Crown entity to speak out on a political topic.
Ake on Monday shared a Facebook post referencing issues surrounding Labour MP Allan, who was arrested on Sunday night over her involvement in a car crash and allegedly refusing to accompany a police officer.
Allan, who has been facing mental health issues recently, has subsequently resigned her ministerial portfolios. She also won't stand for re-election.
"There will be a cohort throwing their hands in feigned disbelief while quietly smirking that they contributed in some way to the palaver," Ake said.
"When there's blood in the water the sharks circle and they're more than happy to digest every last morsel and watch the bones sink to the depths. It is a blood sport."
Despite the Prime Minister's comment and RNZ chair Jim Mather reportedly telling Ake to avoid political activities in his role, Ake on Tuesday afternoon posted again.
He thanked some journalists for "getting the key message".
"Events happen from time to time that elevate the opportunities for our whanau to have conversations around mental health/wellbeing," Ake said.
"We need to grab those opportunities because they encourage pubic discourse especially among our whanau. Mental health and well-being is the silent killer and a swathe of Maori journos and some pakeha got it immediately."
He said statistics show Māori are disproportionately affected.
"Yes we live longer but we continue to lag behind pakehas. That's the real crime here and much of it is bourne (sic) out of this idealogical premise that we as Maori must conform.
"That's the conversation we had in our whare last night with our kids. We probably would not have had that yarn if we were not jabbed by recent events.
"I wonder how many other Maori households had that discussion or at least raised their collective awareness.
"21 Maori journos got it - that's more than the entire compliment of our two major media entities in Aotearoa who between them have 700+ reporters on staff.
"Im alguds e te iwi."
Newshub asked Willie Jackson as he left the House on Tuesday if he had seen these comments.
"They were just passed to me. The chairman of RNZ has been in touch with me so I am about to get on a phone call with him to work through that," he said.
"He needs to stop. I haven't had a chance to talk to Jason. I know the chairman has. I think he might have been surprised by what Jason has written. I need to get to that right now."
This isn't the first time this year there has been debate over public servants or board members making political comments.
Te Whatu Ora chairperson Rob Campbell was fired over remarks he made about a National Party policy earlier this year.
