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In the early days of television in New Zealand, Māori-language programming was scarce. Suggestions were made as far back as 1976 by the New Zealand Māori Council to create a Māori and Polynesian current affairs programme, followed by a second petition in 1978 to create a Māori production unit within the BCNZ, with the aim of adding "a Māori dimension to regular viewing".
The Maori Television Service receives the bulk of its funding from the government via Vote Maori Affairs. Funding is provided directly to the service for its operational administrative costs. Programming is funded by Te Mangai Paho (The Maori Broadcasting Commission). The Service is able to commission its own programming from advertising funds.
Te Māngai Pāho (the Māori Broadcast Funding Agency) is the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for the promotion of the Māori language and Māori culture by providing funding for Māori-language programming on radio and television. In 1989 the Broadcasting Act established the Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi.
Morrison is the presenter of the news in Māori language Te Karere and Marae, both on the state New Zealand television network TVNZ. [ 7 ] He has worked as the Director of Māori Student and Community Engagement at the Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, [ 5 ] and as associate professor of Te Reo Māori at Te Pūtahi-a-Toi (School of ...
Papa's sisters all played netball. Her sister, Linda, played for the North Harbour team in Auckland and Pānia Papa played for Waikato. In 1990, she became the 93rd woman to be selected for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, playing against Jamaica in New Zealand and in a tri-series event in Australia that also involved the English team.
Tamamutu was the oldest son of Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. [1] Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. [2] His mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom he was a descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui canoe. [3]
It adopted the name Te Reo Irirangi Maori O Te Upoko O Te Ika, the call-sign 2XM, and the former frequency of 2ZM. [111] The station serves Māori of all iwi, and is affiliated with Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa and Taranaki iwi. [113] It aims to immerse families and young people to the Māori language. [114]
Ngahuia Piripi, television and film actress; Ngā-kahu-whero, Te Rarawa founding mother and a ruling chief [9] Dr Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid, Professor and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland [10] Haimona "Simon" Snowden, respected kaumātua, orator and waiata composer