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The spectrum — the battle to reclaim a taonga

Posted by Piripi Walker | Feb 20, 2022 | Media

“It’s been a 30-year journey to get to this point, and the knowledge that has driven us is the knowledge that the spectrum is a taonga.” — Piripi Walker.

Susana Lei’ataua: Spreading her wings

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 10, 2021 | Kōrero, Media

“Am I being truthful? Am I being respectful? Am I prepared? And am I responsible? Those are the four things that really guide me.” — Susana Lei’ataua, RNZ Pacific’s News Editor.

Here we go again: Covid and racism

Posted by Emmaline Pickering-Martin | Aug 29, 2021 | Comment & Analysis

“It’s been a whole year since we went through this, and yet, here we are again, with mainstream media ignoring, or perhaps not even seeing, the very real damage done by this type of clickbait heading.” — Emmaline Pickering-Martin.

A commitment to younger voices

Posted by Quinton Hita | Aug 8, 2021 | Arts, Reo

“I can’t watch the show without cringing at the risque subject matter. Auē. But if they made the show based on my sensibilities, there would be ZERO rangatahi watching it.” — Quinton Hita on the bilingual drama series Ahikāroa.

Breaking the circuit

Posted by Gary Wilson | Mar 28, 2021 | Media

“There are unhealthy consequences for our society if the mainstream media doesn’t become much more accomplished at looking beyond Pākehā interests.” — Gary Wilson.

The Māori voice comes in English as well as te reo

Posted by E-Tangata | Mar 14, 2021 | Media

“English is the language that reaches all the politicians and the voters, including the journalists and teachers and lawyers and doctors and nurses and academics and business leaders and all the others who play a part in shaping our society.”

You shouldn’t forget where you come from

Posted by Dale Husband | Dec 1, 2019 | Kōrero

“My sister always said I was a natural nosey parker as a kid. She reckons I’m really in the best position to do the work that I do — and that’s asking questions.”

Moana Jackson: Rethinking free speech

Posted by Moana Jackson | Aug 19, 2018 | Comment & Analysis

“The so-called humanitarian colonisers who came here in the 19th century did not necessarily hate Maori. Indeed, they sometimes professed to love us and simply wanted to dispossess us in a sensitive and caring way.”

Sharon Hawke: The media were there to discredit us — and they did that very well

Posted by Dale Husband | Apr 1, 2018 | Kōrero

“The media had the general populace believing it was a bunch of Communist radicals running the occupation. That was the picture painted by the National Government led, at the time, by Muldoon.”