Maori Television
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Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language
and culture (tikanga Māori
). Funded by the New Zealand
Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket
.
Te Reo
is the station's second channel, launched 28 March 2008. Te Reo is 100% Māori language with no advertising or subtitles featuring special tribal programming with a particular focus on new programming for the fluent audience.
and culture
through broadcasting
. The relevant legislation says "The principal function of the Service is to promote te reo Maori me nga tikanga Maori
[?Maori language and culture] through the provision of a high quality, cost-effective Maori television service, in both Maori and English, that informs, educates, and entertains a broad viewing audience, and, in doing so, enriches New Zealand's society, culture, and heritage".
84 per cent of the general population believes that Māori Television should be a permanent part of New Zealand broadcasting.
Māori Television continues to attract a rapidly growing and increasingly broad audience across age, gender and ethnicities. More than two thirds of the audience are non-Māori, who are looking for local programming such as Kai Time on the Road, Kete Aronui and Ask Your Auntie, many New Zealand movies and documentaries, and the diverse range of international movies and documentaries that normally would not get air-time on the main commercial networks.
New Zealand’s first ever 100 per cent Māori language television channel is called ‘Te Reo’ – which literally means ‘the language’. The channel was launched on 28 March 2008.Te Reo
The channel broadcasts three hours a day, seven days a week, during the prime time hours of 7.00 PM to 10.00 PM on Freeview channel 24 and also on SKY Digital channel 59.
Newsreader Julian Wilcox fired and reinstated in 2005. Mr Wilcox was dismissed by Maori Television after Mr Wilcox contributed to providing information to other media, which led to negative stories being broadcast and published.
Maori TV presenter Ngarimu Daniels who was banned from taking part in protests and whose gay partner was referred to as a "dyke" by a senior MTS manager has been awarded $16,000. Leonie Pihama, a leading Maori academic and film-maker, resigned from the seven-member board citing a conflict of interest over an employment dispute taken against the network by her partner, Te Kaea news presenter Ngarimu Daniels.
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
and culture (tikanga Māori
Tikanga Maori
The Māori word tikanga has a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style....
). Funded by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket
Newmarket, New Zealand
Newmarket is an Auckland suburb to the south-east of the central business district. With its high building density, especially of retail shops, it is considered New Zealand's premier retailing area, and a rival of local competitor Auckland CBD...
.
Te Reo
Te Reo (TV)
Te Reo is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes exclusively in the Māori language with no advertising or subtitles. It also broadcasts special tribal programming and offers particular focus on new programming for the fluent audience....
is the station's second channel, launched 28 March 2008. Te Reo is 100% Māori language with no advertising or subtitles featuring special tribal programming with a particular focus on new programming for the fluent audience.
Shows
- Te Kaea: newsNewsNews is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
every evening - Native Affairs: Julian Wilcox fronts the weekly current affairs show
- Homai Te Pakipaki: great talent, great music, fantastic humorous presenters
- Hyundai Code: the most irreverent live sports show
- Hunting Aotearoa: Howie Morrison Jnr explores the New Zealand's best hunting spots
- Willie Jackson's Newsbites: current affairs with a twist!
- Kete Aronui: the Maori arts show with a difference
- Tautohetohe: Debating game show format in te reo
- Haa: programming for youth
- Marae DIY: renovating meeting houseMeeting houseA meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes secular buildings which function like a town or city hall, and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non-conformist Christian denominations....
s - Kai Time on the Road: Peter Peeti travels the back-blocks of the country, showing how amazing culinary feats can be pulled off using the finest local produce and foods from the wild.
- Maorioke: Kingi Biddle and Cushla Tangaere Manuel bring you amazing homegrown vocal talent
- live sport, free to air: New Zealand BreakersNew Zealand BreakersThe New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...
, NZ Rugby League National Premiership, CODE, Fox Memorial rugby league2009 Auckland Rugby League seasonThe 2009 Auckland Rugby League season was the 2009 season of senior rugby league in Auckland. The Auckland Rugby League ran the various competitions. The season commenced on the 14 of March with the start of the Phelan Shield and ended on the 5 September with the Fox Memorial Grand Final... - New Zealand feature films
- New Zealand Documentaries
- Ngāti NRL - A series that focuses on young Māori and Pacific Islanders who travel to Australia and play in the National Rugby LeagueNational Rugby LeagueThe National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
's youth competition. - International Documentaries
- International feature films
- ANZAC Day: the only national broadcaster dedicating an 18-hour broadcast to ANZAC Day celebrations, live from their studios with live feeds from around the nation and well-researched and presented segments.
- Waitangi Day: Live studio coverage and live feeds from Waitangi, celebrating New Zealand's national day
Mission
To revitalise Maori languageMaori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
and culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
through broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
. The relevant legislation says "The principal function of the Service is to promote te reo Maori me nga tikanga Maori
Tikanga Maori
The Māori word tikanga has a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style....
[?Maori language and culture] through the provision of a high quality, cost-effective Maori television service, in both Maori and English, that informs, educates, and entertains a broad viewing audience, and, in doing so, enriches New Zealand's society, culture, and heritage".
Successes
Māori Television was launched on 28 March 2004 and attracted a cumulative audience of 300,000 in its first month on air (April 2004). The channel attracts 1.5 million viewers each month; half of all Māori aged five or more, and one third of all New Zealanders.84 per cent of the general population believes that Māori Television should be a permanent part of New Zealand broadcasting.
Māori Television continues to attract a rapidly growing and increasingly broad audience across age, gender and ethnicities. More than two thirds of the audience are non-Māori, who are looking for local programming such as Kai Time on the Road, Kete Aronui and Ask Your Auntie, many New Zealand movies and documentaries, and the diverse range of international movies and documentaries that normally would not get air-time on the main commercial networks.
New Zealand’s first ever 100 per cent Māori language television channel is called ‘Te Reo’ – which literally means ‘the language’. The channel was launched on 28 March 2008.Te Reo
The channel broadcasts three hours a day, seven days a week, during the prime time hours of 7.00 PM to 10.00 PM on Freeview channel 24 and also on SKY Digital channel 59.
Executive Team
There are seven members of the Board of Directors. For more information on the Board and the Exectutive please go to Māori Television's website website- Chief Executive: Jim Mather
- Chairman: Garry Muriwai
- GM Operations: Barry Russ
- GM Finance and Administration: Alan Withrington
- GM Programming: Haunui Royal
- GM Sales: Marketing and Communication: Sonya Haggie
- GM News and Current Affairs: Te Anga Nathan
Controversies
Originally, Canadian John Davy was appointed Chief Executive of Maori Television back in 2002. However, it was found that his qualifications were false (i.e. He had a degree from the 'Denver State University') and resigned in disgrace.Newsreader Julian Wilcox fired and reinstated in 2005. Mr Wilcox was dismissed by Maori Television after Mr Wilcox contributed to providing information to other media, which led to negative stories being broadcast and published.
Maori TV presenter Ngarimu Daniels who was banned from taking part in protests and whose gay partner was referred to as a "dyke" by a senior MTS manager has been awarded $16,000. Leonie Pihama, a leading Maori academic and film-maker, resigned from the seven-member board citing a conflict of interest over an employment dispute taken against the network by her partner, Te Kaea news presenter Ngarimu Daniels.
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