Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 19, 2016 16:25:33 GMT 12
Minister concerned about RNZ Māori content
Concerns about the lack of Māori content by state radio broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has seen Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell meeting with Broadcasting Minister Amy Adams. The urgent meeting comes after an audit conducted by Radio Wātea showed that over two weeks, only an hour and a half was Māori content.
Māori radio pioneer Haare Williams says RNZ's lack of Māori content is a continuation of the suppression of Māori culture, “It's just wrong. In plain terms, ‘We have been betrayed”, since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, when the Queen's flag was erected at Point Britomart and Hobson, we have been disrespected and suppressed.”
Head of Content at RNZ Carol Hirschfeld declined an interview on camera.However, this statement was provided to us.
"The figures provided are not a legitimate. "
"It is unclear what the numbers quoted by Mr Jackson mean." "His calculation of 99 minutes seems to be a crude."...
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/minister-concerned-about-rnz-maori-content
Concerns about the lack of Māori content by state radio broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has seen Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell meeting with Broadcasting Minister Amy Adams. The urgent meeting comes after an audit conducted by Radio Wātea showed that over two weeks, only an hour and a half was Māori content.
Māori radio pioneer Haare Williams says RNZ's lack of Māori content is a continuation of the suppression of Māori culture, “It's just wrong. In plain terms, ‘We have been betrayed”, since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, when the Queen's flag was erected at Point Britomart and Hobson, we have been disrespected and suppressed.”
Head of Content at RNZ Carol Hirschfeld declined an interview on camera.However, this statement was provided to us.
"The figures provided are not a legitimate. "
"It is unclear what the numbers quoted by Mr Jackson mean." "His calculation of 99 minutes seems to be a crude."...
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/minister-concerned-about-rnz-maori-content