''Te Karere'' is a news and current affairs show that was New Zealand's first

Māori language Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...

television programme. ''Te Karere'' is broadcast on

Television New Zealand , type = Crown entity , industry = Broadcast television , num_locations = New Zealand , location = Auckland, New Zealand , area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solom ...

TVNZ 1 TVNZ 1 ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Tahi) is the first national television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It is the oldest television broadcaster in New Zealand, starting out from 1960 as indep ...

at 3:55 pm on weekdays and repeated 1:05 am and 5:35 am the following day. The focus of the programme is content which is of national significance to the targeted Māori audience. The programme is funded in its entirety by

Te Māngai Pāho 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 198 ...

History

''Te Karere'' first went to air during

Māori Language Week Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, with a two minute bulletin celebrating the week in 1982. The original presenters and producers were Derek Fox and

Whai Ngata Tanara Whairiri Kitawhiti "Whai" Ngata (c. 1942 – 3 April 2016) was a Māori broadcaster, journalist, and lexicographer. Ngata worked for Radio New Zealand from 1975 to 1983, before moving to Television New Zealand. He led the Māori de ...

. The following year, ''Te Karere'' got a regular slot of four minutes. With a modest, shoestring budget, Fox and Ngata produced a professional news show. The show was originally broadcast on TV2, but as that channel had poor coverage on the East Coast, with its large Māori population, ''Te Karere'' was moved to TV1. The show later expanded to 15, and then to 30 minutes in 2009.

Reporters

The award-winning Māori broadcaster Tini Molyneux began her broadcasting career on ''Te Karere'' in the 1980s. *Harata Brown (Reporter, Northland) * Oriini Kaipara (Reporter, 2013-2016) *Te Rina Kowhai (Reporter, 2018-2022) *Te Okiwa Mclean (Reporter, Wellington) *Moana Makapelu Lee (Reporter, Rotorua - Bay of Plenty) * Scotty Morrison (News Anchor, 2003-) *Rapaera Tawhai (Reporter, Tauranga - Bay of Plenty) *Aroha Treacher (Reporter, Hawke's Bay) *Victor Waters (Reporter, Sports)

Producers

*Roihana Nuri (Executive Producer) *Paora Maxwell (Executive Producer, 2008-2013) *Arana Taumata (Executive Producer) *Shane Taurima (Executive Producer, 2006-2012)

References

External links

Te Karere's TVNZ Website

Te Karere's IMDB Site
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