‘Unfair’ coverage of Maori affairs
PA Wellington News media coverage of Maori affairs is “grossly unfair,” says the producer of the Maori television news programme, “Te Karere,” says Mr Derek Fox. Mr Fox told a National Press Club luncheon that his criticism was directed mainly at radio and television, because these were “public facilities.” The public, 15 per cent of whom were Maori, were shareholders in these facilities. “By the year 2040, 50 per cent of the shareholders will be Maori, and that is important.” Mr Fox said that “by any measurement” very little time was given to news from a Maori perspective, apart from the short time given to programmes like “Te Karere.” The present news media system was not set up to handle news that came from the marae, where most important Maori decisions were made, partly because of language barriers and partly because of different cultural practices, he said.
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