Maori in Television

Te Ao Hou, October 1956, Page 13

Maori in Television Mr Tamaio Paiki, formerly of Christchurch, where he was a reporter on the “Star-Sun” newspaper, is now lecturing to school children throughout England. He is the only Maori lecturer on the full-time panel provided by the Imperial Institute, an organisation working under the Ministry of Education to spread information about the Commonwealth. He talks to teachers' training college students, and to women's institutes, Rotary Clubs and other adult groups, as well as to schools. Mr Paiki says the average English child has a fairly good idea of the relationship of New Zealand to the Commonwealth. He adds that when he talks about New Zealand's way of life he does not unduly stress the part played by the Maoris. “I make it clear we are a minority, but a significant minority.” Mr Paiki recently took part in a television programme called “Children of the Commonwealth,” and talked about New Zealand children. He is a popular personality in England, and is often invited to the homes of people he meets.