March 11, 2015
Matatini cheap at $1 a view
Posted On March 11, 2015
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New Zealand First wants to see more money going in to Te Matatini.
Maori affairs spokesperson Pita Paraone says New Zealand secured an annual budget of $1.1 million in 1998 to fund the festival, and it has stayed almost the same in the 17 years since.
He says Te Matatini in Christchurch had a television and online viewing audience of one million, yet it runs on a shoe-string budget.
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