November 29, 2022
Māori journalists’ roopu reinvigorated
The new co-chair of Māori Journalists’ body Kawea Te Rongo says it’s an exciting and challenging time for Māori journalism in Aotearoa.
Māni Dunlop, of Ngāpuhi – who presents Radio New Zealand’s Midday Report – says since Kawea Te Rongo’s birth in the 90s, there has been an explosion of media platforms – and bilingual Maori journalists.
As the body representing Maori journalists, Kawea Te Rongo has an important watchdog role to play.
“We’re seeing now more prominent Maori voices in our mainstream and across the media landscape – therefore we should have a prominent voice as to what that looks like for us, for iwi Maori,” Ms Dunlop says.
With co-chair Ripeka Timutimu, and experienced members like Oriini Kaipara and Peata Melbourne – she is looking forward to a year of reinvigoration for Kawea Te Rongo.