July 03, 2024
Māori broadcast funding lags
Te Māngai Pāho kaihautu Larry Parr says the Māori broadcasting sector needs to work collectively to make the case for more funding.
The agency is marking 30 years of funding te reo Maori content for television and radio.
Mr Parr says in that time the broadcast landscape has evolved, and the agency’s role has expanded to include funding for digital platforms, online content, and other activities that promote te reo Māori and te ao Māori.
He says some of its current funding is time-limited, and it needs to build the case for retaining and even growing that funding.
“We’ll always be singing off the song sheet of ‘we want equitable funding’. I suspect we’ll always be lagging behind what is really desirable but we need to be cognisant of everything else going on around us,” Mr Parr says.
To mark the anniversary, NZ On Screen is launching a collection which recognises 30 years of te reo Māori broadcasting through more than 40 curated titles and series including news, music, podcasts, web series, kapa haka, documentaries, tamariki programming, television and film.
Explore the Te Māngai Pāho 30th Anniversary Collection here: