Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air
Despite the looming losses of many news programmes, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka is backing Māori media to thrive but says Māori need to think outside of the box when it comes to funding.
“I think that there are a number of channels through which our reo is being used, is being enhanced, is being innovated on, and those aren’t all, ultimately, funded by the government.”
In the past month, Newshub announced the closure of its newsroom and TVNZ will be axing two of their news shows and current affairs programmes Sunday and Fair Go.
Potaka said the government had a responsibility to te reo Māori and the Māori media sector but there had also been great community initiatives in the revitalisation of te reo Māori.