ANZAC SHORT FILM MAKERS WIN WITH MĀORI TELEVISION! (22 Apr 2008)
Short film makers from the Hokianga, Auckland, Gisborne, Wanganui and Otago are the inaugural winners of Māori Television’s ANZAC short film competition screening as part of the all-day broadcast, Ā ...

ANZAC COVERAGE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (19 Apr 2008)
New Zealanders from throughout the country – as well as the world – are featured in Māori Television’s marathon broadcast Ā TĀTOU TAONGA: ANZAC DAY 2008 this Friday April 25. ...

PETER ARNETT DELIVERS ANZAC ADDRESS FOR MAORI TELEVISION (14 Apr 2008)
Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Peter Arnett returns home from China to deliver this year’s ANZACADDRESS for New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Maori Television. For the second year in a row, ...

MĀORI TELEVISION GIFTS WAKA TO WAITANGI NATIONAL TRUST (13 Apr 2008)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will gift a five-metre long carved artwork to the Waitangi National Trust at a special ceremony at the Treaty Grounds on Friday April ...

BARRY BARCLAY HONOURED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO INDIGENOUS TV BROADCASTING (28 Mar 2008)
A pioneer of Māori television and film, the late Barry Barclay, was honoured at the closing ceremony of the first ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland tonight (March ...

MĀORI TELEVISON HOSTS INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (22 Mar 2008)
Indigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, China, England, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA will gather for the first major ...

MAORI TELEVISION UNVEILS NEW REO MAORI CHANNEL NAME (9 Mar 2008)
New Zealand’s first ever 100 per cent Maori language television channel will be called ‘Te Reo’ – which literally means ‘the language’. The new channel will initially broadcast three hours ...

SCHOLARSHIPS LAUNCHED FOR INDIGENOUS TELEVISION CONFERENCE (5 Mar 2008)
New Zealand tertiary students are being offered a rare opportunity to meet with their peers, industry leaders and potential employers including some of the most influential people in indigenous television ...

MAORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES 100% MAORI LANGUAGE CHANNEL (24 Feb 2008)
Maori Television’s new reo Maori channel will be officially launched at a dawn ceremony at 5.00 AM on Friday March 28 before its first, live-to-air broadcast from the gala dinner ...

BBC TELEVISION LEADER TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS CONFERENCE (12 Feb 2008)
The first Head of Service of BBC Scotland’s new Gaelic Digital Service joins an international line-up of featured guest speakers at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Service – WITBC ’08 ...

MĀORI TELEVISION COMMISSIONS CARVING FOR WAITANGI DAY 2008 (22 Jan 2008)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, has commissioned a major carving project on the billboard site of its Auckland headquarters in the lead-up to the channel’s special Waitangi Day ...

MĀORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES INDIGENOUS BROADCASTING AWARD (26 Dec 2007)
 New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, is launching a Lifetime Achievement Award for Indigenous Television Broadcasting – Te Rerenga Tahi.  The award will be presented at the gala dinner of ...

MARAE DIY WINS QANTAS AWARD FOR MAORI TELEVISION (24 Nov 2007)
Maori Television’s community renovation and landscaping show – MARAE DIY – took top honours at last night’s Qantas Television Awards 2007, winning Best Reality (format).  The show which rewards deserving ...

WORLD INDIGENOUS TV CONFERENCE CONFIRMS KEYNOTE SPEAKER (21 Nov 2007)
An internationally recognised expert in indigenous rights law and one of New Zealand's leading specialists in Māori issues – Chief Judge Joe Williams – will be the keynote speaker at ...

MEDIA ADVISORY - MĀORI TELEVISION TO HOST IRISH PRESIDENT (31 Oct 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will host Irish President Mary McAleese and husband Dr Martin McAleese on Saturday November 3. The meeting at the channel’s Newmarket, Auckland, studios ...

WORLD INDIGENOUS TV CONFERENCE UNVEILS SESSION LINE-UP (25 Oct 2007)
Internationally renowned speakers who are industry experts in the fields of broadcasting, media and indigenous languages will play a leading role in the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to ...

POSSIBLE CHANGE FOR MĀORI TELEVISION VIEWERS – AUCKLAND (25 Oct 2007)
Some Auckland viewers may find their reception of Māori Television is affected by a frequency change that will be made to a local television repeater station early in the morning ...

POSSIBLE CHANGE FOR MĀORI TELEVISION VIEWERS – BAY OF PLENTY (11 Oct 2007)
Some Bay of Plenty viewers may find their reception of Māori Television is affected by a frequency change that will be made to a local television repeater station early in ...

TAIWANESE TV CHIEF TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (2 Oct 2007)
The president and chief executive of the Public Television Service (PTS) of Taiwan, Yuan-hui Hu, will join an esteemed line-up of featured guest speakers at the first ever gathering of ...

MĀORI TELEVISION ROCKS THE RATINGS – AGAIN! (5 Sep 2007)
Māori Television has recorded its highest ratings ever thanks to the thousands of viewers who tuned into New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster during August. The past month is now the ...

MAORI TELEVISION RESPONSE TO TVNZ MAORI STRATEGY (31 Aug 2007)
Maori Television has questioned the intent of TVNZ’s plan, announced yesterday, to significantly increase its Maori programming content. Maori Television Chief Executive Jim Mather has described the state broadcaster’s newly ...

CANADIAN BROADCASTER TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS TELEVISION CONFERENCE (9 Aug 2007)
A member of the original advisory board that developed the concept for Canada’s first Aboriginal television network will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting ...

SECOND CHANNEL FOR MĀORI TELEVISION (26 Jul 2007)
Māori Television has announced that it is to launch a second channel in 2008. Māori Television Chief Executive Jim Mather announced today that the new channel would broadcast in 100 ...

MINISTER WELCOMES MĀORI TELEVISION’S SECOND CHANNEL (26 Jul 2007)
Māori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia is welcoming the launch of Māori Television’s second channel, which will ensure a continuing Māori language presence in the digital environment and faciliate more prime ...

HE PĀNUI KI TE HUNGA PĀPĀHO - HE WĀHANGA (TEIHANA) TUARUA MŌ WHAKAATA MĀORI (26 Jul 2007)
Kua puta te kōrero a te tumuaki o Te Pūtahi Pāho kei te tautoko rātou i ngā whakaaro o ngā kaihautū o Whakaata Māori e mea nei ka tahuri taua ...

MĀORI TELEVISION - NEW CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT MEDIA Q AND A (26 Jul 2007)
Why is Māori Television launching a second channel?   A second channel provides greater opportunity for Māori Television to more effectively fulfil its statutory objectives, particularly with regard to increasing the ...

MĀORI TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT (20 Jul 2007)
Māori Television Board Chairman Wayne Walden ONZM has advised that he will relinquish his chairmanship to spend more time on personal business interests. Mr Walden – a Crown appointee who ...

AUSTRALIAN TV CHIEF TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (10 Jul 2007)
The head of Australia’s first national Indigenous television service will be among the featured guest speakers at next year’s inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori ...

A CALL FOR ALL YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT AND HELP THE PLANET (21 Jun 2007)
A sustainability film challenge – THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY – launches today for New Zealanders up to 20 years of age. The project involves both TVNZ and Māori Television and is ...

WELSH TELEVISION LEADER TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (3 Jun 2007)
The leader of Welsh-language channel S4C will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori Television in Auckland early next ...

EXTRA FUNDING FOR MĀORI TELEVISION AND MĀORI RADIO WELCOMED BY ELECTORAL COLLEGE (18 May 2007)
Extra funding announced in the budget for Māori Television and Māori radio has been welcomed by the Māori stakeholder in the channel – Te Pūtahi Pāho.  The Government announced $20.1m of ...

BROADCAST OF FUNERAL FOR SAMOA’S HEAD OF STATE (17 May 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will screen live coverage of the state funeral of Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, on Saturday May 19 from ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BROADCASTS FUNERAL OF SAMOA’S HEAD OF STATE (15 May 2007)
Māori Television will broadcast live coverage of the tangihanga of Samoa’s Head of State, his Majesty Malietoa Tanumafili II, from Samoa this Saturday May 19. Malietoa, who passed away on May ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BOARD ADVISORY (1 May 2007)
Māori Television has advised the resignation of Board Director Dr Leonie Pihama. Board Chairman Wayne Walden said Dr Pihama had resigned to pursue interests in television production. Dr Pihama was appointed to ...

NZ HOSTS WORLD INDIGENOUS TELEVISION CONFERENCE (20 Apr 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will host an inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland in March 2008. The conference – WITBC ‘08 – will be the ...

NEW SPONSOR FOR MĀORI TELEVISION’S ANZAC DAY BROADCAST (18 Apr 2007)
Māori Television’s ANZAC Day coverage will be go to air this year with no commercial breaks – thanks to broadcast sponsor ANZ as part of a wider relationship with the ...

MĀORI TELEVISION UNVEILS ANZAC 2007 SCHEDULE (29 Mar 2007)
The first ever broadcast of New Zealand’s moving memorial service at Chunuk Bair in Gallipoli will be a major highlight of Māori Television’s ANZAC Day line-up on Wednesday April 25. ...