News in Te Reo Maori began broadcasting to the Pacific last night [1]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 12:27. Updated on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 21:58.
For the first time, TVNZ's flagship Maori daily news programme Te Karere will be beamed out to the Pacific via satellite. This is part of an ongoing strategy to provide relevant and interesting content for TVNZ's Pacific Service broadcasters.
Te Karere is one of the longest standing Maori news programmes in Te Reo Maori. This year it moved from 15 minutes to a new half-hour format which includes in-depth interviews with politicians, commentators and newsmakers.
"I AM TV is also returning to the service. This one hour programme caters to youth or rangatahi and gives a contemporary view of issues that interest rangatahi while including some Te Reo Maori and Tikanga content", says TVNZ's general manager of Maori and Pacific Programmes, Paora Maxwell.
The Pacific Service currently provides ONE News at 6pm and Tagata Pasifika and a selection of other TVNZ programmes to 18 broadcasters across the Pacific.
Te Karere begins its first broadcast into the Pacific at 7pm tonight. TVNZ/Pacific Media Watch, 11/08/09.