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He Pānui
Kia ora koutou! Welcome to this edition of He Pānui - Te Māngai Pāho, keeping you up to date with the latest news in te reo Māori content and funding across Aotearoa!
30th Anniversary
Next week, from 1 July, Te Māngai Pāho celebrates 30 years since it opened its doors. Established in 1993, but operating since 1994, initially our mandate was to simply promote te reo Māori through traditional broadcast media. However, as the broadcast landscape has evolved, our role has expanded to include funding for digital platforms, online content, and other activities that promote te reo Māori and Māori culture.
We want to thank all the content creators, producers, artists, broadcasters, station managers, journalists, cast and crew who have been involved with Te Māngai Pāho and Te Māngai Pāho funded content. We also wish to thank all current and previous Board members and kaimahi. Without you, we wouldn't have made it to 30 years. We look forward to the next 30 years - ko te reo te take!
Keep an eye out on our socials and pānui next week. We'll be sharing some of the significant milestones and content from the past 30 years.
Haere Rā, Lynne
This week we farewell our Funding Manager, Lynne Parr, who after more than 20 years with Te Māngai Pāho is retiring. As many would know, Lynne has been a wealth of knowledge over the years and has fostered a working relationship with many of our producers and content creators. We wish Lynne all the best in her retirement. We are grateful that she can now spend more time with her 15 mokopuna and five mokopuna tuarua.
Sector Wānanga
Last week, on Thursday 20 June, we hosted a wānanga followed by a small celebration of our 30th birthday. At the wānanga, we shared some of our goals and measures in our upcoming Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE), which we will publish once it has been tabled in Parliament. We also shared some updates around our funding calendar and our new senior leadership team - Te Kāhui Arataki.
Following the wānanga, we invited everyone to stay and celebrate our 30th anniversary. This was a great opportunity to catch up with everyone in an appropriate manner, so we thank everyone who took the time to come along and celebrate our significant milestone.
Mai i te Kaihautū
Kua mihia te mano tini kua mene ki Hawaiki nui, ki Hawaiki roa, ki Hawaiki pāmamao. Ki a rātou te tūtūtanga o te puehu, te whiunga o te kupu i ngā wā takatū ai rātou, haere atu rā. Kāti rā, ki a tātou te urupa o rātou mā, ngā waihotanga mai e hāpai nei i o rātou wawata, tūmanako hoki, tēnā tātou. Tēnā anō tātou i te wā nei, arā te wā i maumaharatia te hunga nui kua riro ki Paerau, ka tuku whakawhetai mō ngā hua maha o te tau e haere oti ana, ā, kia waihanga mahere maia hoki mo te tau e heke mai ana. Ka mutu, e hihiko ana te ngākau nā te mea, e pāorooro ana anō te peha o te motu, Mānawatia a Matariki! Mauriora!
Although the past twelve months have provided us with challenges, we should look forward with a degree of optimism. Despite the rhetoric of the naysayers, the overwhelming evidence is that the nation is supportive of te reo Māori as an official language of Aotearoa.
Our sector should be proud of all that we contribute to the revitalisation of te reo Māori, including our efforts to change the hearts and minds of all New Zealanders. We are grateful that there has been no reduction in the funding to our sector, but we must continue to build a case for more equitable and sustainable funding.
This year Te Māngai Pāho celebrates 30 years of existence. I’d like to dream that in another 30 years Te Māngai Pāho will not be needed. He aha ai? Because as a nation we will have truly embraced te reo Māori and tikanga Māori; and our population has turned our warm support for te reo Māori as an official language into a passion to ensure it is a living language in all facets of life in Aotearoa. Tūrou Hawaiki!
Larry Parr
Kaihautū o Te Māngai Pāho
Mānawatia a Matariki
Tune in on Friday 28 June, from 6am on TVNZ 1, TVNZ+, Three, Sky Open, Whakaata Māori, RNZ, Iwi radio and the matariki.com website for the official Matariki broadcast.
Join Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) and Mātai Smith (Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri) from Kā Papa Toitoi, above Wānaka, for live coverage of our national Matariki celebrations. Beginning at dawn with the traditional Hautapu ceremony, and featuring reports from across the regions and very special performances by popular showband musical group The Modern Māori Quartet.
What to watch this Matariki:
Māhuta showcase: Grab your tickets and head to the Q Theatre tonight, Thursday 27 June, for the second night of the Māhuta showcase.
Fill your cup with Ngā Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa, from 25-28th June live from Whakatū.
Mō te Ātea : Premiering on Friday 28 June on Whakaata Māori. Combining animation, interviews and archival footage, delving into the motivations and creative drivers of seven contemporary kaitito (composers) keeping the ancient artform of mōteatea alive.
Taikura Kapa Haka: Te Papa, 29-30 June. Taikura Kapa Haka brings together over 700 kaumātua from regional and marae-based rōpū throughout the motu to Te Whanganui-a-Tara during Matariki.
What to listen to:
Catch up on The Planting Seeds podcast to hear their special Seeds of Matariki episodes.
MOHI - Hoki Mai Rā.
Allana Goldsmith - MANAAKITIA. Out 28 June.
Funding dates for 2024
News and Current Affairs
Opens 22 August
Te Māngai Pāho and NZ On Air Co-Fund
Opens 22 August
General Audience
Opens 14 October
Kia māhorahora te reo!
Māori language - everyone, every way, everywhere, every day!
