BROADCASTS IN MAORI
Sir-As a constant listener to the Maori broadcast session on Sunday nights, I would like to express my congratulations to those who are responsible for the generally very interesting news they put across. Sunday night’s Maori broadcast has become. quite a feature among many thousands of the Maori people. The Maori people’ have no weekly Maori paper circulating among them, consequently these broadcasts to a certain extent take the place of a pager. The Maori language of the announcers is equal to the best that is spoken in these days, and serves as a fine model for the younger generation to strive after. I would like to ask the authorities to enquire into these two matters: (1) Would it be possible to allot more time for the Maori broadcast. Twenty minutes a week only for the world news and home news as well is too little. (YA good deal of the Maori home news does not appear in our newspapers. Would it be possible for the announcer to give an epitome of Maori matters of general interest in tthe English language so as to keep the pakeha people informed of interesting movements amongst the Maori people? Very often the 9.0 p.m. news is over in 10 or 12 minutes. Then something is put on to occupy the time till 9.20. I feel sure the Maori announcers could make good use of the extra ten minutes or so. Of course there are bound to be difficulties, but I hope some big effort will be made by the authorities to meet the wishes of a very large circle of Maori listeners. Meanwhile, we of the Maori race are very grateful for what has been
given to us already, and wish to assure the authorities that our Maori broadcast is very highly appreciated.
F. A.
BENNETT
Bishop of Aotearoa.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 405, 28 March 1947, Page 5
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309BROADCASTS IN MAORI New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 405, 28 March 1947, Page 5
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