ScreenTalk » māori broadcasting http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com TV and Film Industry Interviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:16:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Tainui Stephens http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/interviews/tainui-stephens http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/interviews/tainui-stephens#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 23:44:17 +0000 Screen Talker http://screentalk.nzonscreen.com/?p=88 Tainui Stephens (Te Rarawa) is one of our foremost Māori broadcasters. He has worked as a reporter, writer, director, producer and executive producer. His credits include Maori Battalion March to Victory and The New Zealand Wars.

Stephens was a stalwart of TVNZ’s Māori Programmes department in the 1980s and 90s, working on the regular series Koha, Waka Huia, Marae and Mai Time.

In this interview Tainui Stephens discusses:

  • being raised by his Pākehā mother, and his own personal journey “into my Māoridom”
  • beginning work at TVNZ Māori Programmes in 1984, and how much he enjoyed his work there
  • how he loves all the programmes he has worked on over the years
  • the good that Māori broadcasting can do
  • the Maori Television Service, its success, and the important role it plays in New Zealand life.

This interview is available on YouTube for distribution via a Creative Commons licence.

Credits: Interview by Monika Ahuriri, camera and direction by Clare O’Leary. Editing by Leo Guerchmann.

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