TVNZ Appoints New Manager of Maori And Pacific Programmes

20 February 2013

TVNZ APPOINTS NEW MANAGER OF MAORI AND PACIFIC PROGRAMMES

Shane Taurima has been appointed TVNZ’s new General Manager of Maori and Pacific Programmes.

Taurima has been part of TVNZ for the last 12 years in senior on air and producer roles, most recently as Executive Producer of Te Karere and Q&A Presenter.

Announcing the appointment, Ross Dagan, TVNZ Head of News and Current Affairs, says, “He brings with him a wealth of content experience, intimate knowledge of the issues that impact on Maori and Pasifika communities and innate cultural understanding.”

“He is well regarded internally and externally as a journalist and programme maker. I know he will build on the successes of our Maori and Pacific programmes.”

HE TĀHUHU RANGAPŪ HŌU MŌ NGĀ HŌTAKA MĀORI, MOANANUI A KIWA

Kua whakawhiwhia e Te Reo Tātaki te tūranga o te Tāhuhu Rangapū Hōtaka Māori, Moananui a Kiwa ki a Shane Taurima.

Tekau mā rua tau a Shane e mahi ana i Te Reo Tātaki hei kaiwhakataki mātāmua, hei kaiwhakahaere mātāmua hoki. Inātata nei, ko ia te Kaihautū o Te Karere, te kaiwhakataki hoki o Q&A.

Hei tā Ross Dagan, Tumu Whakarae o Te Tari Kawe Pūrongo o Te Reo Tātaki, “he nui ōna pūmanawa ki te ao pāpāho, kawe kōrero hoki. He matatau ia ki ngā take huhua e pā ana ki ngā hapori Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki. He nui ōna mōhiotanga ki te ahurea Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki.”

“He mana tōna hei kaikawe kōrero, hei kaihanga hōtaka i roto i Te Reo Tātaki, i roto hoki i ngā hapori o te motu. Kei te mōhio ahau, māna ngā hua me ngā painga o ngā hōtaka Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki e whakawhanake, e whakawhānui, kia tipu tonu ai.”

KA MUTU

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