Radio Waatea will broadcast live as the hikoi arrives at parliament Wednesday 5 May. Hear the reaction of ministers and marchers as the group reach their final destination.

Interviews with government officials, legislation supporters and those opposed will be conducted by Willie Jackson, Dale Husband, and Tame Iti. Northern Iwi station broadcasters Dion Hobson, Levi Bristow, Heeni Shortland and Cyril Chapman will also report during the event.

Hear the Maori perspective of this Historical Hikoi.

Tune in to Waatea 603am from 7am to stay informed of the days’ progression.

Kura Ratapu and Bernie O’Donnell will anchor from the Auckland studios 7am-12pm.

Quinton Hita will host a “Te Mura O te Ahi” special, focusing on indigenous resistance movements from 12pm-3pm.

This broadcast will be bi-lingual in its entirety.

All broadcasts are available on the punganet via the Waatea portal or on our website at http://www.waatea603am.co.nz

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>