Introduction: Five frameworks for understanding Māori Television -- 1. The long struggle for Māori Television -- 2. Bringing Tikanga to television -- 3. To zig where others zag- Māori Television programming strategies -- 4. Audience engagements with Māori Television programming -- 5. Māori Television and a politics of culture framework -- 6. Putting the five frameworks to use -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Act 2003 Section 8 -- Appendix 2: Funding channels -- Appendix 3: Māori Television's right to reply
Summary
"Based on a Marsden Grant and three years of interviews with key stakeholders, this is a deep account of Māori Television in its first ten years. Jo Smith argues that today's arguments must be understood within a broader context shaped by non-Māori interests. Can a Māori broadcaster follow both tikanga and the Broadcasting Standards Authority? Is it simply telling the news in Māori, or broadcasting the news with a Māori perspective? How can it support te reo Māori at the same time as appeal to all New Zealand? How does it function as the voice of its Māori stakeholders?"--Publisher information
