“Maori news is bad news”: That’s certainly so on television

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2012

Mainstream TV news programmes (One News, Tonight, 3 News, Nightline, Prime News) carried very few Maori news stories (2% of the total, 28); on eight of the 21 days they showed no Maori news stories. Of the 28 shown, 18 focused on violence among Maori or against Maori children as if violence were a Maori characteristic. Apart from isolated exceptions, stories encouraged viewers to see Mäori as violent, criminal, and irresponsible. On days when English-language programmes carried 28 stories, Te Kaea and Te Karere carried 250 more varied Maori news items.

Primary author:

Ray Nairn

Secondary authors:

Angela Moewaka Barnes, Belinda Borell, Jenny Rankine, Amanda Gregory, Tim McCreanor

Publication:

MAI Journal 1(1), 38-49

Type of resource:

Academic article

"Maori News Is Bad News"

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We would not be able to do our work without the generous support of others. This year we are particularly appreciative of the following grants:

Lottery Community Sector Research Committee for supporting Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti
ASB Trust for supporting Treaty workshops for the public and for groups applying the Treaty
Lottery Environment & Heritage to digitise the reference library

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