Ruakawa FM
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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| Frequency |
88.1 FM - 106.5 FM 603 AM - 1440 AM |
| Format | Indigenous radio |
| Language(s) | English, Māori, Cook Islands Māori |
| Class | Terrestrial/Internet |
| Transmitter coordinates |
36°57′9″S 174°48′1″E / 36.95250°S 174.80028°ECoordinates: 36°57′9″S 174°48′1″E / 36.95250°S 174.80028°E (Radio Waatea) |
| Owner | Independent iwi trusts |
| Webcast | Live streams |
| Website | Official website |
Te Whakaruruhau o Nga Reo Irirangi Māori (English: the National Māori Radio Network) is a New Zealand radio network, consisting of radio stations set up to serve the country's indigenous Māori people. Most stations receive contestable Government funding from Te Māngai Pāho to operate on behalf of affiliated iwi (tribes) or hapu (sub-tribes). Under their funding agreement, the stations must produce programmes in the local Māori language and actively promote local Māori culture.
Most stations combine an English language urban contemporary playlist during breakfast and drive shows with full service broadcasting and Māori language programmes at other times of the day. They have their own local shows, personalities and breakfast programmes, and broadcast through both terrestrial frequencies and online streams. There are regular segments updating people about local events, and teaching people Māori language and tikanga (customs). The stations also produce local news shows, Māori music, educational programmes, comedies and dramas.
The network oversees the sharing of news bulletins, the pooling of resources and the production of network programmes. Manukau's Radio Waatea operates the network news service and produces network programmes. Its chief executive, Willie Jackson, also serves as association chairman. Programmes are shared and simulcast on a high-speed wide area network. Almost every Māori person in New Zealand lives within the range of an iwi radio frequency, but transmission issues have been reported in remote areas.
The first Māori language to be broadcast on the radio were songs. A programme of Māori history, stories and songs were broadcast around the country on Waitangi Day 1928, and a regular programme featuring correct pronunciation of Māori began the same year. Māori broadcasters were appointed: Lou Paul of Ngāti Whātua in Auckland, Kīngi Tāhiwi of Ngāti Raukawa in Wellington, Te Ari Pītama of Ngāi Tahu in Christchurch, and broadcasting pioneer Airini Grenell of Ngāi Tahu in Dunedin. The first programme entirely in the Māori language was a news bulletin about World War II and local Māori issues, presented by Wiremu Bill Parker in 1940. Other shows followed, including Nga pao me nga pakiwaitara a te Maori: song and story of the Maori, based in Wellington, and Te reo o te Māori, broadcast from Napier.
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