22 October 2013
MEDIA RELEASE
TE TAURA WHIRI I TE REO MĀORI ACKNOWLEDGES MĀORI TELEVISION APOLOGY
In a news report broadcast by Māori Television’s Te Kāea news programme on 17th August 2012 allegations of financial
misappropriation were made against the Chairman and Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori acknowledges an apology broadcast by Māori Television on Friday 18th October 2013 stating
the allegations were incorrect.
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22 o Whiringa-ā-nuku 2013
PĀNUI PĀPĀHO
E WHAKATAU ANA TE TAURA WHIRI I TE REO MĀORI I TE WHAKAPĀHA A WHAKAATA MĀORI
I roto i tētahi pūrongo kōrero i pāhotia e te hōtaka rongo kōrero o Whakaata Māori, e Te Kāea, i te rā 17 o Hereturikōkā
2012, i puta tētahi whakapae mō te whānokotanga pūtea a te Heamana me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Māori.
E whakatau ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i puta he whakapāha i a Whakaata Māori i te rā 18 o Whiringa-ā-nuku 2013 e
kī ana i hē ngā whakapae.
KA MUTU I KONEI
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