20 February 2013
TVNZ APPOINTS NEW MANAGER OF MAORI AND PACIFIC PROGRAMMES
Shane Taurima has been appointed TVNZ’s new General Manager of Maori and Pacific Programmes.
Taurima has been part of TVNZ for the last 12 years in senior on air and producer roles, most recently as Executive
Producer of Te Karere and Q Presenter.
Announcing the appointment, Ross Dagan, TVNZ Head of News and Current Affairs, says, “He brings with him a wealth of
content experience, intimate knowledge of the issues that impact on Maori and Pasifika communities and innate cultural
understanding.”
“He is well regarded internally and externally as a journalist and programme maker. I know he will build on the
successes of our Maori and Pacific programmes.”
HE TĀHUHU RANGAPŪ HŌU MŌ NGĀ HŌTAKA MĀORI, MOANANUI A KIWA
Kua whakawhiwhia e Te Reo Tātaki te tūranga o te Tāhuhu Rangapū Hōtaka Māori, Moananui a Kiwa ki a Shane Taurima.
Tekau mā rua tau a Shane e mahi ana i Te Reo Tātaki hei kaiwhakataki mātāmua, hei kaiwhakahaere mātāmua hoki. Inātata
nei, ko ia te Kaihautū o Te Karere, te kaiwhakataki hoki o Q
Hei tā Ross Dagan, Tumu Whakarae o Te Tari Kawe Pūrongo o Te Reo Tātaki, “he nui ōna pūmanawa ki te ao pāpāho, kawe
kōrero hoki. He matatau ia ki ngā take huhua e pā ana ki ngā hapori Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki. He nui ōna mōhiotanga
ki te ahurea Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki.”
“He mana tōna hei kaikawe kōrero, hei kaihanga hōtaka i roto i Te Reo Tātaki, i roto hoki i ngā hapori o te motu. Kei te
mōhio ahau, māna ngā hua me ngā painga o ngā hōtaka Māori, Moananui a Kiwa hoki e whakawhanake, e whakawhānui, kia tipu
tonu ai.”
KA MUTU
ENDS