MEDIA RELEASE
The New Zealand Maori Internet Society
Karaitiana Taiuru
The New Zealand Maori Internet Society (NZMIS) has welcomed David Cunliffe’s decision to take the Information and
Communications portfolio, saying he has been a long time supporter of Māori ICT and community initiatives, while also
having a lot of respect within the general ICT community.
Māori have been largely ignored in recent years with Māori ICT initiatives, with perhaps the most significant
social/economic impacts for Māori being with the non-allocation of spectrum and the oversight of Māori communities with
UFB and Fibre roll outs.
NZMIS spokesperson Karaitiana Taiuru said NZMIS are looking forward to again working with David Cunliffe and
acknowledges the good work of the former ICT spokesperson Clare Curran.
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