Nationwide - News in Te Reo Māori

Television (Full Length) – 1982

Long-running te reo news and current affairs show Te Karere debuted in 1983 — but its origins date back to Maori Language Week the previous year. In this 1982 report from current affairs show Nationwide, Derek Fox is seen delivering the first televised te reo bulletin. Fox would go on to found Te Karere; here he advocates for TV and radio bulletins in te reo, arguing that the state broadcaster should provide a regular service for te reo speakers. Reporter John Bowles interviews academic Bruce Biggs, and visits Auckland's Hoani Waititi Marae, where children learn waiata and voice support for te reo news.

Note: Short sections of audio are missing from this report.

This is the value of what Te Karere has been. It’s helped to normalise te reo Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. A lot of people put it on in the background and they hear it and it just sinks into their DNA and they become familiar with the sounds of the reo, so they recognise that it’s around and that it’s part of us, of people living in Aotearoa.
– Te Karere presenter Scotty Morrison on the importance of long-running show Te Karere, Stuff, 10 February 2022