Taranaki (iwi)

Wellington pan-tribal Māori radio station Te Upoko O Te Ika has been affiliated to Taranaki since 2014.[1] It began part-time broadcasting in 1983 and full-time broadcasting in 1987, and it is New Zealand's longest-running Māori radio station.[2][3]

Taranaki (Tuturu)
Iwi (tribe) in Māoridom
Websitewww.taranaki.iwi.nz

Taranaki (Tuturu) is a Māori iwi of New Zealand.

Radio station Te Korimako O Taranaki is affiliated with Taranaki and other local iwi, including Ngati Tama, Te Atiawa, Ngati Maru, Ngāruahine, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Ruanui, and Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi. It started at the Bell Block campus of Taranaki Polytechnic in 1992, and moved to the Spotswood campus in 1993.[4] It is available on 94.8 FM across Taranaki.[5]

See also
  • List of Māori iwi

References
  1. "Big change for first Maori radio station". Radio New Zealand. Radio New Zealand News. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "TE REO : Real Maori radio takes to the air". Tu Tangata (36): 6. July 1987. ISSN 0111-5871.
  3. Walker, Piripiri; Roy, Don (4 June 1991). "Outlook : Te Upoko O Te Ika – 783 kHz – Wellington's Maori radio station". Independent Newspapers Limited. Dominion Post. p. 31.
  4. "Te Korimako O Taranaki". Finda. Yellow Group. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. "Iwi Radio Coverage" (PDF). maorimedia.co.nz. Māori Media Network. 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2015.


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