Not unlike after the recent Rugby World Cup fiasco, Maori again seem to have been left with the short straw. Although all panel members (plus ‘token other’ Colin James) shared interesting information and perspectives, the conclusion was that the topic under discussion would soon become redundant. ‘Mainstream’ and ‘primetime’ are fast-disappearing concepts.
Kathryn Graham was the most ‘mainstream’ of the speakers in that she works at TVNZ as a commissioner. She talked about One Land, a programme that mixes three families, one of which speaks te reo exclusively, one not at all, and one Pakeha family, thrown together in a ‘social experiment’ situation recreating life in the 1800’s. The primetime programme.
