Tawera

WINNER: Best Maori Language Broadcast, NZ Radio Awards 2009

Julian Wilcox Tawera is a daily one-hour, early morning current affairs programme totally in te reo Māori.

It captures the major news-makers of the day with six live interviews during the programme. Julian Wilcox regularly hosts Tawera with an emphasis on providing a Māori perspective on national and global issues from Te Ao Māori while maintaining a contemporary Maori world view.

Tawera is funded by Te Māngai Pāho and is broadcast to the Māori Radio network,
Monday – Friday (inclusive) from 6am and repeated daily from midday.

Tawera has been a finalist in the Māori Media Awards and a finalist in the Māori Language category of the RNZ Awards, ultimately winning the Māori Media Award for Best Programme and Best Presenter 2008.

The Host: Julian Wilcox

Julian Wilcox (Ngapuhi, Te Arawa and Ngati Tuwharetoa) has been the host for Tawera since 2003. He currently hosts Māori Television’s current affairs show Native Affairs and is a former lecturer at the Media Studies Department at AUT.

Julian has extensive experience in radio and television broadcasting including announcing on Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika, editor of Māori language magazine Toi Te Kupu and as a reporter for Te Karere at TVNZ.