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Annabelle Lee-Mather
Annabelle Lee-Mather is a New Zealand television journalist and producer. She affiliates to Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu and Kāti Māmoe iwi. Biography Lee-Mather began her media career in radio in 2001, working for Ruia Mai, which provided news and current affairs programming to iwi radio stations. She moved to TV in 2004, working on Te Reo Māori, te reo Māori news show ''Te Kāea'' for Māori Television. She worked for the broadcaster for 11 years, including executive producing current affairs show ''Native Affairs.'' In 2013, while working on that show with Mihingarangi Forbes, the pair investigated complaints of financial mismanagement at Te Kōhanga Reo, a Māori immersion programme for preschool-age children, which led to a political intervention in the organisation. Shortly after the investigation, both Lee-Mather and Forbes left Māori Television. Lee-Mather and Forbes formed the Aotearoa Media Collective, which has produced programmes like ''Hongi To Hāngī, New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori people, Māori (tribe) of the South Island. Its (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim, New Zealand, Blenheim), Mount Māhanga and Kahurangi Point in the north to Stewart Island / Rakiura in the south. The comprises 18 (governance areas) corresponding to traditional settlements. According to the 2023 New Zealand census, 2023 census an estimated 84,000 people affiliated with the Kāi Tahu iwi. Ngāi Tahu originated in the Gisborne District of the North Island, along with Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu, who all intermarried amongst the local Ngāti Ira. Over time, all but Ngāti Porou would migrate away from the district. Several were already occupying the South Island prior to Ngāi Tahu's arrival, with Kāti Māmoe only having arrived about a century earlier from the Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings District, and already having conquered W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
