As someone who is a recent university graduate, I have taken interest from old Hosking, but I do ask where are the pathways into talk radio? Many of the regional stations have been consolidated into national stations, and I couldn't even name where to start.
For a long time I thought news-readers (known as anchors these days) on TV 1 HAD to use maori sprinkled throughout their "news" readings. (Why they don't try to get onto other taxpayer-funded Maori broadcasting I don't know, but there you have it.)
And long-time "anchor" Simon Dallow seemed to fit the bill... after all, he greeted us in maori, welcomed those reporting from outside the studio in maori and farewelled 'em in maori, before handing us over to a long maori greeting from the sports reporter who then reverted to English.
Finally, Dallow introduced the only non-maori sprinkler Dan Corbett as weatherman... before ending with a maori farewell to we, the long suffering audience.
I suspect that (perhaps) Dallow couldn't speak maori other than a few polite phrases... and maybe that's why he was replaced by women.
But NO.
The women are just as bad: perhaps worse. Even the weather women refer to our English-named cities by their dubious Maori names...
Why are taxpayer-funded TV 1 (and the rest) bludgeoning us with snippets of "Te Reo"? Must we be indoctrinated like this?
Why not have at least ONE English-language TV News Station: Maori have multiple taxpayer-funded broadcasters.
Interesting article Peter. Do I detect a note of nostalgia? One thing that is missing is the pronunciation skills of a Dougal Stevenson. Melissa Stokes seems to had her elocution training at the feet of rasping vowel mangling Helen Clark. And as for Dan the Weather Man - more interested in the science than anything else and he babbles. In our household we prefer the measured weather presentations in the weekends - by the ladies.
As someone who is a recent university graduate, I have taken interest from old Hosking, but I do ask where are the pathways into talk radio? Many of the regional stations have been consolidated into national stations, and I couldn't even name where to start.
My understanding is that news reading was previously dominated by men because a women's voice was considered too shrill.
Some still are.
Thanks for this analysis Peter W...
For a long time I thought news-readers (known as anchors these days) on TV 1 HAD to use maori sprinkled throughout their "news" readings. (Why they don't try to get onto other taxpayer-funded Maori broadcasting I don't know, but there you have it.)
And long-time "anchor" Simon Dallow seemed to fit the bill... after all, he greeted us in maori, welcomed those reporting from outside the studio in maori and farewelled 'em in maori, before handing us over to a long maori greeting from the sports reporter who then reverted to English.
Finally, Dallow introduced the only non-maori sprinkler Dan Corbett as weatherman... before ending with a maori farewell to we, the long suffering audience.
I suspect that (perhaps) Dallow couldn't speak maori other than a few polite phrases... and maybe that's why he was replaced by women.
But NO.
The women are just as bad: perhaps worse. Even the weather women refer to our English-named cities by their dubious Maori names...
Why are taxpayer-funded TV 1 (and the rest) bludgeoning us with snippets of "Te Reo"? Must we be indoctrinated like this?
Why not have at least ONE English-language TV News Station: Maori have multiple taxpayer-funded broadcasters.
Love this, Peter
Interesting article Peter. Do I detect a note of nostalgia? One thing that is missing is the pronunciation skills of a Dougal Stevenson. Melissa Stokes seems to had her elocution training at the feet of rasping vowel mangling Helen Clark. And as for Dan the Weather Man - more interested in the science than anything else and he babbles. In our household we prefer the measured weather presentations in the weekends - by the ladies.