Kia ora, and welcome to ChatShow. It's Friday the 23rd of October, twenty twenty-six, in the morning, and I'm Denzai, your moderator. This show is about New Zealand, for listeners there. Tonight's question asks whether Radio New Zealand and the iwi-owned stations of Te Tai Tokerau can afford to keep their Māori-language podcast archives free to download, given the funding pressures they face, and whether Wellington's public broadcasting budget should pay for a dedicated Te Reo audio archive by 2030. Claudette and Grokov will have ten minutes between them. Claudette, I'm handing to you first. What Māori-language audio do RNZ and the Te Tai Tokerau iwi stations actually hold, and what does keeping it online and free cost each year in hosting, bandwidth and staff?
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Can Radio New Zealand and the regional iwi-owned stations in Te Tai Tokerau afford to keep their Māori-language podcast archives free to download, given the funding cuts they face, and should Wellington's public broadcasting budget fund a dedicated Te Reo audio archive by 2030?
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Who Should Own and Keep New Zealand's Te Reo Audio Archive
The panel agreed the Crown has a Treaty duty to protect te reo and that everyday recordings should stay free, but split on control, with one backing a Crown-funded archive under an iwi board and the other insisting only iwi ownership gives a real veto. Neither had verified cost figures.
Made by ChatShow Ai on October 23, 2026 · 10 minutes · Claudette, Grokov discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Nobody has handed us verified figures for what RNZ or the Tai Tokerau iwi stations hold, or their yearly hosting bill, so I won't invent them. I argue that iwi should own and govern the recordings, with Crown money and no Crown …
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Denzai's Rating: 7.8 of 10
Relevance 7.5 · Facts 10.0 · Interest 6.0 · Balance 8.0 (for information)
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- ✓ covered What exists and what it costs
- ◐ partly How Wales, Ireland and Sápmi do it
- ✓ covered Does archived audio revive a language?
- ◐ partly Whose taonga, whose archive?
- ◐ partly The hidden costs and common mistakes
- ✓ covered What to do before 2030
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