Maori TV

Maori Television Service (MTS)

After a long and difficult period of gestation, Maori Television launched in March 2004. It is arguably the purest example of public television in New Zealand in that all its income is public funding.

Maori Television is delivered by satellite on Sky digital, and also terrestrially on UHF. It broadcasts, for around 8 hours a day, a mix of Maori and English language programmes, attracting many non-Maori viewers (non-Maori made up 77% of viewers in Q4 2004).

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