Broadcasting Māori music and speech, 1960s to 1980s
Māori showbands
Part of story: Māori radio – reo irirangi
The early years, 1921 to 1932
New Zealand was an early adopter of radio and a late adopter of television. Until the 1960s radio was the main non-print medium. Radio broadcasting began as a private activity.
Part of story: Radio
Radio
Radio broadcasts began in New Zealand in the early 1920s. At first radio was seen as a fad, but it was soon a necessity.
Part of story: Rural media
First decades of Māori radio
Early Māori-language broadcasts