Friday, 16 July 2021, 3:53 pm
An unprecedented collaboration between four of New
Zealand s biggest media organisations will train, develop
and hire 25 journalists to report and share the important
perspectives and stories of Aotearoa.
Māori
Television, Pacific Media Network, Newshub and NZME (New
Zealand Media and Entertainment) – with support from NZ On
Air via the Public Interest Journalism Fund – will
establish a unique cadetship and development programme
called Te Rito. The purpose of Te Rito is to foster and
develop talented journalists from Māori, Pacific and other
communities traditionally under-represented in
media.
Māori Television Head of News and Current
Affairs, Wena Harawira, says the Treaty of Waitangi-based
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A 45-year-old man who conspired with a friend at KRCC to keep an assault victim from testifying in court escaped a jail sentence Monday.
B.C. Supreme Court justice Ian Meiklem agreed with a joint submission by Crown and defence lawyers, who suggested a conditional sentence served in the community.
Alexander Waites pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
Crown lawyer Don Mann said Waites and a co-accused, Randy Tournour, worked with a friend who was in jail facing charges related to a violent attack against his common-law wife. They conspired with him to encourage her not to testify. She was in a vulnerable position, Mann said.