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Tāwera is a breakfast current affairs programme on Radio Waatea. It is delivered in te reo Māori and broadcasts every weekday morning – although only the Friday broadcast is archived. The programme aims to capture the major newsmakers of the day with an emphasis on providing a Māori perspective on national and global issues. Tāwera is funded by Te Māngai Pāho and is provided to other broadcasters via Irirangi.net - Te Whakaruruhau Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa. In today’s programme:
1. Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell: Politics - Meeting between Maori and Mana Party.
2. NZ Maori Council member Des Ratima: Submissions of the Community Development Act.
3. Mere Mangu: Pacific Indigenous Women’s Conference.
4. Toby Curtis: Possibility that Te Arawa and FOMA could buy Tachikawa Forest Products.
5. Arapata Tahana: Local councils.
6. Sports Commentator Tame Te Rangi: Maori All Blacks on tour, All Blacks play Japan and the Kiwi League Team, Breakers.