The Honourable Peter Tapsell speaks with Bruce Burn in Gisborne about "Tribalism". Mr Tapsell in a long time advocate of the view that a retreat into "tribalism" has little to offer Māori, the fact being that Māori are so scattered throughout New Zealand, that tribalism is important to Māori in terms of kawa, history and our own ancestral lands.
They also discuss Māori Iwi Authority, their election, their powers, Authorities and integration.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is performing two outdoor benefit concerts in New Zealand next January, and in both she will be accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Hopkins.
- Kiri speaks by satellite from Chicago. Excerpt - "Hey ho, come to the fair"
A corporate philosophy released by Challenge Properties on the eve of 1990 - called "New Zealand Proud".
- Song: New Zealand Proud.(artist unknown)
Māori news round up: Sir Hugh Kawharu will speak at a commemorative symposium at Oxford University, along with Judge Durie, Robert Mahuta and Walter Hirsch.
- Māori devolution plans / Māori activists / treaty of Waitangi issues / Irish rugby / Howard Morrison voted best entertainer of the year / Ngai Tamanuhiri expatriates return home for 1990 celebrations. NZ Māori Council to claim airwaves with government / East Coast gardening skills.