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Paakiwaha is a weekly two-hour current affairs programme broadcast on Monday mornings on Radio Waatea. Delivered in English, it covers current issues from a Maori perspective. It has been broadcasting since 2002. Paakiwaha is funded by NZ On Air and is provided to various Community/Access stations and other broadcasters. The broadcaster's website highlights the following items in today's programme:
Rethinking Crime and Punishment Spokesperson Kim Workman: The Prison population.
New CEO of Te Ohu Kaimoana Dion Tuuta.
Former Labour minister Dover Samuels: Dover Samuels about beatings he received for speaking Maori at Whakapara Native School. The Maori language bill was passed in the house with an amendment attached that the crown acknowledges the decline in the Maori language.
Co-Leader of the Maori Party Marama Fox.
NZ Housing Summit Organising Committee Member John Minto: John Minto talks on the Housing Summit that was held over the weekend.