Despite some pushback, the use of the country’s indigenous tongue te reo is now becoming common in mainstream media
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Early this week, Māni Dunlop, presenter of RNZ’s Midday Report Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga, sent out an astonished tweet: “It’s a record whānau (family) – no racist messages or texts on the show … is this what progress looks like!?”
It was at once both a gratifying and troubling announcement, which Dunlop said was premature. The very next day, the racists were back.