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Te Karere is a long-running daily news programme in te reo Māori covering key events in the Māori world. This 1984 special episode, presented by series founder Derek Fox, looks at Waitangi Day. It follows the journey north of a train that the Tainui tribe hired to take their people to Waitangi. Topics of protest aired include land rights, the Waikato River and the Māori language. People featured include Sir Hepi Te Heuheu (Tuwharetoa), Sir Robert Mahuta and Pumi Taituha (Tainui), Sir James Henare of Northland, and Sir Kingi Ihaka (Aupouri).
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