Nevak Rogers

As the Head of Content Development at Māori Television and commissioning consultant for TVNZ's Māori and Pacific Programmes, Nevak Rogers is always looking to capture that elusive rangatahi audience. The former journalist and moved into directing and producing Māori and Pacific Island stories. She has presented popular reality shows like Marae DIY and produced doco Ngā Tamatoa - 40 Years On. 

Many upcoming Māori directors and producers, myself included, cut their teeth making one-hour documentaries for Māori Television. They provided a stepping stone, and gave audiences insights into the Māori world. They were vehicles for our people to try stuff and together with long-form series, helped build the TV industry as a whole. Nevak Rogers on the role documentaries have played in shaping Māori Television