ShaneTaurima
Ngāti Kahungunu
- Presenter
- Producer
Shane Taurima began presenting Māori current affairs show Marae after 12 years reporting from the Parliamentary press gallery. On TV's Q+A his interviewees have ranged from John Key to Tariana Turia. In May 2013, three months after becoming TVNZ’s General Manager of Māori and Pacific Programmes, Taurima announced a bid to represent Labour in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti seat formerly occupied by late MP Parekura Horomia.
Screenography
2011 Executive Producer Television
2010 Presenter Television
Q+A
2009 - 2026 Presenter Series
2008 Presenter Television
2003 Presenter Television
“He brings with him a wealth of content experience, intimate knowledge of the issues that impact on Māori and Pasifika communities and innate cultural understanding.”
— TVNZ Head of News and Current Affairs Ross Dagan, February 2013