Musician Moana Maniapoto will be well-known to nearly all of our listeners.

She was a trailblazer with her music when she first burst onto the music scene in the late 80s, which was recognised when she won this year’s Classic Record prize by Independent Music New Zealand.

Moana has been busy in other areas too, as a writer and documentary maker and now making a new Maori current affairs programme for Maori TV: Te Ao with Moana.

Moana Maniapoto joins Saturday Morning with Jack Tame to discuss her career, the state of mainstream television in New Zealand and what we can expect from her new programme.

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