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Story: Māori radio – reo irirangi

Te Upoko o te Ika, 1987

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Te Upoko o te Ika, 1987

Photographed on their first day of broadcasting at the pioneering Wellington Māori-language radio station Te Upoko o te Ika are Tama te Huki (left) and Piripi Walker.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1987/2071/8

by Merv Griffiths

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Piripi Walker, Māori radio – reo irirangi – First iwi radio station, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42971/te-upoko-o-te-ika-1987 (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Piripi Walker, published 8 October 2013.