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Te Upoko o te Ika Māori radio station, 1988

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Te Upoko o te Ika Māori radio station, 1988

Jackie Tiekiwhare-Hemingsen (left) and Horiana Hakaraia of Te Upoko o te Ika prepare for a day's broadcast in August 1988. Te Upoko o te Ika, based in Wellington, was New Zealand's first iwi radio station, beginning official transmission in 1987. In 2014 there were 22 iwi radio stations including Te Upoko o te Ika.

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

Reference: EP/1988/3273

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Brian Pauling, Radio – Māori, minority and student radio, 1960s to 2010s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42829/te-upoko-o-te-ika-maori-radio-station-1988 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Brian Pauling, published 24 September 2013.