Monthly Archives: September, 2018

Features
Can tech save te reo Māori? These entrepreneurs think so
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As the proverb says, ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria (“my language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul”). And while there is plenty of attention being placed on our native tongue during Māori Language Week – and an increasing interest from Pākehā in learning the language – Census data shows the number of people who can hold a conversation in te reo Māori on the decline. Many are looking to new technologies for revitalisation – and in the hope that it could get new speakers on board, too.

Features
Follow the money, part one: Where New Zealand’s news media is finding pots of funding gold
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Follow the money. It’s an axiom that journalists have believed in for years and a guiding light when it comes to holding the powerful to account. But that phrase is increasingly pertinent to those who run media businesses. As advertising money flows away from traditional channels towards large tech firms, the old business model of selling space around the news is creaking. And that has led to a range of experiments from publishers and broadcasters hoping to keep the lights on – and to keep shining those lights into dark places. Erin McKenzie dives into the local news media feed and finds plenty of experiments, but no simple answer to the funding conundrum.

News
A new way to consume content: Alibi spreads across multi-platforms to captivate Kiwi audiences
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Production company Plus6Four has teamed up with Flying Fish to create Alibi, a crime drama series running on TVNZ Ondemand with supporting social media content. StopPress sits down with Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, two of the trio that makes up Plus6Four, to hear how the series is capitalising on the popularity of online platforms, keeping viewers on their toes and is written for its Kiwi audience.

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