Paakiwaha is a weekly two-hour current affairs programme broadcast on Monday mornings on Radio Waatea. Delivered in English, it covers current issues from a Māori perspective. It has been broadcasting since 2002. Paakiwaha is funded by New Zealand On Air and is provided to various Community/Access stations and other broadcasters. In today’s programme:
1. No stranger in the corridors of NZ courts, Sir Peter Williams received his investiture in the weekend. Admitted to the bar in 1960 he has taken on some of the most significant cases in NZ (originally broadcast on 13/4/15).
2. Sir Taihakurei Durie acknowledges the work of Judge Mick Brown who passed away last week and the latest NZ knight, Sir Peter Williams QC (originally broadcast on 13/4/15).
3. Tomorrow sees the end of the leadership of Mike Pohio for Tainui Group Holdings. He talks with Willie Jackson about his tenure with the iwi as the CEO (originally broadcast on 13/4/15).
4. Willie Te Aho: last week was a gathering of iwi leaders talking freshwater issues affecting Maori (originally broadcast on 20/4/15).
5. Dr Monty Soutar talks about ANZAC Day commemorations marking 100 years since Galipolli and the role of the Maori Battalion (originally broadcast on 20/4/15).
6. Tame Iti reminisces ANZAC Day commemorations and he talks about the latest allegations of NZ spying on China (originally broadcast on 20/4/15).
7. Rudy Taylor discusses with Willie Jackson if Winston Peters can assist with Ngapuhi Treaty settlements (originally broadcast on 20/4/15).
8. John Bluett - RSA Whakatane president: the Defence Force has offered the Waitangi Tribunal use of its bases as well as other help for the inquiry into the treatment of Maori veterans of past wars (originally broadcast on 13/4/15).