24 Sep 2022

The debates were fierce and now 'they've mellowed'

From Māpuna, 12:40 pm on 24 September 2022

Chris Wikaira was the Maori Issues correspondent at RNZ in the late 1990s during years of argument over how to allocate fishing quota to iwi and Urban Maori Authorities also joined the fray wanting a share of fishing assets. He says the panel discussion featured some of the big players from the 1990s but now 'they've mellowed' because the debates back then were 'very fierce.'

07092016 Photo: Rebekah Parsons-King. Chris Wikaira

07092016 Photo: Rebekah Parsons-King. Chris Wikaira Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King