My Final Word clip: Iwi Radio Cuts Could Cost Lives — And Silence Māori Voices
This week, Martyn sounds the alarm on proposed funding cuts to iwi radio — and the real-world consequences for Aotearoa.
A 25% budget reduction could force up to 30% of iwi radio stations to close, removing critical communication lifelines during climate emergencies.
These stations are more than media — they are:
– emergency broadcasters during extreme weather
– trusted community voices
– a cornerstone of Māori media and Treaty commitments
Cutting them in an election year raises serious questions about priorities, democracy, and whose voices are being protected — or silenced.
At a time of rising misinformation and climate risk, journalism isn’t optional.
It’s infrastructure.
In solidarity, the revolution continues.
Ka kite anō.
This ugly, vile, racist CoC is doing everything it can to undermine the Treaty, the Treaty commitments, and now proposing to cut the iwi radio budget. All this under the incompetent ‘leadership[?]’ of our Christian PM who is again using underhand, scurrilous tactics. He simply can’t see an honorable way, so stumbles around grabbing frantically at anything he believes would benefit HIM, not our PEOPLE. Shame on you Luxon and your cruel, brain-dead voters. Horrible that there are many people out there with ‘Plenty’ but who are so greedy and grasping it wouldn’t occur to them to start ‘Sharing’ or paying ‘Higher Taxes’. Thx to those who are contributing.