All media must have approved accreditation to attend the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori Television from March 26-28 2008.
Accreditation requests must be received by Friday March 14 2008. Please download, complete and return the Media Accreditation Form.
An original letter of authorisation from the applicant’s editor or producer on the organisation’s letterhead must be submitted with the application. Freelance photographers and journalists shall only be accredited with proof of commission from a press medium.
If there is a request for more than two passes per media, names together with purpose of accreditation must be submitted in a combined application. Children and persons under the age of 18 years cannot be accredited as press people.
Accreditation will only be given to websites that have a direct connection with indigenous, television or broadcasting.
All applications will be checked and cross referenced with the national media database. Media will then be allocated a pass to gain entry to the conference sessions.
Māori Television reserves the right to reject certain requests and any accreditation received after Friday March 14 2008.
A Media Centre will operate at the conference venue for accredited media from Wednesday March 26 to Friday March 28 2008 between the hours of 8am and 5.30pm. Allocated media passes must be collected in person by each accredited press medium.
The Media Centre will provide work areas, information packs, press updates, deal with all issues and is not open to the public. Media, however, will be asked to take responsibility for their property and equipment.
There will be no media access backstage or inside the auditorium without prior arrangement. Film crews will be subject to standard news access agreements. Contact must be made with the conference publicist if they are seeking special conditions or have special requests.
Vanessa Horan
Kaiwhakaputa (Publicist)
Māori Television
DDI: +64 9 539 7159
MOB: +64 21 928 007
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