SPEECHES

CHEIF JUDGE JOE WILLIAMS - KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Chief Judge Joe Williams of the Māori Land Court is the chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal. > more

DR MICHEAL CULLEN

Hon Dr Michael - currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Minister of Finance, Minister of Tertiary Education, Attorney-General and Leader of the House. He is deputy leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.

Hon Parekura Horomia – Minister of Māori Affairs

Hon Parekura Horomia has been a Member of Parliament since winning the Ikaroa Rāwhiti electorate seat in 1999. > more

SIMON MOLAUDZI – SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Simon Molaudzi is Head of Education at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). > more

SAUL J. BERMAN – IBM GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES

Saul J. Berman is the Global Lead Strategy Partner for the Media and Entertainment Practice as well as a Global Strategy and Change Services Leader at IBM Global Business Services (GBS). > more

SYLVIA H. FENG – PTS, TAIWAN

Sylvia H. Feng is the president and chief executive of the Public Television Service (PTS) of Taiwan. > more

MARGARET MARY MURRAY – BBC SCOTLAND

Margaret Mary Murray became the Head of Gaelic, BBC Scotland, in January 2005. She was born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. more >

JOHN WALTER JOHNS

John Walter Jones graduated in Economics from the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 1971. > more

JEAN LaROSE - APTN, CANADA

Jean LaRose was named chief executive officer of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) on November 18, 2002. > more

JIM MATHER

Jim Mather was appointed chief executive of New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, in February 2005. > more

PÓL Ó GALLCHÓIR

Pól Ó Gallchóir is the chief executive of TG4 which is based in Galway in the west of Ireland.  > more

PATRICIA TURNER - NITV, AUSTRALIA

Patricia Turner is the chief executive officer of National Indigenous Television (NITV) in Australia which was launched in July 2007. > more

SHAUN BROWN

Shaun Brown was appointed managing director of Australian ethnic broadcaster SBS in February 2006. > more

TU WILLIAMS

Tuwhakairiroa Williams is the Chairman of Te Pūtahi Paoho – the Māori Television Service Electoral College which is one of Māori Television’s two stakeholders. > more

GARY MURIWAI

Garry Muriwai was appointed Chairman of Māori Television in July 2007. Mr Muriwai is Chief Executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand (ICANZ) and Chairman of the Global Accounting Alliance. > more