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This thread isn't about the accusations as that has , as yet, to properly investifgated so lets not be judge , jury and executioner.
""Mihingarangi Forbes led the investigation and fielded much of the criticism when the first two parts of the story were shown.
When you’re Maori, everyone’s part of Kohanga,” Forbes said. “Kohanga is something we’ve all grown up with and know and love and respect for over 30 years.”
In Maoridom the usual six degrees of separation was “more like one degree” and with it came pressure.
“We all got emails and calls saying ‘just leave it alone’ and ‘Why is a Maori organisation investigating another Maori organisation?’ We should be able to put the microscope on our own.”
One of the first complaints was from the Kohanga Reo board and was directed, unusually, to the board members of Maori TV, Forbes said.
Forbes said luckily Maori Television editor-in-chief Jim Mather rejected the high-level approach and pointed out there were formal avenues through which to pursue a grievance."
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