Hard News by Russell Brown

Excellent; especially it being election year.

Well done. Great news.

Thanks for that link Lew, I just learned a Fox news anchor believes that Jesus was white.

Also on the NZ Herald front page.

Great news - congratulations. NZ definitely needs YOUR media show. And it will be a good fit with Maori TV.

Tu meke!

Huh, haven't seen it.

Great to hear :) (and with a smidgen of fairy-dust, MTV'll be a great home for the show)

Great News

In the words of Tom Scott. Tin of cocoa. Tin of cocoa. Car tower.

Tamara, follow this link...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/12/santa_claus_white_fox_news_megyn_kelly_thinks_so_but_santa_s_not_real.html

Apparently Santa just absolutely has to be white. Aisha Harris is brilliant in her response.

Congratulations Russell.

So I guess we do have a public service broadcaster after all! Good work to Maori Television.

Pai rawa atu! Ngā mihi nui ki a koe Russell. Kia kaha hoki tō ako i te reo.

Congratulations RB. This is a lovely Christmas present to your readers here.

On a related note, I was extremely proud of my 14 year old lad when he fluently delivered a mihi to open his school's prize-giving last week. So cool.

If you get JT, you get Willie too. It's a double act comedy routine they do.

Excellent news. Does this reflect MTS extending their brief to non-Maori subjects? That'd be good news for Pakeha and Maori audiences but might create tension with their funders who focus on strengthening the reo.

Anyway, congratulations to the Media Matters team and MTS, truly a fantastic TV channel.

Great news Russell - its a good show and always deserved a good home.
Any idea of the time slot yet ?

Brilliant!

awesome...

Very happy for everyone including you Russell (and me as audience).

@myles They already do. Looking at Maori TV, most cultures are interested in a large range of subjects anyway. The screening of various countries films especially documentaries free to air would currently be second to none.

wonderful - I don't need Christmas now, it makes my three stars! (Seeing Iris Dement and Donna Dean for the first time are the others) Do I get a change of government next year as well?

Best news! Congrats to all concerned. MTS rocks.

Beyond excellent.

I'm guessing Media Brown
never really had a look-in as a name...
;- x

Welcome back
and an election year too!!

Once more unto the breach,
dear friends, once more...

...Stiffen the sinews,
summon up the blood.

</Shakespeare>

Congratulations Russell, ushering in the golden period, and on a station with mana to boot!

Great news - another step towards Maori TV becoming our de facto national channel.