With her cheery demeanour and her passion for te Reo Māori, TVNZ's newest weather presenter, Te Rauhiringa Brown, is a ray of sunshine to those who tune in to watch.
But recently she experienced a cloudy moment in her career after a raft of negative comments surfaced online, complaining about the fluent Māori speaker using both English and te reo while presenting the weather. One complainant said it was a "disgrace".
"It baffles me that people say these things and have views about Māori, a culture that they've probably never spent any time with and a language they haven't put any energy into learning about," Te Rauhiringa tells the Weekly.
"Te reo Māori is more than just a language. It's a world view; it's the way that we treat people."
The 30-year-old grew up attending kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori-language immersion schools.
She started her TV career at 19 as a presenter on te reo Māori children's show Pukana and has been a regular presenter on various kids' shows. She has since become an actress and writer of theatre shows in both English and Māori.
The all-rounder has also acted in films. She joined TVNZ in 2018 as a journalist and worked on Te Karere before joining Seven Sharp. This year, she was asked to juggle her role on the week-night current affairs show with being a weekend weather presenter on 1News to cover for Renee Wright, who is on maternity leave.
この記事は New Zealand Woman's Weekly の September 12, 2022 版に掲載されています。
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