Open AccessThe story behind the upheaval after Niu FM hit the airwaves
Author(s) -
Tapu Misa
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v9i1.765
Subject(s) - project commissioning , government (linguistics) , publishing , media studies , dumping , political science , community radio , public administration , law , sociology , business , international trade , philosophy , linguistics
The biggest story in New Zealand's Pacific Island community in June was the dumping of the providers of the national Pacific Island radio network by the trust that the Government had appointed to fund it. It came after months of acrimony that began almost from the moment that Niu FM hit the airwaves.