30 Nov 2020

Stuff apology for racist reporting receives mixed response

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 30 November 2020

The news outlet Stuff has received a mixed response since making a public apology for its racist reporting of Māori issues over the past 160 years.

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Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Its editor, Mark Stevens, says the company's coverage of Māori has ranged from racist to blinkered, and the monoculture nature of Stuff's journalism had not served Aotearoa well.

Some are calling it a watershed moment, and others are skeptical it will mean real change to the way it represents Māori in the news.

The director of Māori advancement at AUT, associate professor Ella Henry, spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.