Cameron Bennett | The New Zealand Wars
After decades as one of the country's best-known journalists, Cameron Bennett took on a unique new challenge: to educate the nation on the New Zealand Wars and help tell Māori stories.A legendary figure in New Zealand journalism across several decades, Cameron Bennett is revered for his ability to tell a compelling story, his courage to report from some of the world's most dangerous places, and his broadcasting brilliance.But his most recent work has presented a unique challenge. As well as helping tell the stories that matter to Māori for a Māori audience on Te Ao with Moana, Cameron has played a key role in producing an award-winning documentary series about the New Zealand Wars.In this kōrero with broadcaster and media chaplain Rev Frank Ritchie, Cameron talks about being a Pākehā journalist at a Māori news organisation, regales us with tales of reporting from warzones, and lifts the lid on Paul Holmes' infamous interview with Dennis Conner.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details