Coming up on Te Karere... TVNZ to get rid of Maori and Pacific department. Proposing rights of programmes to production companies. Were Maori protocols observed in the making of The Dead Lands? Northland kapa haka team Hatea fly to Australia for Rua Rau Festival. Tena koutou katoa, and welcome to Te Karere. TVNZ's Maori and Pacific Programming department is set to close with around 30 jobs facing the axe. TVNZ management informed the department's staff this morning on its intention to outsource all but one of its programmes to independent production houses. Oriini Tipene-Leach joins us to explain the details. Scotty, the only programme that TVNZ will continue to make is Te Karere. Programmes like Waka Huia, Marae, Tagata Pasifka, and Fresh will be made by independents. This morning, Head of Content at TVNZ, Jeff Latch, flew to Wellington to brief the two agencies, and as Irena Smith reports, the proposed changes at TVNZ was a also hot topic of discussion by politicians. Irena Smith, Te Karere. We're unable to provide subtitles. The past 24 hours has clearly been a turbulent period for the Maori television industry. Last night, Maori Television's GM News and Current Affairs Julian Wilcox announced his resignation. Here's what MTS CEO had to say. We're saddended by the resignation, but people come and people go. Maori Television's mission is bigger than any individual. My strength is not the power of one, but the force of a collective organisation - that is Maori Television's key philosophy. It's understood that Julian Wilcox has accepted a role with Ngai Tahu as its communications manager. So the first of what's likely to be many career moves within the Maori television industry, Scotty. Thank you for your report, Oriini Tipene-Leach. Top kapa haka will be representing Aotearoa at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committee's Gala Awards early November. Twelve kaihaka will perform to hundreds of international delegates at the awards ceremony which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand. The occasion will be televised in Asia, Europe and the America's. Kaihaka will come from award-winning kapa Te Waka Huia, Te Matarae i Orehu, Te Iti Kahurangi, Tu Te Manawa Maurea, Tuhourangi-Ngati Wahiao. The group leaves on November 3 and they will perform on November 7. After the break, Were Maori protocols observed in the making of The Dead Lands? Northland kapa haka team Hatea fly to Australia for Rua Rau Festival. Actors and creators of The Dead Lands took to the red carpet last night for the premier of the ground-breaking Maori language film. While foreign film buffs have been praising the film, questions have been raised on whether creators of the film did what was needed to protect Maori cultural integrity? We're unable to provide subtitles. As we speak, kapa haka group Hatea is winging their way to Sydney to celebrate the connection between Maori and Australians. Raniera Harrison caught up with the team's tutors. Honouring the connection. Between Parramatta, Australia and Ngapuhi, New Zealand. It's completely our honour to be invited to take part in the Rua Rau Festival. Hatea Kapa Haka are off to the dual centenary of the first contact in 1814 between the Anglican cleric Samuel Marsden and the Maori people in Parramatta, and to also connect with the piece of land gifted to Hongi Hika in his day. It is God. God is always at the forefront of everything we do especially since this opportunity came about through the generosity of the Anglicans. A trip of a lifetime that is to represent Bishop Pito Pikaahu. Yeah, he's a big supporter of Hatea, you know that, so yes, we are his group, and we are going to represent him to the best of our ability. It's an honour for our group, to watch and listen to how Te Waka Huia do things. And that famous reggae band, 1814, we're so lucky. And Hatea is now looking forward to the next 200 years. To ensure the wellbeing of our language, to ensure the wellbeing of our children, those that we haven't met yet, and that's how our ancestors who signed the Treaty thought, they aspired to this day. But for now, it's off to the aeroplane. Raniera Harrison, Te Karere. Yesterday evening saw the launch of brand new Maori professional advisory firm 'Tahi'. A company formed under Ernst & Young and the first of its kind. Pere Wihongi reports. It's a first. And there's only one main goal. Our main goal is to provide opportunities to develop Maori potential. The new company 'Tahi' is a branch off Ernst & Young. It's objective is to provide support and advice to Maori business's. It's objective is to provide support and advice to Maori businesses This one thought has given us the opportunity to meet with business experts, in that they are able to ease the pathway for new business owners and that they are able to ease the pathway for new business owners And it isn't a success derived from the one, but from many. It was our idea, the workers' idea to create this platform. Maybe we're lucky? because this group created by a big company like Ernst & Young will help Maori, New Zealanders, and will then will reach out beyond our boarders. So there's benefits that we will reap, and I'm happy about that. Why? To support the people, the crown, whoever, Why? To support the people, the Crown, whoever, about the challenges we face as Maori. A challenge accepted by this firm. Pere Wihongi, Te Karere. After the break, a new exhibition launched in Wellington showcasing Maori talent. We also have your weather. To the weather now. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. Yesterday saw the opening of the new art exhibition called Kahi. The point of uniqueness of the exhibit is that it showcases works from masters and novices alike. Heta Gardiner reports. Bringing together the works of mentor and apprentice. The young standing the experienced. The young standing the experienced. This is the opening of Kahi, an initiative run by Toi Maori. It has some well-known artists such as Sandy Adsett, Darcy Nicholas and June Grant at the fore. But it also has some up and coming artists, such as Victor Te Paa and Walter Dewes. These three, and many of our Maori artists, make an effort to nurture the next generation, to take them on the journey. June Grant reminisces about her time growing up in this realm. This art work will hang on these walls in Wellington for one month, This art work will hang on these walls in Wellington for one month, This art work will hang on these walls in Wellington for one month, and it is hoped that by the end, they will be sold, for the benefit of the artists. Time will tell, if the next big thing in Maori art, emerges from this art gallery. Heta Gardiner, Te Karere. That's all we have for today. Turou Hawaiki. Captions were made possible with funding from Te Mangai Paho. Copyright TVNZ 2014.