Garth Bray | Chasing Hone in Alice Springs

A surprise phone call handed Garth Bray a huge scoop as media scrambled to find a runaway Hone Harawira in Australia. His journey to Alice Springs and the fallout back home turned the spotlight on indigenous discrimination.

In 2007, then-MP Hone Harawira absconded from a parliamentary trip to Australia. With journalists asking 'where's Hone?' a phone call out of the blue from the politician handed Garth Bray a surprise scoop. Hone's journey to Alice Springs - and the racist cartoon that followed - turned the spotlight on indigenous discrimination on both sides of the Tasman.

Now helping the voiceless speak truth to power on the TVNZ consumer affairs show Fair Go, Garth has been a correspondent in Europe and Australia for TVNZ but credits a regional Māori radio station in the Far North for kick-starting his career.

In this conversation with broadcaster and media chaplain Rev Frank Ritchie, Garth talks about New Zealand's embrace of Māoritanga and his hopes for a media that's a beacon of truth for the world.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details