after All Stars Game
Long-time broadcaster Hemana Waaka is calling out sports channels to "do better", and stop "bastardising" Māori and other indigenous languages.
NRL player also say it's time to start pronoucning their names correctly.
The NRL All Stars Games at Rotorua were watched by millions across the world, and shown by broadcasters internationally and at home, but getting commentators, particularly the Aussie ones, to properly pronounce the names of Māori players is still an uphill battle.
Māori All Stars co-captain Joseph Tapine says it's hugely upsetting that more effort isn't made to get his and other players' names right.
"Those little things that people gloss over are really huge for our culture and that’s across the board - Island nations, Māori nations and Indigenous - so I think that’s huge part of the game."
At least 50 percent of NRL players identify as indigenous.
Despite playing in her fifth year of the NRL All Stars fixture, Zahara Temara says she’s never had her name pronounced correctly.
Link to video and article: NRL: Calls for commentators to 'do better' with Māori pronunciation after All Stars Game | Newshub
