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Dave WardDave Ward

Dave Ward is an MC and sports announcer, and has been a commercial voice since 2000.

A voiceover artist on being asked to deliberately mispronounce te reo

6 May 20182 May 2018 by Dave Ward

He showed up to a voice over job and was asked to mispronounce a Māori place name. Dave Ward explains why he chose to speak up instead. Taika Waititi was right on the money. We have a race issue ​in Aotearoa ​and it’s not going away. Last week I refused to deliberately mispronounce a Māori … Read more

Categories Ātea, Featured, The Best Of Tags Racism, Te reo Māori

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