Annabelle Lee-Mather

[1] She affiliates to Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu and Kāti Māmoe iwi.

[2] In 2013, while working on that show with Mihingarangi Forbes, the pair investigated complaints of financial mismanagement at Te Kōhanga Reo, a Māori immersion programme for preschool-age children, which led to a political intervention in the organisation.

[4] Lee-Mather and Forbes formed the Aotearoa Media Collective, which has produced programmes like Hongi To Hāngī, New Zealand Wars and Three's weekly Māori current affairs show, The Hui.

[4][5] Lee-Mather is also head of indigenous projects at Great Southern Television where she created the shows The Casketeers and Shearing Shed.

[6] Alongside host Toby Manhire of The Spinoff, she appears on the podcast, "Gone By Lunchtime" with Ben Thomas.