[1] Te Karere is broadcast on Television New Zealand's TVNZ 1 at 4:00 pm on weekdays after Tipping Point and repeated 1:05 am and 5:35 am the following day.
The focus of the programme is content which is of national significance to the targeted Māori audience.
The original presenters and producers were Derek Fox and Whai Ngata.
[3] With a modest, shoestring budget, Fox and Ngata produced a professional news show.
The show was originally broadcast on TV2, but as that channel had poor coverage on the East Coast, with its large Māori population, Te Karere was moved to TV One.