Antony Royal, chief executive officer of Tū Ātea. (Image: NZME)
In 2022, the Government signed a historic agreement granting Māori a share of radio spectrum suitable for 5G mobile services and a 20% share of all future commercial radio spectrum rights.It took decades of work by many figures in Māoridom to get to that point, following a Waitangi Tribunal ruling in 1986 that Māori had a legitimate claim to radio spectrum resources for broadcasting to help preserve te reo Māori.One of the people who helped get the deal with the Government over the line was Antony Royal, who, after a long career in technology...
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