Award-winning broadcaster, Mike McRoberts movingly charts his journey reclaiming his native tongue in Speaking My Language Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo.

Waikato-born Lisette Reymer’s No I Don’t Get Danger Money recounts her high-risk adventures as a foreign correspondent reporting from the world’s hotspots.

They discuss their journalistic past and present, and the state of the media with broadcaster Miriama Kamo.

Presented as part of HamLit26, Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa with special thanks to Hamilton City Council, Creative Communities Scheme, Poppies Book Store.

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Mike McRoberts

Mike McRoberts (Ngāti Kahungunu) is well-known as an award-winning New Zealand television journalist and news anchor. He presented Newshub Live at 6pm on Three from 2005 until its last broadcast on 5 July 2024. McRoberts is now the Te Ao Māori Editor at the National Business Review and in 2025 published his memoir about regain his reo Speaking My Language / Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo.

Lisette Reymer

Lisette Reymer was Newshub's Europe correspondent, based in London for three years from 2021. She grew up on a dairy farm in the Waikato, and has been a journalist since 2014, having graduated from Christchurch's broadcasting school. She now works at Stuff as Senior Journalist - International and National Affairs. Lisette's work in Ukraine saw her win won Reporter of the Year at the NZTV awards for 2024; Best Reporter at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards as well as Best Coverage of a Major News Event.

Miriama Kamo

New Zealand journalist and television presenter, Miriama Kamo (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga) is known for her work on TVNZ's Sunday and Marae. She is also the author of a number of children's books including The Stolen Stars of Matariki and Humble Bumble - Te Pī Māhaki, and is co-author of Matariki Around the World: A Cluster of Stars, a Cluster of Stories with Professor Rangi Matamua.