Garth Bray | Chasing Hone in Alice Springs

A surprise phone call handed Garth Bray a huge scoop as media scrambled to find a runaway Hone Harawira in Australia. His journey to Alice Springs and the fallout back home turned the spotlight on indigenous discrimination.In 2007, then-MP Hone Harawira absconded from a parliamentary trip to Australia. With journalists asking 'where's Hone?' a phone call out of the blue from the politician handed Garth Bray a surprise scoop. Hone's journey to Alice Springs - and the racist cartoon that followed - turned the spotlight on indigenous discrimination on both sides of the Tasman.Now helping the voiceless speak truth to power on the TVNZ consumer affairs show Fair Go, Garth has been a correspondent in Europe and Australia for TVNZ but credits a regional Māori radio station in the Far North for kick-starting his career.In this conversation with broadcaster and media chaplain Rev Frank Ritchie, Garth talks about New Zealand's embrace of Māoritanga and his hopes for a media that's a beacon of truth for the world.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details