ALAC | Breakfast with Dale
"Changing the way we think about drinking"
Brought to you in association with the Alcohol Advisory Council.
The ALAC Breakfast with Dale provides your early morning dose of bilingual news, views, Māori events, entertainment and encouraging tips on how we can change the way we think about drinking!
Veter
an Māori broadcaster Dale Husband (Ngati Maru/Tainui) hosts this 3-hour programme that keeps listeners in touch with the Māori world with up-to-the-minute news and stimulating interviews with the newsmaker of the day.
Dale’s background in the entertainment and cabaret scene allow him to take listeners for a musical ride that includes classic Māori waiata of yester-year through to the contemporary sounds of today. Throw in a solid dose of nostalgia and classic hits and you have a bilingual formula to touch all ages.
Dale keeps tabs on the Māori political world including regular korero with Prime Minister John Key, Tariana Turia, Pita Sharples, Phil Goff, Parekura Horomia, Metiria Turei and Maori commentators Willie Te Aho and Rawiri Taonui.
Tune in to ALAC | Breakfast with Dale and guests, 7.00 - 10.00am weekdays.
About Dale Husband
Dale Husband has a varied and established background as an entertainer and broadcaster. From his days as a member of 70's Māori vocal quartet The Family Affair, who won major awards from the Variety Club of Australia in the early 80's, he returned home and was drawn to Māori broadcasting. Dale was a major contributor to Māori flagship broadcaster Aotearoa National Māori Radio. He was the first Māori sports commentator on Sky Sport and has gone on to call major sporting events for Māori Television.
Dale is in high demand as a master of ceremonies and his broadcasting style, honed by years of work on national radio through the Mana Māori Media network, has resulted in some of the most interesting and informative interviews ever aired on Māori radio.
Changing the way we think about drinking
Radio Waatea is aware of the alcohol related problems that Maori have and is wholly supportive of ALAC’s vision: “A New Zealand drinking culture that supports the moderate use of alcohol so that whänau and communities enjoy life, free from alcohol harms.”
In New Zealand, we have a culture where drunkenness is an accepted norm and the consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a single session is part of being a ‘Kiwi.’
ALAC research shows that drunkenness and intoxication is the greatest cause of alcohol related harm particularly amongst Maori, Pacific Islanders and the young.
Although Maori are less likely to drink and drink less often, they drink more in a typical drinking session than non Maori.
Radio Waatea have been proactive in taking community approach that focuses on schools, parents and the wider community in an effort to lead to the changes that are needed.
If you'd like to know more about how 'We CAN change the way we think about drinking!', visit the ALAC website: www.alac.org.nz
ALAC Breakfast with Dale Weekly Guests include:
MONDAY
8.15am - Hon Tariana Turia | Co-Leader, Maori Party
8.30am - Hon Hekia Parata | MP, National Party
9.45am every 2nd week - Hohepa Patea | Kaihono | Family Commission
TUESDAY
7.20am - Mayor Len Brown | Auckland Council
7.30am - Hon David Shearer | Leader, Labour Party
7.45am - Mark Solomon | CEO, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
8.15am - Hon Winston Peters | Leader, NZ First Party
WEDNESDAY
7.15am - Prime Minister, John Key | National Party
7.45am - Hon Metiria Turei | Co-Leader, Green Party
8.30am - Rawiri Taonui | Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
9.30am - Bill Young | Huia Publishers
THURSDAY
7.00am - Hon Parekura Horomia | MP, Labour Party
8.30am - Hon Hone Harawira | Leader, Mana Party
9.00am - Huri Chapman | NZ Police
FRIDAY
7.45am - Pita Sharples | Co-Leader, Maori Party
8.30am - Willy Te Aho
9.30am - Zoe Tipa | Plunket NZ
LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEBSITES
CONTACT DETAILS
Studio: 0800 4 603 603
dale@waatea603am.co.nz