Bernard Tairea

Bernard (Bernice) Tairea (1970s - 24 December 2023) was a broadcaster in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. He had a 30-year career in broadcasting and was a major contributor to Cook Island language broadcasting in New Zealand through Pacific Media Networks.

Biography Tairea was born in the 1970s in Dunedin, New Zealand. He gained education in the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Australia. Tairea completed his schooling at Tereora in the Cook Islands. His first broadcasting experience was at age 11, on Teen Scene Radio for Radio Cook Islands. Tairea was a host and producer of Pacific Media Networks' Cook Islands Language Show for many years.

Tairea also contributed to the Pasifika Festival for 20 years including as the Cook Islands village co-ordinator.

Death Tairea died on 24 December 2023. Fellow broadcaster Seumanu Te’eva Matāfai acknowledged Tairea's long service for the Cook Islands and Pacific communities.