Meriana Johnsen
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 15 May 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui - The Prime Minister backtracks on tangihanga rules under alert level two, the government puts $900 million towards M_aori in this years' budget, and more than 17,000 M_aori… Audio
Coronavirus: Most Iwi-led checkpoints to end at Alert Level 2
Most iwi-led checkpoints will come to an end once Level 2 begins, but two remote Far North communities are planning to keep their patrols going.
They're convinced staying cut off and keeping… Audio
Coronavirus: Māori health services see drop in patients with chronic conditions
Māori health services are concerned that the number of Māori with chronic health conditions contacting their GPs has dropped off since the lockdown.
They say mixed messaging about whether patients… Audio
Coronavirus: Crowded house dwellers concerned about lockdown
People living in crowded or small houses are concerned about spending at least four weeks in lockdown.
RNZ reporter Meriana Johnsen asked people on the streets of Wellington how they were planning to… Audio
Flight Centre announces redundancies
The travel booking agency Flight Centre has announced it has made 250 people redundant and closed 33 shops. Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 20 March 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui - Māori communities respond to COVID-19, and justice advocates seek an urgent Tribunal hearing on the Police Armed Response Teams. Audio
Covid-19: Māori health providers set up phone lines
Māori health providers are setting up health phone lines and isolation rooms in case Covid-19 spreads to their communities.
They say Māori are especially vulnerable to the virus because of higher… Audio
Māori say licences to produce medicinal cannabis too costly
Māori interested in applying for licences to produce medicinal cannabis say they're struggling to raise the money needed to even get started.
Some of those at a Ministry of Health hui in Wellington… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 4:20a/5:30p Sun 8 Mar
Federation of Māori Authorities says Covid 19 could make a half a billion dollar dent in the Māori economy, research shows eighty per cent of Māori women will experience family violence in their… Audio
Te Waonui for Week Ending Friday 21 Feb 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui -- Maori leaders decry the horrific beating of a four year-old boy in Hastings, with a local kaumatua calling for Oranga Tamariki to accept some responsibility, Rangitane o… Audio
Family abuse victims aren't reporting incidents to police
A distrust in the justice system is continuing to prevent victims of family harm reporting it to police, support services say. A new survey by the Minstry of Justice found almost 80,000 adults were… Audio
Iwi says trustees involved in establishing vineyard on 800-year-old pā site
Rangitāne o Wairau iwi members have called for two trustees to step down, saying the pair were involved in establishing a vineyard on an 800-year-old pā site. Audio
Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi for 7 February 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui - Northern iwi leaders use Waitangi to not only challenge the government, but also, tikanga, some iwi leaders back a proposal that would see major iwi stop plans to take court… Audio
NZTA stops work on contentious Kaikōura shared path
The Transport Agency has stopped all work on a contentious walking and cycling path that local Māori vehemently opposed.
It comes after the protest group - Protect Our Unique Coastline - threatened… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 24 January 2020
Distinguised Maori leaders seek an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing over the government's handling of Whanau Ora funding, the Kiingitanga flag comes down at Ihumatao as a resolution to the… Audio
Ihumātao - Meriana Johnsen
RNZ Maori Affairs reporter Meriana Johnsen has just returned from Ihumatao and joins me from the Wellington studio. Audio
Hundreds gather for East Coast climate hui
Kōura, pāua and kina are staple foods in Tairāwhiti, but future generations are unlikely to get a chance to enjoy them.
That's one of the key climate change impacts on East Coast communities that… Audio
Paua populations decimated following November 2016 ban
Paua populations in the Marlborough region have been decimated by overfishing after a ban was placed along the Kaikoura coast, following the November 2016 earthquake.
The increase in diving in the… Audio
Tauranga council returns contested land to hapū
Tauranga City Council has finally voted in favour of gifting a piece of contested land back to a hapū, after a year of going back and forth.
The previous council had vetoed this at the end of last… Audio
Poor communication between Corrections and MSD put prisoners at risk - advocates
Advocates say that a shocking lack of communication between the Ministry of Social Development and Corrections is putting former prisoners at high risk of reoffending.
Former inmates say they… Audio