Pita Sharples

Budget 2016 contained some good news for three of our major arts organisations. The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra all received… Audio

Dawn, September 10, 1984. Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York nearly 100 New Zealanders are waiting. They're there to celebrate the opening of Te Māori exhibition. As the sun rises, a… Audio

Radio New Zealand's Maori news team, Te Manu Korihi continues its summer programming, revisiting the highs and lows of Maori politicians who left the house last year. This week, the former co-leader… Audio

The Maori Party says the Act Party's stance on what it calls race-based law has no place in New Zealand politics. Audio

The Maori Party's two founding co-leaders, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, have bowed out of parliamentary politics today by defending their party's links to National. Audio

The Government is pushing ahead with plans to replace the Maori Language Commission with a new body despite legal threats. Audio

The Maori Party says it won't support a government bill that will bar Maori fishing companies from using foreign ships with low-wage crews. Audio

The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, describes Nelson Mandela's memorial service as inspirational, although perhaps a bit long. Audio

An urgent audit of the public funding received by the Kohanga Reo National Trust Board has been ordered by government ministers, after a late night meeting at the Beehive. Audio

While the Maori Party says it will stay in its relationship with National until the 2014 election, but will not make any promises beyond that. Audio

Pita Sharples will relinquish his leadership at the Maori Party's AGM the weekend after next. Audio

While the Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples accepts some of the blame for the third place result, he says his party came third because of the Labour Party's organisation and the popularity of the… Audio

The Maori Party is licking its wounds after coming third in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election behind Labour and Mana. Audio

Polling booths for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election close in just over a week. Chris Bramwell has been on the campaign trail with the four main candidates. Audio

Co-leader of the Maori Party Pita Sharples. Audio

The Maori Party co-leader and Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is one of the political leaders gathered at Waitangi. Audio

The Maori Party's co-leader, Pita Sharples, says he is not surprised by the government's decision and will support any legal challenges. Audio

More now on the Government pulling back from a start to the state assets sales this year. Audio

The Maori Party has failed to convince the government to slow down its plan for asset sales. Audio