Shannon Haunui Thompson

The Ōtaki's Maoriland Film Festival is achieving what the tinsel town of Hollywood can't - and that's to promote films by women and about indigenous peoples, Home Fires, an creative research project… Audio

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are this morning marking the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by their chief on this day 178 years. Not long after the signing of Te Tiriti in Manukau, Apihai… Audio

Should the New Zealand Wars be commemorated as a national public holiday? and a four day project called 'Home Fires' is being held in some of the surviving state houses and open spaces of Glen Innes… Audio

Coromandel and Gisborne will be worst affected by Cyclone Hola today, but the worst of the storm is likely to miss New Zealand. The Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne are most at risk of slips and… Audio

More than two hundred people gathered at Manuka Point in the Chatham Islands to lay to rest the last remaining officer of the 28th Māori Battalion and Auckland iwi Ngāti Whāatua Ōrākei is taking the… Audio

College students launched a petition in 2015 calling for the government to set aside a national day for the New Zealand wars. Today is the start of the first national commemoration. Shannon… Audio

Protestors marched down the main street of Dargaville this week in opposition at plans to build New Zealand's biggest chicken farm; beginners' classes in te reo Māori are attracting so many… Audio

Te Puea Marae opened its doors yesterday to local employers in an effort to find more jobs for the people it helps. And for the employers who went along, it was an eye-opener. Te Manu Korihi reporter… Audio

Te Puea Marae opened its doors yesterday to local employers in an effort to find jobs for the people it helps. One of those potential employers was Telnet co-founder and chief executive, John… Audio

Labour's Māori MPs are confident Māori charter schools will be able to successfully transition into the mainstream education system and remain open; the head of the Education Ministry has told MPs the… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spend 5 days in Waitangi this week, meeting with iwi leaders, mayors, manawhenua and the wider community and became the first female prime minister to be allowed to speak… Audio

Shannon Haunui Thompson has been in Te Tai Tokerau since Thursday last week and followed the various politicians and events - for the more formal affairs with an increased number of politicians… Audio

Shannon Haunui-Thompson has been following events in and around Waitangi since Thursday. She joins the programme to discuss the changes this year and how it compares with previous years when there has… Audio

The government has finally inspected the flagpole site that kicked off the northern wars; Ancestral remains have been returned to representatives of the Pacific island of Rapa Nui and Two South Island… Audio

Jacinda Ardern was welcomed on her first visit to Waitangi as prime minister with baby jokes and a warm reception from prominent iwi leaders. Te Manu Korihi reporter Shannon Haunui-Thompson reports. Audio