Te Ao Maori
Poll shows most New Zealanders want equal say in Te Tiriti decisions
A survey commissioned by the New Zealand Human Right Commission has found that 70 percent of New Zealanders want decisions around Te Tiriti o Waitangi to be done on an equal footing.
Māori being used as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology says ethicist
A Māori technology ethicist says the government is allowing tech companies to use Māori as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology.
A Māori Reference Group at the Ministry of Social Development… Audio
Poll finds majority believe Te Tiriti applies to everyone
Seventy-percent of New Zealanders want decisions around Te Tiriti o Waitangi to be done on an equal footing between Māori and non-Māori.
That's according to a new Horizon Poll commissioned by the New… Audio
Hutt City Council votes to support name change for Petone to Pito-one
Hutt City Council has voted unanimously to support a call from mana whenua to change the name of the suburb Petone back to Pito-one.
The area's traditional name was misspelled after colonial… Audio
Lower Hutt suburb name gets a spelling check
A lower hutt suburb is getting a well over due spell check.. The council has voted this afternoon to support an application to change the spelling of Petone to Pito One; meaning "end of the sand… Video, Audio
Singer answers the call of the Whanganui
Soprano Deborah Wai Kapohe talks with Bryan Crump about coming home to her whenua to sing in a fundraising gig for Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery. Audio
'There is a deep sense of peace in this whare'
Five thousand balls of wool and a "kaupapa of joy" have been woven together to create what might be the most heartwarming building in Aotearoa. Video, Audio
A ‘Māori Elite’ tours the nation
Living in the Kāpiti Coast town of Ōtaki, where he runs a gallery and shop with his wife Mia Brennan, Hohepa 'Hori' Thompson says his art and expressions are his way of “decolonising himself”, a… Audio
We're going to 'Māori up' Fortnum & Mason
Mapuna producer Tama Muru meets London based Ngati Raukawa chef Matt Burgess for a korero and a mean kai. Audio
Kathleen Mantel's documentary, Te Hokinga Mai: The Return
Te Hokinga Mai: The Return is an eight-part series addressing the urban drift of the last century when Maori were swept away from their kainga and into cities. Audio
Creating pathways for Māori into STEM
Genevieve Doube (Kai Tahu), is a Resource Management Planner and the Pou Whakawhanake within Te Ahi Tūtata, the Māori business team at Beca, one of Asia Pacific's largest independent… Audio
Magic mushrooms with a social impact
As one of few Māori-born biotech businesses in Aotearoa, Rua Bioscience in Tairāwhiti is the only New Zealand-based medicinal cannabis company with an explicit focus on delivering social impact. Last… Audio
Research programme launched to tackle Māori experiencing meth-related harm
A new way to tackle the disproportionate number of Māori experiencing meth-related harm in Aotearoa has been launched this week.
The University of Auckland is working in collaboration with iwi and… Audio
Māori 'will go to war' over ACT's Treaty referendum, Labour MPs warn
Top Labour MP Willie Jackson says he does not want any disruption, but Māori have told him they will do whatever must be done to stop a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
Traditional Maori instruments preserved using 3D technology
Professor Olaf Diegel from the University of Auckland is using 3D technology to preserve taonga puoro - or traditional Maori instruments. Professor Deigal speak to Nights. Audio
CEO for the Kaupapa Māori and Cultural Communities at FENZ
This week on Māpuna we speak to Piki Thomas, the newly appointed deputy chief executive for the kaupapa Māori and cultural communities branch of Fire and Emergency NZ. In his 35 years as a career… Audio
Author Jade Kake on decolonising through design
Up and coming Maori designer, Jade Kake, has been making waves in both the architectural and literary worlds. She's the director and founder of Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism, a kaupapa Maori… Audio
Māori councillors on one year since local body elections
This week marks one year since new councils were sworn in after the 2022 local body elections.
Thirty-five of those councils featured Māori ward councillors - many for the first time.
One year on… Audio
Lack of progress on Māori birthing unit sad says midwife
A Māori birthing unit recommended for Hawke's Bay is languishing in a queue of work Te Whatu Ora has picked up after District Health Boards were folded into the entity.
A birthing unit was… Audio
Kids Kapa Haka competition kicks off in South Island for first time
The country's biggest primary school kapa haka competition, Te Mana Kuratahi, is underway in Whakatū, Nelson. It's the first time the event has been held in the South Island, bringing competitors from… Video, Audio