Te Ao Maori

Waitangi Tribunal claimants are concerned about the mounting costs of challenging the Crown for breaching the Treaty. Retired probation officer Tom Hemopo says it cost him and his iwi at least 10… Audio

Urban Māori leader John Tamihere says Auckland Council's development arm is corrupt, arrogant and shutting poor people out of housing - and the mayor is letting them. Video, Audio

Ngāpuhi people trying to thrash out agreement on how to settle their Treaty claims have till today to say what they think of the latest plan. Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and the Ngāpuhi… Audio

Labour's Maori caucus is backing MP Meka Whaitiri, despite not having seen the report that prompted her sacking as minister after an altercation with her press secretary. But National says the… Audio

Māori people are eight times more likely to get tuberculosis than Pākehā, international expert Philip Hill says. Up to half of older Māori people may carry the dormant TB infection which could become… Audio

An iwi who have occupied Great Barrier Island since the 1700s are outraged that another group of iwi will officially re-name the island. It's one of 52 geographic sites across the North Island being… Audio

Ngapuhi descendants living in Australia don't want to miss out on any settlement deal with the Crown. About 25,000 Ngapuhi live across the ditch and the Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little met… Audio

Reverend Dr Rangi Nicholson was a student at Victoria University in 1971 and was given the role of media publicist leading up to the Māori language Petition in 1972, he says he was often standing… Video, Audio

The National Party is questioning the purpose of the new Office for Māori-Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti. The agency was announced on Tuesday and is aimed at ensuring the government meets its Treaty of… Video, Audio

After 11 months in the job, the Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis finally has an agency. The Office for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti will sit within the Justice Ministry, but its chief… Audio

Ngarino Ellis (Ngapuhi, Ngati Porou) has a dream that one day the approximately 18,000 Māori artefacts held in international museums will be documented for the people of Aotearoa, even if they're not… Audio, Gallery

Te Papa has released a book Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage, to coincide with celebrations of the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage, featuring essays by 12 thinkers and authors marking…

Māori language lecturer Dr Vini Olsen Reeder and songwriter Ria Hall talk about their personal relationships with te reo. Olsen-Reeder began studying te reo as a university student and became the… Video, Audio

Many of the media embraced Māori Language Week with gusto this year, but some sought out the leading opponent of resources for te reo too. Meanwhile the Butcher of the Year proved not everyone wants… Audio

Andrew Douglas Clifford loves maps. A few years ago he started his Te Reo map of New Zealand, that shows all the place names in Maori. He's now created an interactive version. Audio

Rob Ruha won four awards, Ria Hall was named Best Female Artist, Alien Weaponry took out Best Music Video, Troy Kingi won Best Pop Album, and Seth Haapu won Best Songwriter at the 11^th Annual Waiata… Video, Audio

For hundreds of years, Māori have strategically tended, harvested and protected food resources around Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) in Canterbury. Today, local farmers are learning these same indigenous… Video, Audio