Te Ao Maori
Greens pledge $160m for compulsory te reo
The Greens would spend $160 million dollars to make te reo Māori a core subject for all schools from years 1 to 10.
Te Reo Māori help lacking in Australia
There are calls for more funding to be allocated to help grow te reo Māori use in Australia, where around 130,000 Māori now live. Audio
The Maori Language Petition, 45 years on
Its been 45 years since the Māori Language Petition was presented to Parliament calling on the government to introduce te Reo Maori in schools. Audio
Sound Archives - Our earliest recorded Maori radio broadcast
To mark Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision has launched an online exhibition of the oldest recordings of a Maori radio broadcast - a hui held at Turangawaewae Marae. Audio, Gallery
How to talk politics in Te Reo Māori
We're in the midst of the election campaign, and it's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, so how do we kōrero politics in te reo? RNZ Māori issues correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes joins Guyon Espiner for a… Video, Audio
Scotty and Stacey Morrison: everyday te reo
Husband-and-wife team Scotty and Stacey Morrison have written an everyday guide to learning te reo Māori called Māori at Home. Audio
Keeping traditional Māori stories alive
Young Māori graphic designers are dismissing criticism that they have gone too far by modernising historic Māori figures in contemporary art. Audio
Thousands attend Maori Language Week Parade
Featuring more than 20 floats, the parade returned to the capital for the second year running to mark the week and to promote Te Reo Maori. Video, Audio
Rangatahi asking New Zealanders to say their names properly
A Maori Language week begins today, one issue for Maori still persists - the mispronunciation of their names. The theme of this week's celebration - keep the Maori language alive. According to the… Audio
Te wiki o te Reo Māori - what's on?
It's Te wiki o Te Reo Maori. Mihingarangi Forbes joins Guyon for a korero. Audio
Mist lifts as Tūhoe prophet Rua Kenana signed
This past weekend in Maungapohatu, the mist lifted was lifted for the descendants of Rua Kenana after a statutory pardon was signed for the famed Tūhoe prophet. Audio
Te Tai Tonga: the Te Wero debate
Candidates for the Māori seat of Te Tai Tonga debate the response to the earthquakes, who owns the water, the shape of education, and other social issues. Audio
Kēnana pardon a chance to move forward - signatory
It's a historic day for the descendants of Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana as the Crown signs an agreement to grant him a statutory pardon.
Google crowdsources Māori place name pronunciations
If you come across a mispronounced Māori place name while using Google maps you are now able to correct it.
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 8 September 2017
Nā Tarahae Ko Mate, Jealousy is our downfall. This was the debate topic at Te Reo ki Tua, a Māori language symposium hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu. Debaters include Leon Blake, Kingi Kiriona, Elizabeth… Audio
Maori Party would prefer coalition with Labour
The Maori Party is hovering just above one percent, enough to secure one seat, but not quite enough to bring in a second MP in to Parliament, assuming it wins an electorate. Video, Audio
The importance of curating and celebrating contemporary Maori art
We are a creative nation. No one knows that better than art historian and contemporary-art curator Ngahiraka Mason. The former Indigenous Curator Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is now… Audio
Rua Kēnana's descendants to hear historic pardon
The descendants of Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana will gather in Maungapohatu this weekend to witness the righting of an historic wrong. In front of several hundred people at the foot of Tuhoe's sacred… Audio
Māori Party keen but wary of working with Labour - Marama Fox
Māori Party co-leader, Marama Fox, says Helen Clark never made an apology for the Foreshore and Seabed Act, and Labour is showing a similar argument in it's discussion of water rights. She says the… Audio
Precious prayer book dusted off for NZ Wars commemorations
As preparations are made for the country's first official commemoration of the NZ wars; a number of precious taonga or treasures, including a Maori prayer book, dating back to 1883, are being dusted… Audio
