Te Ao Maori
Green Party lines up for Māori seats
Ratana celebrations which begin today take on extra political significance given the seven Māori seats are shaping up as key battlegrounds in this year's election.
Ratane celebrations get under way
Next week hundreds of people will travels to Ratana Pa, just south of Whanganui to celebrate the church's founder, Tahu-potiki Wiremu Ratana's birthday. Audio
Land wars site touted as golf resort
A heritage organisation and Maori are warning a Taranaki farmer who is touting a property steeped in New Zealand history as a potential Palm Springs-style golf resort to tread carefully. Audio
Whanaua Ora engages with families
It was a rocky start for the Maori Party's Whanau Ora policy seven years ago but in the past two years the three commissioning agencies have reached and are engaging with 8,900 families. Audio
Māori Side Steps creator Jamie McCaskill
The Māori Side Steps are a musical comedy group that riffs off past bands like The Howard Morrison Quartet, but takes the genre in a new direction. They've got their own webseries and are playing the… Video, Audio
Regional Snapshot - Whakatane
The Regional Spotlight falls on Whakatane. The Weekend checks in with Ngati Awa iwi radio station Tumeke FM, which covers Whakatane, west to Tauranga, out east towards Te Whanau Apanui, south towards… Audio
Waitangi committee looks to PM visit in 2018
The Waitangi Day organising committee is taking steps to make sure the Prime Minister will attend next year's commemorations, its chair says.
NZ’s history of ‘relentlessly Pākehā’ newsrooms
There are still too few Māori in NZ’s newsrooms, a media researcher says. Audio
New exhibition casts light on an old story
An exhibition that traces the journey of Ngati Rarua, Te Ati-awa and allied tribes from the North Island to Tasman Bay in the 1830s, has just opened in Motueka. Audio
Iwi health status project
The country's most southern iwi, Ngai Tahu has a membership of 55 thousand, 60 percent of which live outside of the South Island. A new research project is seeking to paint a unique blueprint of the… Audio
Te Tii kaumatua speaks out
One of the kaumatua of Te Tii Marae has hit out at the decision, saying Mr English should be allowed to speak. Audio
The Maori Party slams Prime Minster's comments
The Maori Party says it's disappointed by the Prime Minister's view that a lot of New Zealanders find Waitangi Day ceremonies cringe-worthy. Audio
Commissioned: Local Government Commission Chair Sir Wira Gardiner
Sir Wira Gardiner is chair of the Local Government Commission overseeing our 78 local authorities, 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities. Rodney, Waiheke and the Wairarapa could all have… Audio
Para Kore
From just small beginnings the marae recycling programme called "Para Kore" has grown into a movement transforming whanau, hapu and iwi along the way. Audio
Woman says she didn't misinterpret Mad Butcher's comments
Meanwhile the woman at the centre of the incident, Lara Wharepapa-Bridger, has denied she could have misinterpreted Sir Peter's comments. Audio
The Race Relations commissioner backs Sir Peter Leitch
The Race Relations commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, says Sir Peter Leitch is the least racist person she knows. Audio
War of words over Sir Peter Leitch's 'white man's island'
An altercation between a Māori family from Waiheke Island and Sir Peter Leitch over his "white man's island" comments has exploded into a case of "he said, she said".
Sir Peter Leitch's 'banter' denial rejected by family
The family of a Māori woman who says she was racially abused by Sir Peter Leitch are rejecting his claim that it was just 'light-hearted banter'.
Family mourn the cheeky hunter gatherer found dead
The family of Tama Retimana whose body was found floating in the Waikato river say they are struggling to deal with the death of their 'cheeky hunter-gatherer'. Audio
Video goes viral
A young Maori woman is claiming the Mad Butcher, Sir Peter Leitch made racist comments towards her. Audio
