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3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
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Marae adds period care to Christmas parcels as costs bite
8:47 pm todayKōkiri Marae has gifted about two and half thousand boxes of period products across three years.
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The surging Maori economy
16 Dec 2025Iwi and business leader Helmut Modlik talks with Kathryn about the bright future for the indigenous economy.
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Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi
16 Dec 2025Kororipo Pā, at Kerikeri Basin, was the stage for some of the most formative events in the history of Aotearoa. Audio
3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
Marae adds period care to Christmas parcels as costs bite
Kōkiri Marae has gifted about two and half thousand boxes of period products across three years.
Māori landowners to have over 3000 hectares returned to them
Māori landowners at the top of the South Island will have more than 3-thousand hectares returned to them in a landmark agreement signed with the Crown. The customary landowners were promised one tenth… Audio
Crown returns more than 3,000 hectares of land to Maori
The Crown is returning more than 3,000 hectares of land to Maori in the top of the South Island - ending what's thought to be the country's longest running property dispute. Kerensa Johnston from Te… Audio
The surging Maori economy
Iwi and business leader Helmut Modlik talks with Kathryn about the bright future for the indigenous economy.
Audio
Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi
Kororipo Pā, at Kerikeri Basin, was the stage for some of the most formative events in the history of Aotearoa. Audio
Treaty settlement process with largest iwi remains stalled
The Treaty settlement process of Aotearoa's largest iwi remains stalled. Peter de Graaf reports from Kerikeri. Audio
Taonga pūoro with Rob Thorne
Rob Thorne is an internationally renowned Māori taonga pūoro musician and anthropologist, at the forefront of the revival of traditional Māori instruments. Audio
Māori rock art one of 12 research areas to get funding boost
The Royal Society Te Apārangi announced the 12 recipients of its Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship for 2025 this week.
Exhibition looks at decline in state of freshwater across Ngāi Tahu takiwā
The Unutai e! Unutai e! exhibition opens in Christchurch on Saturday and uses photographic works to highlight the realities being faced by waterways across the country.
Ngāi Tahu set to take 33% stake in Milford Sound Tourism
The move would help protect Piopiotahi for future generations, with talks creating a strong foundation for the future, chief executive Haylee Preston says.
Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up
The Conservation Minister has re-classified swathes of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island.
'What are you afraid of?': Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at council fails
A proposal from the new Napier Mayor to remove mana whenua voices and voting rights in the council's standing committees for the next council term has failed.
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 11 December 2025
Budget airline Jetstar is being directed to stop using two baggage scales at Wellington Airport after inspections found they failed to meet legal accuracy requirements; A Maori health collective say… Audio
Māori smoking rates stall for first time in over a decade
The latest New Zealand Health Survey showed daily smoking among Māori adults 15 and over has increased slightly from 14.8 to 15 percent.
Music feature: Geneva AM on Waiata Anthems
When Dame Hinewehi Mohi performed the National Anthem in te reo Maori at Twickenham at the 1999 Rugby World Cup she took sparked a national conversation about culture and identity. Then in 2019, to… Audio
24,000 sign petition to reinstate Te Tiriti obligations in schools
The National Iwi Chairs Forum delivered the petition to Minister of Education Erica Stanford
"Matariki herenga waka - For Everyone"- Tāmaki Makaurau hosting 2026 Matariki
The hautapu ā-motu will be held at Takaparawhau on July 10 and hosted by mana whenua Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
Te Pati Maori AGM takes place in Rotorua
Te Pati Maori's leadership say its annual general meeting in Rotorua yesterday was a great day for the movement. Lillian Hanly reports. Audio
Ngira Simmonds challenges Te Pāti Māori leadership
The former Kiingitanga spokesperson questioned whether the current leadership could heal months of party turmoil.
