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Made in NZ: Paku, making Maori tool toys for play and education
After noticing that all the toys and tools their kids were using were of European influence, Dr Johnson Witehira, a Maori Design Specialist, began asking himself why it was, that traditional Maori tools are only seen in museums? Audio
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Kauae Raro Research Collective's passion for earth pigments
3 Dec 2023Raro Research Collective's passion for earth pigments Audio
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Hine Waitai-Dye: what it takes to be a master waka builder
30 Nov 2023Last weekend, Hine Waitai-Dye (Ngāti Kurī) graduated as a master builder of traditional Māori canoes. The Northland tā moko artist tells Jesse Mulligan that… Video, Audio, Gallery
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New Government plans to review laws with references to principles of Te Tiriti
27 Nov 2023The Coalition Government is planning to review how it gives effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, saying it is focused on the principle of equal citizenship.
As part… Audio
Made in NZ: Paku, making Maori tool toys for play and education
After noticing that all the toys and tools their kids were using were of European influence, Dr Johnson Witehira, a Maori Design Specialist, began asking himself why it was, that traditional Maori… Audio
Kauae Raro Research Collective's passion for earth pigments
Raro Research Collective's passion for earth pigments Audio
Hine Waitai-Dye: what it takes to be a master waka builder
Last weekend, Hine Waitai-Dye (Ngāti Kurī) graduated as a master builder of traditional Māori canoes. The Northland tā moko artist tells Jesse Mulligan that "a lot of random skills" are required to… Video, Audio, Gallery
New Government plans to review laws with references to principles of Te Tiriti
The Coalition Government is planning to review how it gives effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, saying it is focused on the principle of equal citizenship.
As part of National's agreements with New… Audio
Madison Kelly’s call and response with the kakī
The black stilt or kakī is one of the world's most endangered birds. It is central to the latest work of Kāi Tahu Otepoti artist Madison Kelly’s new work in a major exhibition Spring Time is… Audio
‘Anything can be art’ an eight year old artist and curator’s Ōtautahi exhibition
Artist Pia Hill was four when she held her first group exhibition as a curator, in her bedroom. The Bat Show raised hundreds of dollars towards these endangered species conservation.
Now, aged… Audio
The coalition government and the Treaty
The new National-ACT-NZ First coalition government says it will introduce a Treaty Principles Bill, based on ACT policy, and support it to a Select Committee. So what could this mean for Maori… Audio
Rangatahi Māori face higher levels of structural disadvantage study shows
A long-running New Zealand study shows rangatahi Māori experience higher levels of "structural disadvantage" than other young people - with those disadvantages including a whānau's ability to afford… Audio
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