Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Hamilton City Council u-turns over Māori wards
The Hamilton City Council has done a u-turn over Māori wards.
Two weeks ago it decided to strengthen Māori representation on council committees but to defer a decison on Māori wards until after the… Audio
Pacific Trust wants to put cultural centre in Frank Kitts Park
A Pacific Trust is seeking a new home for a multi-purpose Pacific cultural centre, and believes Frank Kitts Park on Wellington's waterfront is the perfect spot. The Fale Malae Trust is hoping the… Audio
'Bold move' - Māori health leader welcomes smokefree plans
In a plan to stub out smoking by 2025, the government is looking at completely banning the next generation of adults from smoking, with a staged phase out.
Selah Hart is kaiwhakahaere of Māori health… Video, Audio
Kapa haka competition being launched in prisons
A kapa haka competition is being launched in prisons in a move to connect inmates with their culture and identity. All eighteen prisons are taking part in the 2021 Whakataetae Kapa Haka contest. The… Audio
Worries about non-clinical vaccinators unfounded- Health leader
A Māori health leader says warnings about non-clinical health workers administering the Covid-19 vaccine in Māori communities are unfounded.
The Nurses Organisation says a plan to train up health… Audio
Roimata Smail: children interacting with Aotearoa's history
Napier-based lawyer with a passion for education and an unswerving belief in its capacity to make positive changes in our society Roimata Smail speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her sixteen year career… Audio
Dr Jani Wilson on Mātauranga Māori in Film and Media Studies
Dr Jani Wilson teaches her students how to pitch their film idea in one minute, just in case they meet a famous film producer in an elevator, she shares her story. Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 9 April 2021
Coming up on Te Waonui - Waikato iwi Ngāti Hinerangi reaffirms its identiy with the passing into law of its Treaty settlement -- Māori and Pacifica people say they have been shut out of climate change… Audio
Wairarapa hapū overwhelmed by support to buy back whenua
A Wairarapa hapū is overwhelmed by the support for their crowdfunding campaign for about $500,000 to buy back some of their whenua.
Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia wants to purchase 182 hectares by the… Audio
Crowd-funding to buy ancestral whenua
A Wairarapa hapū is hoping to crowd fund half-a-million dollars to buy back a piece of ancestral whenua. Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia has its eye on 182 hectares by the Waiohine river and ancestral maunga… Audio
Māori non-clinical staff to be trained as vaccinators
Funding to rapidly train non-clinical workers to help administer the Covid-19 vaccine to Māori communities is being described as a drop in the bucket.
Māori health providers have been consistently… Audio
Poverty the reason more Māori victims of crime
Poverty continues to be the major reason why Māori are the victims of crime more often than non-Māori.
A Ministry of Justice study has found there's been no improvement in the last 15 years.
It's… Audio
How Akld's lockdown improved Ngāti Whatua Orakei's outreach
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's social development arm Whai Māia helps 10,000 people with primary care in health, housing, aged care and a range of other social needs in Auckland. Whai Māia CEO Rangimarie… Audio
How the New Zealand Wars affected Māori life
As a sociologist of education, Dr Joanna Kidman travels the country to learn about how the New Zealand Wars impacted papa kainga. She shares her latest work and research on Te Ahi Kaa. Audio
Small towns, large Maori populations more at risk during Covid
New research released this morning has identified those geographic areas most vulnerable during outbreaks of Covid-19. The study, conducted by experts from Universities across the country, mapped… Audio
Concerns as High Court overturns Waitangi Tribunal ruling
Some in the Māori legal community are concerned by the High Court's use of tikanga to overrule the Waitangi Tribunal.
The High Court has overturned the Tribunal's order that $800 million of… Audio
A serious shortage of Māori and Pasifika midwives
A Māori midwife says National midwifery services have been falling short of meeting the needs of Māori and Pasifika women whose pregnancies are overepresented in still birth and neonatal death. The… Audio
High Court tells Waitangi Tribunal to reconsider land rights decision
The High Court has told the Waitangi Tribunal to reconsider a decision it made over rights to land, finding it returned them to a party that was not mana whenua.
A tribunal decision, made last year… Audio
The process of deciding to receive a moko kauae
Charle Krause recently made the decision to receive a moko kauae, or chin tattoo. After posting the photo on her Twitter account she had a huge repsonse, so we thought we'd have a chat to her. Audio
Māori health authority picks up pace
The arrival of a long-awaited independent Māori health authority is picking up pace.
Associate health Minister Peeni says the draft of an agency tasked with ending years of health inequity is going… Audio
