Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
School scrapping te reo Māori unit 'a step backwards'
Parents say they are shocked and angry with a Whakatāne primary school after it decided to scrap a bilingual teaching unit without consultation. Audio
New Te Pāti Māori MPs make defiant debut speeches
Two new Te Pāti Māori MPs have made their debut in Parliament, promising to defend against attacks on their language and culture.
Submissions pour in for bid to rename village
It's not clear when Waimarino suddenly became just "National Park", but iwi are calling for the tourist village to be given its historic name back.
Māwhera Pā to tell stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu
The new centre named Māwhera Pā is the first of four hubs telling the stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu on the South Island's West Coast.
National and Labour defend Te Papa's right to display English version of Treaty of Waitangi
Both National and Labour have defended Te Papa's right to display an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi after it was defaced by protesters on Monday. Audio
Govt likened to 'dinosaurs behaving as though it's 1948' over te reo
The government's approach to the use of te reo is reversing half a century of progress, the chair of a trust says. Audio
Te Papa should remove English version of the Treaty of Waitangi - expert
Te Papa should listen to protesters and remove its large display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi, a Māori legal expert says. Audio
Tauranga iwi makes urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim
A Tauranga-based iwi has made an urgent claim to the Waitangi Tribunal accusing the government of attacking Maori culture and language.
The Ngai Te Rangi Settlements Trust says the coalition is… Audio
Professor Margaret Mutu reacts to Te Papa vandalism
Te Papa has declined to be interviewed on Morning Report after protesters vandalised a display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi using spray paint and an angle grinder to damage a… Audio
Iwi files for urgent tribunal hearing on government's te reo, Treaty policies
A Tauranga-based iwi has made an urgent claim to the Waitangi Tribunal, accusing the government of attacking Māori culture and language.
Protesters speak after Te Papa vandalism
Protestors who attacked the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi at Te Papa yesterday say everyone has the right to go into the museum and trust the information is factual.
Twelve people were… Audio
Multiple arrests after Treaty of Waitangi panel at Te Papa damaged, police say
The wooden display panel showing the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi has been damaged with spray paint and some kind of power tool, Te Papa says.
Waitangi Tribunal recommends Northland land returned to Māori
The Waitangi Tribunal has recommended that Crown land in much of Northland should be returned to Māori in a landmark report dealing with grievances suffered by the region's biggest iwi, Ngāpuhi. A… Audio
Another march if new government lets Ngāpuhi down?
Dame Whina Cooper's daughter says her mum would have urged Ngāpuhi to never give up the struggle for justice.
Dame Anne Salmond: connecting people through culture
Dame Anne Salmond's latest book, Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind, explores how the arts can forge connections between cultures. Audio
Dame Anne Salmond: connecting people through culture
The journey anthropologist and award-winning writer Dame Anne Salmond has made into Te Ao Māori as a Pākehā over 50 years - creating a bridge for others to connect with our histories, our environment… Audio
Ngahuia Harrison: the consequences of cannibal capitalism on the land
In her major exhibition Coastal Cannibals at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, with a camera, Ngahuia Harrison offers different views on our landscape than we are used to seeing in a frame. She… Audio
Whaea Esther Jessop & Ngati Ranana's sellout concert
More than sixty years ago, Esther Jessop and a few other Maori in London founded a little group in the suburb of Putney to meet and keep their language going. Since then, Ngati Ranana has become a… Audio
Historian Dr Aroha Harris on National Maori Action Day
Dr Aroha Harris is a professor of history at Auckland University and is the author of the book Hikoi, Forty Years of Maori Protest. How does she view this week's protests against the new government's… Audio
Kera Sherwood-O'Regan: top woman
Not far down the BBC's list of 100 Women for 2023 is 31 year old Christchurch-based indigenous rights and disability advocate Kera Sherwood-O'Regan (Kai Tahu). Kera is the co-founder of Activate, a… Audio
