Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Proposal on Māori, Pasifika medical school limits 'disturbing'
A prominent medical organisation has called a proposal by Otago University to impose caps on special medical school admissions for Māori and Pasifika "deeply disturbing".
The Royal Australasian… Audio
Waikato University Māori academics urge action on racism
Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.
An open letter… Audio
Covid has little impact on iwi financial stability
Iwi have a billion dollars in funds to invest going into the pandemic, according to a new study. ANZ Bank's annual Te Tirohanga WhÄnui report, looked at the financial strength, assets, and collective… Audio
Māori Battalion descendants unaware family missed out on medals
Descendants of soldiers who fought in the Māori Battalion say they were blown away to learn their family members never received their war medals.
A list of 134 soldiers from the battalion's C company… Audio
Whanau of Maori Battalion soldiers to receive war medals
The son of a soldier in the Maori Battalion says he was blown away to learn his father never received his war medals. A list of 134 soldiers from the Battalion's C company has been published online… Audio
Māori patients disappointed bowel cancer screening age unchanged
Māori bowel cancer patients are disappointed the Ministry of Health will not drop the age for Māori and Pasifika to get onto the national cancer screening programme.
The Ministry's own expert… Audio
Māori call for targeted policies - not just Matariki
Some in te ao Māori are calling for policies to improve inequities for Māori in the wake of Labour's promise to make Matariki a public holiday.
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern announced that if elected… Audio
Matariki public holiday recognition meaningful to Maori
The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Audio
Business advocates react to Matariki public holiday pledge
A Labour Party promise to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected has got many in te ao Māori excited.
But advocates for businesses that are already struggling to keep their staff employed… Audio
Family members of Māori Battalion asked to claim medals their relatives never received
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II descendants of more than 130 members of the Māori Battalion's C Company are being asked to come forward and claim the war medals their family members… Audio
'Getting Better' podcast - Te Ahi Kaa
Te Ahi Kaa features episode six of Getting Better - A year in the life of a Māori Medical Doctor. Presenter and Trainee Medical Doctor Emma Espiner heads home to Kuku Beach in the Horowhenua and… Audio
Te Waonui for 4 September 2020
Pressure mounts on the Otago medical school to front up on a proposed cap to its Maori Entry pathway -- regional covid-19 modelling shows over 13-hundred Maori and Pasifika would die in Counties… Audio
Supporting the social work support team in Maori communities
A charity has been set up to provide support and relief to social workers who are helping vulnerable Maori families to get through the Covid-19 related hardships. Jen Deben, came up with the idea, she… Audio
Mahuru Māori - the challenge to speak more te reo in September
Mahuru Māori is a challenge for anyone to take up to try and speak te reo Māori for the whole month of September.
This year participants can sign up to either speak it for the whole month, an hour a… Audio
Covid-19: Māori deaths would double non-Māori - modellers
A researcher modelling Covid-19 death rates for different ethnicities estimates 600 Māori and over 900 Pasifika would die in the Counties Manukau district alone if the disease was allowed run… Audio
Meet local hero 86 year old Māori warden Peggy Hughes
Meet a local town hero from Auckland's Northshore - 86-year-old Māori Warden Peggy Hughes.
Peggy has been serving in her community as a volunteer for about 60 years and officially as a Māori Warden… Video, Audio
Otago Uni Vice Chancellor wont front on restricting Māori numbers to medical school
Medical students at Otago say the university's vice chancellor Harlene Hayne has refused to meet with them over proposed changes to medical school admissions through the Māori Entry Pathway. A… Audio
Academic says allegations of racism at Waikato University met with silence
A Māori academic who has come forward alleging casual and structural racism within Waikato University says her concerns have been met with resounding silence from the university's leaders.
Professor… Audio
Ramai Hayward on the making of Rewi’s Last Stand
Kahu Kutia from Nga Taonga pays tribute to one of Aotearoa's profilic pioneer filmmakers - Ramai Hayward. Ramai Hayward was probably the first Māori woman to work as a professional film maker. Audio
'Matter of time' before police AI leads to Māori or pacific person's wrongful arrest - expert
A Māori specialist in artificial intelligence says it's only a matter of time before a Māori or Pasifika person is wrongfully arrested because of a false match on facial recognition software.
Police… Audio
