Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
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
Maori AI specialist:facial recognition software not accurate
A Maori specialist in artificial intelligence says it's only a matter of time before a Maori or Pasifika person is wrongfully arrested because of a false match on facial recognition software. Police… Audio
Scotty and Stacey Morrison: new puzzle book makes learning Māori fun
Puzzles and games can be a fun way to learn te reo, say husband and wife team Scotty and Stacey Morrison. Their new all-ages activity book Māori Made Fun features crosswords, word-finds, colouring… Audio
Public health academic says Māori and Pacific pathways vital
Senior Public Health Lecturer at the University of Auckland, Dr Rhys Jones, says Māori and Pacific pathways into medical school create equity, and wouldn't be needed if New Zealand didn't have a… Audio
Māori pandemic group says Auckland level change dangerous
The national Māori pandemic group says moving Auckland out of level three is, at this stage, "premature and dangerous."
Te Ropu Whakakaupapa Uruta is urging the government to halt the relaxation of… Audio
Otago University confirms changes to medical school pathway caps
The University of Otago has confirmed it could consider imposing caps on the number of Māori admissions to its medical school through a designated entry pathway, but has refused to give any more… Audio
Horomona Horo - opportunities for traditional instruments
Encouraging musicians who play traditional Maori instruments (taonga puoro) to be braver, more experimental - that's the goal of Horomona Horo. Horomona has just been appointed as both a researcher… Audio
Te Waonui for 28 August 2020
Tauranga City Council votes in favour of establishing a Maori Ward; Volunteers help South Auckland whanau access phones during lockdown; and we remember the life and legacy of Maori poet Keri Kaa. Audio
Maori unrepresented at local government level around NZ
Maori underrepresentation at local government level has sparked talk of iwi having voting rights and wards created. Dr Lara Greaves, an Auckland university lecturer in New Zealand Politics and Public… Audio
Vote on Māori wards in Wellington blocked
A move to introduce Māori wards in Wellington has been blocked at a council meeting today.
Councillor Jill Day sought to introduce an amendment to consider the establishment of a Māori ward in… Audio