Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Kapiti Airport land should be returned to mana whenua
Descendants of the original land owners at Kapiti Airport and the local mayor are calling on the government to return it to mana whenua. The site was taken under the Public Works Act in 1939 to build… Audio
Covid-19: Visitors asked to stay away from Ruapehu
Ngāti Rangi are asking visitors to stay away from the Ruapehu area following reports that a Covid positive case from the Auckland visited Tūroa Ski Area on 9 August.
They want local community… Audio
Te Atiawa embarks on ambitious property development plan
Taranaki's largest iwi, Te Atiawa, is pushing ahead with plans to become the pre-eminent property developer in its rohe.
The iwi is selling fourteen sections at a development in the desirable New… Audio
Te Waonui for 16 August 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui - the Prime Minister announces that Auckland will remain at alert level three and the rest of the country at level two - iwi and Maori health providers re-mobilise in the face… Audio
East coast iwi receive funding to restore Raukumara forest
After years of lobbying successive governments, iwi on the East Coast have finally received funding and support to restore the dying Raukumara Forest. The government has invested 34 million dollars to… Audio
Matariki awards nominee Chelsea Winstanley talks about her work
Multi-award winning film maker Chelsea Winstanley's been nominated for this year's Matariki Awards. She talks to Jesse about her work and what she's currently working on since arriving back in… Audio
Changing international guidelines to save Maori lives
Researchers have managed to get a change to international clinical guidelines to ensure Maori are tested for a gene which causes stomach cancer. Otago University Professor Parry Guilford explains to… Audio
Testing expected to save Māori from stomach cancer
A research team hopes Māori lives will be saved with a new testing criteria for stomach cancer.
The University of Otago and Kimihauora Reseach Clinic have developed the new criteria to make it easier… Audio
Call for Māori stories to form new tourism economy
An iwi leader on the government's new tourism taskforce says there is an "untapped wealth" of Māori stories that should form the basis of a new tourism economy.
The Tourism Futures Taskforce will… Audio
Te Waonui for 7 August 2020
Coming up on Te Waonui - hapu in the north gearing up to occupy a public reserve, yet another scathing report into Oranga Tamariki and some raised eyebrows at a shop name in Wellington. Audio
Calls to urgently support a Maori Health Authority
The Public Health Association is calling for the Health Minister to urgently support a Māori Health Authority - with more power - before the election. The Health and Disability Review released in June… Audio
Oranga Tamariki bosses at Waitangi Tribunal
Oranga Tamariki's bosses are fronting up to the Waitangi Tribunal today. The tribunal's urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki, which in part seeks to find out why Māori are dispropotionately taken into… Audio
Whakatōhea Treaty Settlement facing opposition
At least three hapū have formally asked the government to stop negotiating the Whakatōhea Treaty settlement with its pre-settlement trust.
The Trust recently won a majority vote to represent the iwi… Audio
Merepereka Raukauwa-Tait on damning Oranga Tamariki report: "I'm over them."
'The most damning report of all I have read' - that's the reaction of one Maori leader to the latest Oranga Tamariki report by the Chief Ombudsman. He Take Kohukihuki, A Matter of Urgency, found… Audio
Children's Minister explains Oranga Tamariki law changes
A section of provisions under the Oranga Tamariki act, allowing for the removal of subsequent children, are set to be repealed. Currently, if a parent has had a child previously removed from their… Audio
Māori doctors join calls for self-swab cervical cancer tests
Māori doctors have joined calls for the Ministry of Health to reconsider postponing a self-swabbing cervical cancer programme, saying the delays are unacceptable.
The programme was due to be rolled… Audio
Restaurant names spark cultural appropriation debate
Professor of Maori Studies at Auckland University of Technology, Dr Ella Henry, joins the Panel discussion about cultural appropriation. Audio
Art for Matariki: Contemporary Maori exhibitions
Arts correspondent Mark Amery travels to the Bay of Plenty for Matariki. First to Whakatane and then to Tauranga for some exciting contemporary Maori exhibitions. Pictured in the gallery below is… Audio
A close-up lesson in white privilege
Peter Meihana knows what it is to be marginalised as Maori in a pakeha world, and then as pakeha in a Maori world. The Marlborough-born lecturer in Maori history at Massey University has straddled the… Audio
Māori Music Month's Whanau TikTok Challenge
This month is Te Marama Puūoro Waiata Maāori - Māori Music Month- and will feature a Whanau TikTok Challenge. Audio