Te Ao Māori

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'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

'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

A section of provisions under the Oranga Tamariki act, allowing for the removal of subsequent children, are set to be repealed.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 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

Professor of Maori Studies at Auckland University of Technology, Dr Ella Henry, joins the Panel discussion about cultural appropriation. Audio

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

This month is Te Marama Puūoro Waiata Maāori - Māori Music Month- and will feature a Whanau TikTok Challenge.  Audio