Te Ao Māori

A building business owner says a boost to fund more Māori in cadetships is an integral step to getting more Māori into work

Over lockdown, Jarrod Tua, applied for the funding and has taken on four… Audio

Māori health experts say major plans to overhaul the health system and create a Māori health authority don't go far enough.

The government's Health and Disability Review, out yesterday, includes a… Audio

District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.

One of those proposed agencies would be a Māori Health Authority… Audio

A Ngaruawāhia hapū is demanding to know why they were not properly consulted about a decision to destroy 300-year-old food pits. 

Excavation of the rua, which give the town its name, stopped in early… Audio

Could the #BlackLivesMatter protests, spurred by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, be a catalyst for police reform here in Aotearoa? It's long overdue, according to Khylee Quince… Audio

A war of words has broken out over claims newborn babies from two Māori families were to be uplifted from an Auckland Hospital.

A Māori trust and a senior health board member say they stopped Oranga… Audio

The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line, as the government proposes to create a single Māori news service run by Māori Television.

The government has this week released… Audio

Waikato Māori say glorifying colonial-era figures in statue form is a reminder of the devastating effects of British injustice.

Hamilton City Council contractors this morning removed British army… Video, Audio

Data from the police about their now-abandoned Armed Response Teams trial shows they dealt with six incidents involving 12 year old children - almost all Maori - some armed with weapons other than… Audio

The Police Armed Response Team trial is being criticised for attending call outs to deal with children as young as 12 years old while they were in action.

The controversial teams were officially… Video, Audio

There are calls for statues of colonial figures to be taken down in New Zealand - as the Black Lives Matter movement sees statues around the world removed or under review. Protestors tore down and… Audio

More than 200 people have taken part in a peaceful protest in Gisborne today to oppose the permanent installment of two replicas of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour.

The Gisborne District Council… Audio

The head of Nelson's Wakatu Incorporation is in talks with the Tasman District Council about parcels of reserve land in the Moutere-Waimea Ward, and their historical significance. Nelson-based Wakatu… Audio

Former Māori Party leader Dame Tariana Turia is renewing her call for Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Grainne Moss and the Minister for Children Tracey Martin to resign.

It comes as pressure mounts… Audio

As part of this years Queens Birthday Honours, Te Ahi Kaa features this encore presentation.  Visual Artist, composer and Taa moko practitioner Sir Derek Lardelli talks about the resurgence of ta moko… Audio

“What does decolonisation actually mean? and how does the concept inspire Māori and Pākehā New Zealanders' vision for Aotearoa? We'll ask Mike Ross (Ngati Haua) and Amanda Thomas (Pākehā), both… Audio