Te Ao Māori

An iwi leader is praising the relationship between Māori and the police saying it's made huge strides forward. Rahui Papa from Waikato Tainui was at the launch of the new police strategy to cut… Audio

The first fire safety programme in te reo Māori for children is significantly reducing the number of emergency call outs in one of Napier's most vulnerable suburbs.

Developed by a local firefighter… Video, Audio

The disputed land at Ihumātao could be granted the highest level of heritage recognition by Heritage New Zealand.

It's proposing to change the heritage status of the neighbouring Ōtuataua Stonefields… Audio

Former co-leader of the Maori Party Marama Fox entered parliament in 2014. During her term, she says she experienced overt racism, and was against using the term 'Vulnerable' in the now named… Audio

Griff Rhys-Jones has been in New Zealand filming his new series, Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip, which premieres next Sunday. Along with seeing the sights, he's on a quest to find out what it means to… Audio

Coca Cola is an instantly recognisible brand, backed up by a well oiled marketing machine.

But its campaign including te reo Māori on bottles and cans - urging us to share a coke with a kuia and… Video, Audio

Beneficiary advocates say the Ministry of Social Development needs to hurry up and scrap a sanction that is overwhelmingly penalising Māori, and leaving children hungry.

The use of the sanction… Audio

A prominent Māori lawyer has told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care that colonisation is the root cause of ongoing abuse of Māori in state care.

The Royal Commission is meeting in Auckland over… Audio

Whangarei mental health nurse, Philippa Burton, has won a $127,000 Health Research Council Scholarship, to improve Māori recruitment and retention into nursing.

In 40 years the Māori nursing… Audio

Visitors to Lake Waikaremoana are being urged to look after the land as if it were their closest and dearest friend's home.

That's after the iwi who take care of the area discovered illegal… Audio

Up to 50 iwi members, from Wairoa to Wairarapa, have approached Ngāti Kahungunu wanting to help take care of children at risk of being removed from their families by the state.

The iwi put out the… Audio

The head of the Māori-led inquiry into Oranga Tamariki says it's made huge progress with whānau Maori, after they lost trust in the department's internal review.

One whānau is refusing to engage with… Audio

Dr Ngarino Ellis is New Zealand's only Maori art history lecturer and she's on a mission to change the discipline. She's a senior lecturer in art history at the University of Auckland and specialises… Audio

Māori working in the digital arena are about to get a boost and more opportunities to develop technology compatible with big international operations.

At the moment, just 2 percent of Māori and… Audio

A dawn service has been held this morning at the pa on the outskirts of Waitara where the first shots of the New Zealand wars were fired in 1860. The ceremony kicked off the second day of Te Putake o… Audio

The parents of a baby at the centre of an attempted removal by Oranga Tamariki are refusing to be part of a government review, saying they don't trust the investigation will be fair, or independent… Audio

A dawn service is underway at the pā on the outskirts of Waitara where the first shots of the New Zealand wars were fired in 1860.

The ceremony kicks off the second day of the commemorations of the… Audio

New Zealand Land Wars commemorations are getting underway with Te Putake o te Riri, He Ra Maumahara in Waitara to commemorate the wars that took place in Taranaki. RNZ is releasing a documentary this… Audio

Former Māori politician Tau Henare admits that he misses parliament - during his political career he was a member of the National Party, New Zealand First, and the leader of Mauri Pacific. Morgan… Audio