Te Ao Māori

After five years, Guyon Espiner says mā te wā to Morning Report. Audio

How Māori do you need to be, to be Māori? And when are you Māori enough? That's the debate on the minds of some Māori MPs in Parliament this week - prompting some to suggest they're more Māori than… Audio

The New Zealand Maori Council has called-out the Hobson's Pledge Group because he says no one else has. The Council's executive director Matthew Tukaki said that Hobson's Pledge was "a divisive group… Audio

Hone Harawira has leapt to the defence of Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki and his Man Up prison rehabilitation programme. The Minister for Corrections, Kelvin Davis, has ruled out allowing the… Audio

Thousands are expected to turn up to the tangi for the seven members of the Poutawa whanau who died in a horror car crash at the weekend. The tūpāpaku were due to arrive at Moteo Marae near Napier… Audio

A co-author of a report on the mental health inquiry says it was re-written, renamed and cut in half, in what she calls "methodological racism." Dr Lynne Russell is a top Maori researcher and she says… Audio

In this episode of Voices; we meet two migrants whose lives have been changed by learning te reo Māori. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu. Audio

Military historian and author Sir Wira Gardiner talks about his new book, Ake Ake Kia Kaha E - Forever Brave B Company (28th Māori Battalion) Audio

Troy Kingi, Mara TK and Mark Vanilau are Love and Hope. To coincide with Te Matatini, the national kapa haka championships, the trio played Wellington's Old St. Pauls for a special night with friends… Audio

A $4 million plan to build half a dozen houses at an Ōtautahi (Christchurch) marae marks the end of a long fight for iwi to live on ancestral land. The government has announced it will build six homes… Audio

He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. (What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge. It is communication.) The Māori Council is trying to teach people how to recognise when… Audio

A $12 million plan to roll out Māori language courses for teachers and school staff is being hailed as a good start but some say it needs to go further. On Monday the government launched Te Ahu o te… Audio

Three seemingly uninteresting grey lumps of stone are shedding new light on the voyages of early Maori settlers, and suggesting direct links between Southland and Tahiti. Retired geologist Dr Ross… Audio

Vince Copeland is the former Pou Whakahaere at Mahitahi Akoranga an organisation that works alongside inmates to reduce re-offending, in his capacity as a officer with the territorial services Vince… Audio

Iwi leaders and lawyers have called into question the way the Crown handled the Pare Hauraki settlement, saying its attempt to fix old grieveances has created new ones. The government's $250 million… Audio

Councillors in the Hasting's suburb of Flaxmere want Treaty of Waitangi principles applied to liquor laws. Henare O'Keefe decribes the damage done in his community as an "alcohol holocaust". His… Audio