Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Shot Cuzz bus driving up Maori vaccination rates
Another mobile bus has been launched - in the hope it can drive up vaccination rates in Tamaki Makaurau and boost low Maori innoculation rates. The Shot Cuzz bus pulled up to the Clendon Pak n Save in… Audio
Kīngitanga encouraging Māori to go get Covid-19 vaccines
The Māori King - Kingi Tuheitia - and other esteemed leaders are encouraging everyone to go and get vaccinated to increase innoculation rates among Māori.
Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero te… Audio
Covid-19: Māori experts want alert level 4 for Waikato
A group of Māori medical experts is calling for Waikato to go into alert level 4 after three new Covid-19 cases were confirmed.
The Ministry of Health says the three are household members of a remand… Audio
Non-Māori must learn te reo for it to survive - Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Mā tātou katoa te reo Māori e whakaora.
If te reo Māori is to survive, non-Māori must speak and learn the language too.
That's the message from the head of the Māori Language Commission as the… Audio
Māori men urged to get regular prostate checks
Māori men are being urged to go get their prostates checked to stop more tāne from dying of prostate cancer.
Māori men are twice as likely to die from the disease.
RNZ reporter Matai O'Connor filed… Audio
Full Immersion Te Reo Maori tours at Waitomo Caves
This week Waitomo Caves are offering tours given either bilingually or entirely in te reo Māori, guided by direct descendents of the cave's original explorers. Jesse speaks to one of the… Audio
Te reo Māori album debuts in top 10 of Aotearoa charts
The new 'Kono 003' EP – featuring the likes of Anna Coddington, Troy Kingi and Ria Hall - has debuted at number eight in the Aotearoa charts this week.
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Māori Party launches petition to change NZ's official name to Aotearoa
The Māori Party has launched a petition to change the country's official name to Aotearoa.
It also says it wants all reo Māori place names to be officially restored across the country in the next… Audio
More than 1 million join Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori event
More than a million people came together today to share a moment in Te Reo Māori.
It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Langauge Week, and the moment is one of the week's pinnacle events.
Jamie Tahana… Audio
Te Wa Tuku Reo Māori - the Māori language moment
More than 1.1 million people gathered around the country at Midday today to embrace te reo Māori in some way for Māori language week.
E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona… Audio
Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito - A Home Away from Home
London based Mau Rakau group Maramara Totara members Chris Reynolds and Nadia Pavlof share their connection to Hinemihi and how they both feel about their 'Kuia' returning home. Audio
Te Matatini festival organisers put Covid-19 response plan in place
Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata Kapa Haka festival has taken precautions in light of the lockdown and Delta outbreak.
Te Waonui a TMK for 12 September 2021
Politics seeps into the vaccine rollout... kura and iwi trusts step in to help struggling whanau in lockdown and we celebrate those behind Mahuru Maori. Audio
Mahuru Maori - the month long reo-Maori challenge
It is Mahuru Māori - the month long reo-Māori challenge. This year's month is in line with the Maramataka - Māori Calendar - with the new moon starting today or Whiro. Mahuru Māori was started by… Audio
Scotty Morrison - modern phrases in te reo
Te reo Maori advocate and teacher, Professor Scotty Morrison shares some modern Maori phrases. It's been 10 years since his first Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori hit the shelves. Audio
Māori language challenge organisers shocked by popularity
Those behind a month-long challenge to speak as much Te Reo Māori as possible say they're staggered by how popular it's become.
Today is the first day of Mahuru Māori, a month long celebration of… Audio
Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito - He Tāonga Kōrero
In episode three of this series, Dr Anthony Hoete, Dr Keri-Anne Wikitera, Mark Adams and Alan Gallop provide their own perspectives about the whare tupuna, Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito. Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 5 September 2021
Additional funding announced for Whanau Ora as ministers concede the Covid-response could have done better for Maori; The vaccine rollout continues, with Maori health agencies taking charge to pick up… Audio
Govt accepts it could do better by Māori in pandemic response
The Government has accepted it could have done better by Māori in its response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson and Minister for Whānau Ora Peeni Henare fronted… Audio
Training rangatahi for the animation industry
If you're 16 plus, Māori, and interested in animation, Nikora Ngaropo wants to hear from you. Nikora is a lead animation tutor at TORO Academy, which is offering a 16-week animation training… Audio
