Te Ao Māori

Matua Rereata Makiha (Ngati Whakaheke, Te Aupouri, Te Arawa) is a renowned Maori astrologer and a leading authority on the maramataka - the Maori lunar calendar. Makiha joins the show to discuss why… Audio

Emily Karaka's colourful post-modern expressionist paintings explore personal, political, and environmental issues, with an emphasis on the importance of matauranga Maori. One of Aotearoa's most… Audio, Gallery

There are concerns at how long a video threatening to slaughter Māori was accessible before it was taken down, and whether the YouTube channel it was posted to was on the radar of authorities. Police… Audio

A crowd of hundreds conducted a powhiri this week to mark the inaugural Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture award exhibition in Wellington.

A little under 130 Maori artists submitted their artworks which… Audio

The Department of Conservation is asking the public to report vandals and fly-tippers desecrating Te Kuiti's Mangaokewa Reserve - a site sacred to the Ngāti Rora hapū.

Caves in the Waitomo reserve… Audio

An Air New Zealand passenger was so impressed by a pilot's use of te reo Maori over the intercom he just had to meet and thank him. When he discovered the pilot wasn't Maori, he was astonished ... and… Audio

Former Gisborne police officer Tui Keenan tells us about sharing her skills with local whanau and rangatahi - teaching them how to forage, hunt and fish. Audio, Gallery

One in four tamariki and rangatahi in state care don't feel they can contact their birth families as much as they'd like to.

The statistic is just one finding taken from an Oranga Tamariki survey of… Audio

Awa Pūoro ki te Ao and the Alexander Library in Whanganui are offering a Taonga pūoro kit that can be borrowed from the library. Audio

Paula Bennett quickly became a breakout star in Parliament. But the former National Party MP opens up on the brutal leadership coup that sealed her fate. Video, Audio

The second season, Matangireia - Māori Political Legacies, explores the careers of former Māori members of Parliament. Video

Rua Bioscience Co-founder Manu Caddie is with Justine Murray and talks about setting up the business, providing employment in their community, and what advice he has for Māori or Iwi interested in… Audio

Earlier this week, Hastings announced it was establishing two Maori wards, but Napier has not, opting to wait til later in the year, arguing it didn't have time to properly consult the community… Audio

It is deadline day for councils throughout the country to approve Māori wards - if they are to be in place before next year's local body elections. Māori wards are a mechanism to correct the… Audio

The government's calling it unprecedented - more than a billion dollars of targeted funding for Māori in the Budget.

Health and housing are at the top of the list but there's one complaint,  Whānau… Audio

A push to revive te reo Māori at the top of South Island has been taking place in Blenheim. The sold out two day language-symposium - Te Kaiaotanga o Te Reo - encourages and helps whānau to learn te… Audio

Māori will be the focus of this country's first trial of screening for lung cancer.

It's been made possible by a grant of nearly $2 million from the Health Research Council and the Global Alliance… Audio