Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
NZTA stops work on contentious Kaikōura shared path
The Transport Agency has stopped all work on a contentious walking and cycling path that local Māori vehemently opposed.
It comes after the protest group - Protect Our Unique Coastline - threatened… Audio
Focus on Politics: Māori politics in election year
The start of the political year begins with a sharp focus on what Government has (or has not) delivered for Maori Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 24 January 2020
Distinguised Maori leaders seek an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing over the government's handling of Whanau Ora funding, the Kiingitanga flag comes down at Ihumatao as a resolution to the… Audio
Ardern challenged at Ratana on delivery for Maori
Rātana has long been a Labour Party stronghold, but the Prime Minister was challenged on Friday to prove what her year of delivery has achieved for Māori.
Thousands have descended on the historic pā… Audio
Pt England reserve compromise a 'win-win' - iwi
An Auckland iwi displaced from its land for 180 years has called a compromise on the future of Pt England reserve a "win-win".
Ngāti Paoa is forgoing an almost 12 hectare property development at Pt… Audio
Govt heads to Rātana as Ihumātao, Whānau Ora issues unresolved
Politicians gathered at Rātana have been using the opportunity to say what they'll be doing this year to deliver to Māori.
In the lead up to Friday's event, issues like Ihumātao and the handling of… Video, Audio
The Dead Lands: new show takes Māori culture to global TV audience
The Dead Lands – a ground-breaking new TV show featuring a 100-percent Māori and Pasifika cast – debuts to a massive international TV audience tonight. The series is a supernatural adventure series in… Audio
Andrew Crowe: Pathway of the Birds
Nature writer Andrew Crowe tells Lynn Freeman about the story of Polynesian voyaging and migration; of finding and re-finding small remote islands and atolls scattered throughout the Pacific… Audio
'Appropriate' for Kīngitanga flag to be lowered at Ihumātao - Pania Newton
Protestors at Ihumātao remain hopeful a resolution to the lengthy dispute will be announced before Waitangi Day.
Kiingi Tūheitia arrived at Ihumātao yesterday for a ceremony lowering and returning… Audio
Ihumātao: Kiingitanga flag lowered, resolution expected soon
The Kingiitanga flag is no longer flying at Ihumātao, but the symbolic gesture isn't the end of the long-running land dispute.
There has been pressure on the government to come to a resolution before… Video, Audio
Ihumātao - Meriana Johnsen
RNZ Maori Affairs reporter Meriana Johnsen has just returned from Ihumatao and joins me from the Wellington studio. Audio
Eleven Māori become District Court judges
The naming of eleven Māori as new District Court judges is being called a generational shift.
Attorney General David Parker says the move is aimed at improving access to justice and boosting… Audio
Te Reo everyday use could help new learners
If you're a regular listener to Radio New Zealand you'll hear Maori words and phrases throughout the day. Perhaps you can't speak Maori and don't understand every word that's said - but research shows… Audio
Whānau Ora Minister, agency Chair in funding dispute
The head of Whānau Ora is warning the policy's Minister Peeni Henare that if he continues to allow government agencies to dip into their funding, he can kiss Māori progress goodbye.
It comes as… Audio
Peeni Henare, Merepeka Raukawa-Tait debate Whānau Ora
The destruction of Whānau Ora by stealth or a politically motivated public stoush - which is it?
A group of five prominent Māori kuia, including Dame Naida Glavish, Dame Tariana Turia,and Merepeka… Video, Audio
Māori phrase a day with Hemi Kelly
Over the summer, Hēmi Kelly popped in the the Summer Times studio to give us a Māori phrase a day. They were very popular so here you can listen back to them all in one place. Hemi's a lecturer in Te…
Māori leaders seek Waitangi Tribunal hearing over Whānau Ora
Māori leaders are seeking an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing over the government's handling of the Māori Party's flagship Whānau Ora policy.
The government announced the major funding increase for… Audio
Calls for Catholic Church to apologise for role in colonisation
The New Zealand Maori Council is calling on the Catholic church to apologise for its role in the confiscation of Maori land and colonisation. The Council's Executive Director Matthew Tukaki says the… Audio
Remembering Piri Sciascia, a true gentleman
Professor Piri Sciascia has died aged 73.
Of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu and Italian descent he was Deputy Vice Chancellor - Māori at Wellington's Victoria University until 2016.
He… Audio
The race to unearth history in the Hauraki Gulf
The race is on in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, where storms and sea swells are threatening an important Maori archaeological site on Otata in the Noises Group of islands. The landowners and local Ngai Tai… Audio, Gallery
