Te Ao Māori

Ngai Tahu says the government needs to work closely with iwi to resolve the long-standing question of who should own or control fresh water. The Waitangi Tribunal has found Maori should have greater… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is slamming the Crown for letting our rivers and lakes get so polluted and for essentially blocking Māori from helping to fix the problem.

It has just released a landmark report… Audio

After a 10-year long battle, a collection of taonga left on board Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour will be returned, on loan, to the Tairāwhiti region after 250 years.

The taonga, which include… Video, Audio

Māori suicide prevention workers say they are undervalued and underfunded and they're pleading for more support as Māori suicide rates reach record highs.

New figures show 685 people in Aotearoa… Video, Audio

A national strategy isn't the solution to reducing the number of Maori taking their own lives. That's the opinion of Tuta Ngarimu, who's the manager of the Nati for Life trust suicide support group in… Audio

Te Ao Māori is in mourning for one of its unsung heroes. The Ngāti Hine elder, Pita Paraone, died early on Monday morning in Auckland Hospital.

The 73-year-old served for many years as a public… Video, Audio

New Zealand doesn't have a single constitutional document, although we do have an unwritten constitution made up of different pieces of legislation. Law professor Claire Charters thinks the status quo… Audio

The Māori Council is calling for more to be done for kaumatua. The council points to data that shows Māori reach retirement with a plethora of undiagnosed conditions and lower than average life… Audio

In the six-part series, He Kākano Ahau Kahu Kutia challenges the assumption that to be urban and Māori means to be disconnected from your culture, she explores the nuance of Māori migration to the… Audio

This week Corrections announced a new tikanga based strategy with the aim of reducing the Maori prison population from 52% to 16%. Criminal lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar thinks that… Audio

A Wairarapa iwi is on a mission to lift the number of Māori language speakers among its kaumātua. Rangitāne o Wairarapa found more than seventy percent of its people aged 55 and over could not speak… Audio

Protesters occupying the Ihumātao land near Auckland airport are about to begin a four-hour hikoi to Jacinda Ardern's electorate office Mt Albert. They're presenting a petition that has been signed by… Audio

Support is being expressed for a challenge laid down by Kiingi Tuheitia in his annual address in Ngaruawahia yesterday. In his wero, the King said Maori should find their own solutions for looking… Audio

A candidate in the local body elections says the rules governing Māori translations of candidate profiles on voting papers is a form of "institutional racism" and must change. Election rules state… Audio

Plans to build a cellphone tower in the rural Utakura Valley in Northland have come to a halt, following widespread opposition by hapū who have threatened to occupy the land in protest.

The tower is… Audio

Universities and polytechnics hope to end decades-long disparities in Maori and Pasifika students' pass rates in just a few years by copying big companies like Amazon. The Tertiary Education… Audio

The Cancer Society is donating $2 million to fund a new research project that will focus on cancer prevention and support. Otago University, Massey University and Victoria University will join forces… Audio

Former National Party cabinet minister Chester Borrows says a new Corrections strategy focused on Maori has the potential to be a game-changer. Mr Borrows currently chairs the government's Safe and… Audio