Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 9 August 2019
A breakthrough is reached for protesters at Ihumātao following a tense stand-off on Monday night with police ---- The treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little rules out a law change that would allow… Audio
Chris Finlayson attacks Crown over shallow consultation
Former National Cabinet minister Chris Finlayson has launched a blistering attack on the way the Crown has consulted with Māori over many years, saying the state would often just tell them what it was… Audio
L.A.B., Theia and PERE among finalists for 2019 Waiata Māori Music Awards
L.A.B., Theia and PERE are among the finalists for 2019 Waiata Māori Music, which celebrate excellence in Māori music. Past winners include Six60, Troy Kingi, Maisey Rika and Rob Ruha. Video
Coming up
Anglican Church returns 160-year-old flag to Kīngitanga
A 160-year-old flag, from the time of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, has been returned to the Kīngitanga by the Anglican Church.
The Anglican Diocese officially signed over ownership to… Audio
Govt rules out law change on confiscated land in private hands
The Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little is ruling out a law change that will put confiscated land now in private hands up for return to Māori in treaty settlements.
It comes as protesters… Audio
Ihumātao: Top Māori police officer Wally Haumaha visits protest
The country's top Maori police officer Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha went to Ihumātao on Tuesday in an attempt to reduce tensions between protestors and police.
After a pōwhiri at the site of the… Audio
More men needed to work in domestic violence help
Māori providers involved in a police-led domestic violence intervention programme say they're struggling to find enough men to work with perpetrators.
The Integrated Safety Response Pilot - which… Audio
Māori shouldn't have to leave their culture at the gate
A new $42 million project is looking to address New Zealand's education inequality - a system where Māori are failing, and are "leaving their culture at the gate." Audio
Māori shouldn't have to leave their culture at the gate
A new $42 million project is looking to address New Zealand's education inequality - a system where Māori are failing, and are "leaving their culture at the gate."
AudioUnderstanding the Lunar Phases
In part two of this series, Rereata Makiha explains the different lunar phases of the maramataka used as a guide for the best times to plant, fish and collect kaimoana. In recent years Makiha says… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 2 August 2019
The stand-off at Ihumātao continues into its second week - Hundreds of prostesters remain at the South Auckland site to oppose a housing development being built on the land - in Wellington, hundreds… Audio
Ihumātao: Pania Newton determined to fight on
Māori King Tuheitia will visit Ihumātao on Saturday but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is unlikely to be a visitor to the occupation.
Crown-Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says it is up to Māori… Video, Audio
Māori ministers helping resolve Ihumātao dispute
Acting Prime Minister Kelvin Davis says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shouldn't go to Ihumātao on her return from Tokelau, but rather leave the job to Māori ministers, who are doing a good job trying… Audio
Hapu wants shooting club land recognised
The Kaitiaki - or guardians - of a maunga north of Auckland say the controversial Auckland Shooting Club should never have been allowed to operate there because the land is wahi tapu or sacred. Video, Audio
SOUL leader, Māori Minister meet over Ihumātao dispute
The face of the Ihumātao occupation, Pania Newton, has met with Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta over the land dispute in South Auckland. The pair had a hui this afternoon in a bid to find a… Audio
Whanganui should help Māori before refugees - iwi leader
A Whanganui iwi leader says the city should be looking after Māori in the community before it starts to settle refugees.
The city was selected in February as a resettlement destination for refugees… Audio
Bridges defends 'part-time PM' criticism of Ardern
National Party leader Simon Bridges has accused the Prime Minister of failing in her duties by being in Tokelau instead of leading a government response to the Ihumātao land dispute calling her a… Video, Audio
Oranga Tamariki at 'crisis point' - Khylee Quince
A Māori law specialist says Oranga Tamariki is at a crisis point and there needs to be urgent institutional change to allow Māori to be in charge of their own whānau.
Hundreds of protesters rallied… Audio
Ihumātao: Mandate system divides Māori - kaumātua protestor
One of the hundreds of protesters at Ihumātao says there should be more Māori land occupations.
Bob Rolleston is a kaumātua from Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty.
He joined the protest in South… Audio
PM under fire for leaving NZ during Ihumātao dispute
As the Paramount Chief of Rarotonga visited Ihumātao today, National leader Simon Bridges took a swipe at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for going overseas whilst the land dispute remains unresolved. Video, Audio
