Te Ao Māori

Te Kōtare is a waiata resource for young New Zealanders. The crowdfunded project was dreamed up by the late Jenny Shearer, an early childhood teacher who did not live to see her ambitions fulfilled… Audio

Nga Hine Pukorero are a performance poetry group are from Nga Puna o Waiorea, the Te Reo Maori immersion kura at Western Springs College. In 2018, Nga Hine Pukorero competed against 44 other high… Audio

Some in the Māori health sector are concerned Māori needs are being ignored by the government following the long-awaited Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry.

The government responded to the inquiry's… Audio

The co-chair of Labour's Māori caucus says there will be targeted funding for Māori and Whānau Ora can expect a boost in the 2019 Budget.

Willie Jackson announced at Waitangi in February there would… Audio

Maori communities are calling for targeted funding to improve their lives and for more support for the flagship Maori policy Whanau Ora. The government has signalled this week's Budget aims to lift… Audio

The next time you eat at McDonald's, your burger meat may have come from Whangara Farms. As a supplier of the fast food restaurant, Chairperson of Whangara Farms, Ingrid Collins says it was a big coup… Audio

It was a moment in Parliament 16 years in the making...

The waiata celebrated the passage into law of a landmark bill that gives Ngāti Porou greater rights to marine and coastal resources.

It is the… Audio

Hundreds farewelled Sir Hekenukumai Busby at his tangihanga (funeral) held on his marae in Pukepoto. Known to many as Hek - he was instrumental in the resurgence of wayfinding. He built waka hourua or… Audio

At the 2018 Word Christchurch writers' festival, Dame Anne Salmond discusses with Eruera Tarena how her life has led to her most recent book Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds. Audio

Otago Regional Council is backing a controversial measure which will allow Ngai Tahu to hand-pick two candidates to sit on the council's policy committee. Video, Audio

Thousands of people have gathered in the Far North to farewell master waka builder and navigator Sir Hekenukumai Busby. Video, Audio

More than two thousand people are expected to arrive in the small settlement of Pukepoto for the final farewell to master navigator and carver Sir Hekenukumai Busby. He died on Saturday at the age of… Audio

Te Ahi Kaa pays tribute to Maori language exemplar, Te Wharehuia Milroy who passed away earlier this week. Milroy was professor of Maori at the University of Waikato, a trustee of the Kohanga Reo… Audio

Indigenous Rights advocates are describing Captain Cook as a white supremacist who invaded Aotearoa and they're calling for a boycott of 250th commemorations this year. RNZ Maori News correspondent… Audio

Te Ara Whatu is a group of young Maori and Pasifika who attended the UN Climate Change Summit in Poland last year and continue to push the kaupapa. Its convener, India Logan-Riley, spoke to our… Audio