Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 26 May 2017
The Crown will formally apologise for the atrocities it committed at the peaceful settlement of Parihaka in Taranaki; a Kaitaia doctor has launched a passionate attack on the controversial film about… Audio
Govt withdraws promise to rebuild school
Te Kura o Matapihi got the green light for a Ministry-funded rebuild more than two years ago, but now it's been told that was a mistake. Audio
Spectacular Waitangi welcome planned for Lions
The official welcome for the British and Irish Lions is shaping up as the one of the biggest ever seen at Waitangi.
Fire in her belly, Cook Islands artist Miria George
New Zealand's only contemporary indigenous theatre and dance festival, Kia Mau, returns to the capital on Friday 2nd June with fire in its belly. Miria George (Te Arawa; Ngati Awa; Rarotonga & Atiu… Audio
Pounamu goes on display in Paris today
Pounamu to Paris: "The Sacred Stone of the Maori" exhibition opens in the French capital later today. Leigh Marama McLachlan reports. Audio
A people build a house, and a house builds a people
Te Kura Whare - The Living Building symbolises the future of the Ngai Tuhoe people, Te Ahi Kaa visits the space with Maia Rurehe. Audio
The Butcher Shop: Meat
Since the 1890s we have been the land of frozen meat. The Sunday roast, the barbecue steak, spring lamb are traditions. How do we think about it in the 21st century? Audio
Ngaire Aben-Tuhiwai and Cleveland Raroa: From Nuhaka with aroha
Nuhaka in northern Hawke's Bay has a general store, a fish and chip shop, eight marae and until recently little in the way of post-secondary educational opportunities. Educationalist Ngaire… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 19 May 2017
Mihingarangi Forbes is joined by a panel of Maori commentators, they're talking Maori politics, the Venice bienale and treat you to a new waiata by Howie Morrison. Audio
Son of Kohanga matriarch tries to blackmail the trust
The High Court in Wellington has been told that the son of the Kohanga Reo matriarch Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi tried to blackmail the Kohanga Reo National Trust for $800,000. Audio
Treaty of Waitangi on public display
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Declaration of Independence and the Women's Suffrage Petition will now permanently be on display at He Tohu - an exhibition inside Wellington's National Library. Video, Audio
He Tohu ready to share taonga with the public
The 1835 Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Women's Suffrage Petition will be part of a new permanent exhibition called He Tohu at the National Library from tomorrow… Audio
Ngati Whatua Orakei puts hand up again to buy Auckland's port
Ngati Whatua Orakei puts its hand up to buy Auckland's port, saying it hopes to put a plan together over the next few weeks, after Mayor Phil Goff reignites discussion over future. Audio
Kōhanga Reo trust defends trustee dismissal
The Kōhanga Reo National Trust is defending its decision to dismiss a trustee whose actions prompted the Serious Fraud Office to investigate the trust's commerical arm.
Labour's Maori MPs say they're not being stifled
The Labour Party's list process and debates over Maori prisons and charter schools have raised questions about whether its Maori MPs have a strong voice within the caucus. Jane Patterson reports. Video, Audio
Māori smoothie brand to be sold overseas
A Māori smoothie marketed as Whai Ora, or wellness, will be sold in four Asian countries after a deal was struck this week in Malaysia.
Veterans' farm has done its job now return it - iwi
A farm set up to help Māori veterans from World War I has done its job and the land should be given back, a marae in Wairoa says.
Māori ancestral remains to return home from Swedish medical museum
A medical university in Stockholm is repatriating 19th Century Māori remains to New Zealand. Dr Eva Åhrén, the director of the Karolinska Institutet's Unit for Medical History and Heritage, says there… Audio
Veterans farm done its job now give it back - iwi
Hereheretau Station was built on tribal land in the 1950's so that its income could support Maori soldiers who had come back from the first World War. Now the chair of Whakaki Marae, Richard Brooking… Audio
Transforming Taneatua
Transforming spaces is a trend in the Bay of Plenty township of Taneatua. Local Māori business owners – including gallery owner Tame Iti and his son Toi, a barber – are optimistic about the future of… Audio
