Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Indigenous people in prison - can the vicious cycle be broken?
Around 15 percent of New Zealand's population is Maori and yet they make up over 50 percent of prison inmates. In Canada indigenous people represent 25% of the inmates in state prisons, despite making… Audio
New charter schools target Māori teens
Backers of two new charter schools want to help Māori students who are doing badly in regular state schools.
Drilling firm behind one of two new charter schools
A drilling firm and an educational trust are behind two new charter schools announced today.
Maori doctors say Ministry of Health racism costing lives
Māori doctors and health advocates say they are battling institutional racism in the health sector that is costing people's lives. Audio
Siblings who ran from CYF foster care back with whānau
Siblings who have been on the run from a Child Youth and Family foster home are back with their whānau.
From the marae to the world
Te Ahi Kaa analyses the proverb Tangata ako ana i te whare, turanga ki te marae e tau ana' (A person who is taught well in the home will stand collected on the marae). Audio
Art, Life, Music - Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop - illustrator, co-creator of such beloved characters as Mr Whistler, Quaky Cat, and Mrs McGinty, writer of quirky original stories, and re-teller of European classics and Maori mythology… Audio, Gallery
Māori Party seeks formal iwi support
The Māori Party president will try to persuade iwi around the country to formally back the party, after being boosted by an endorsement from the Māori King.
Sam Crofskey and Joseph Hullen: thriving in Christchurch
Kim Hill talks to Sam Crofskey, the owner of C1 Espresso in the Christchurch CBD, which reopened in 2012 after the Canterbury earthquakes and will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year. He… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 26 August 2016
Our Maori news team with the a weekly wrap up of Maori stories and events, The Maori King has signed off his tenth commemoration with an unprecedented public attack on the Labour Party while giving… Audio
King's support for Māori Party does Labour no favours
Power Play - The Māori King's politically driven statements have put a spanner in the works for Labour, writes Chris Bramwell.
Hui aims to get more Māori working in tech
Māori technology leaders hope the first ever hui for young Māori interested in careers in IT will change old-fashioned ideas about the technology sector.
Maori tech leaders hope hui will enthuse rangitahi about IT
Maori technology leaders hope the first ever hui for young Maori interested in careers in IT will change old-fashioned ideas about the tech sector Audio
Evidence ends at Love trial - decision reserved
The evidence has ended at the trial of Sir Ngatata Love. The Crown says he kept a Wellington iwi organisation in the dark about a payment by property developers to a company connected to his partner… Audio
Heritage-listed demolition gets iwi backing
Tūhoe is backing controversial plans to demolish the historic Āniwaniwa Visitor Centre next to Lake Waikaremoana.
Goldie portrait fetches highest price at auction
A Charles Frederick Goldie portrait depicting Arawa Chieftainess Maramena Wiari has been sold at auction for $370,000 to an unnamed Hawke's Bay retiree.
Wananga issues trespass notice against founder
Te Wananga o Aotearoa has issued a trespass notice against its founder Rongo Wetere.
Missing paintings 'belong to the people of Maniapoto'
The ownership of rare paintings that vanished from a Māori trust boardroom is being disputed, as police investigate the disappearance of the artwork.
Sir Ngatata Love ill after intense cross-examination
Sir Ngatata Love, who is on trial in the High Court on alternative charges of fraud and corruption, had to take a break from giving evidence this afternoon due to ill health. Audio
Paintings of rangatira missing from trust boardroom
Rare paintings are missing, feared stolen, from a Māori trust board in Waikato.
