Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 22 April 2016
A weekly wrap up of Maori events and stories of the week, the NZ Maori Council have a new chairperson and Maori want mainstream doctors to collaborate more with traditional rongoa Maori healers to… Audio
Claims $20m trust 'iwi-centric' rejected
Lawyers for Māori fisheries body Te Ohu Kaimoana have rejected claims a fund set aside to help urban tāngata whenua is favouring those with iwi affiliations.
Māori Council split 'not significant' - chairman
Sir Taihakurei Durie says he won't walk away from the chairmanship of the Māori Council, despite an apparent split in the organisation. Audio
NZ Maori Council chairman responds to claim of instability
Some members of the Maori Council say they'll walk away from the organisation unless it's chair, Sir Eddie Durie, steps down. Audio
Urban Māori groups challenge $20m trust fund
Some of the directors of a fund to help people without iwi links are prioritising those who do instead, two urban Māori organisations say.
Hui told govt ignored NZers on TPP
Several speakers from Ngāpuhi have told a TPP hui they are worried the deal could nullify New Zealand's sovereignty.
The New Zealand Wars - Jacinta Ruru
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago and Co-Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence. Today she's looking at the New Zealand… Audio
Split in leadership of NZ Māori Council
A split in the leadership of the powerful New Zealand Māori Council has led to the South Island delegation walking away from the national body. Audio
Maori Council leadership leaves some members 'disillusioned.'
The future of the Maori Council looks unstable after a split in its leadership. Audio
South Island representatives quit Maori Council
A split in the leadership of the Maori Council has led to the South Island delegation walking away from the national body. Audio
GPs and Māori healers told to team up
Māori want mainstream doctors to collaborate more with traditional rongoā Māori healers, a new study has found. Audio
GPs & Maori healers should unite - researcher
Maori want mainstream doctors to collaborate more with traditional rongoa Maori healers to give patients the best possible healthcare. Laura Bootham reports. Audio
CYF 'racist' says Tariana Turia
Child Youth and Family is a racist institution and iwi should be given the right to care for children in state care, former Māori Party leader Tariana Turia says.
Taking NZ history into schools
An Auckland researcher is determined to get her teaching guide to Māori and Pākehā history into New Zealand classrooms, despite receiving no government funding. Audio
'New ideas' needed on Māori health
Māori need to move on from being solely focused on the aftermath of colonisation as one of the causes of poor health, the Public Health Association spokeperson says.
Time to change the conversation on Maori health outcomes
The Public Health Association says it's time to change the conversation about Maori health outcomes. Audio
Māori Innovation - Pā Harakeke
Maraeroa C Incorporation runs its tourism venture Pā Harakeke, an eco-cultural centre in the middle of Pureora Forest Park. In 2009 with the supports of its shareholders, the trust planted it's first… Audio
Diversity rising through the ranks
Krista Kite left school at 17 with no idea of what to do with her life. She became a cop just three years later and is now calling on other Māori women to join her.
Tamsin Hanly - Taking NZ History into Schools
Tamsin Hanly is a former primary school teacher who is so passionate about the need to teach New Zealand history in our schools that she mortgaged her house to fund a six volume curriculum covering… Audio
Katherine Clarke - Whakawhetu: Helping Our Most Vulnerable
New Zealand has a policy that all babies should have ten free visits in their first year of life - but worrying new statistics show that 6.7% of babies have not received a single visit from either a… Audio
