Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Waonui a TMK for week ending Friday 15 April 2016
Our Maori news team with the a weekly wrap up of Maori events and stories of the week which include the Ture Whenua Maori Bill being introduce into parliament and the Reo Maori Bill has been made law.
…Māori Battalion veteran dies aged 91
Hingangaroa Smith, one of the last surviving members of the Māori Battalion, has died at the age of 91.
Celebration as Māori language bill passed
The reo Māori bill was passed in Parliament last night and will be enacted in both Māori and in English, with the reo Māori version prevailing as law.
Ngāti Kahngunu working to rebuild te reo Māori in their rohe
The Crown and Māori will work together on the revitalisation of the Māori language after the Reo Māori Bill was passed in Parliament yesterday. Audio
'If we don't act now the Māori language will die'
A Hawke's bay iwi is holding its first ever Māori Language Symposium in the hope of revitalising the Māori language.
Controversial Māori land bill hits Parliament
The government's Māori land reforms have started the official process to become law - despite calls for more consultation with Māori.
Controversial Maori land bill hits Parliament
The Maori Development Minister, Te Ururoa Flavell, will push ahead with his controversial proposals to change the way Maori land is handled. Audio
Health workers missing at-risk babies
The majority of babies who are not getting visits from doctors and midwives in their first year are Māori, Pacific Island or poor, figures show.
New Defence Force cloak ruffles feathers
Traditional Maori weavers are questioning the authenticity of the Defence Force's new feather cloak.
Inquiry launched into handling of tupapaku
A Parihaka woman who uses Maori traditions to bury the dead wants a law change, which she says will let Maori deal with death in their own way. Audio
Māori Party may withdraw Kermadec support
The Labour and Maori Parties say they may withdraw their support for a law change to create a massive ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands. Audio
Inquiry to review tūpāpaku processes
A Parihaka woman who uses Māori traditions to bury the dead says the law needs to change to allow Māori to deal with death in their own way.
Government stands firm on Kermadec sanctuary
The Environment Minister Nick Smith believes Maori leaders who claim they have the right to fish the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary are wrong. Audio
Iwi vs Kiwi campaign slogan returns
An "iwi vs Kiwi" campaign has been rolled out again, this time by a Whangarei-based research group concerned with freshwater ownership. Audio
Māori leaders fight Kermadec sanctuary plans
A group of prominent Māori leaders are pushing back against government plans to stop fishing near the Kermadec Islands. Audio
Māori leaders fight Kermadec sanctuary plans
A group of prominent Māori leaders are pushing back against government plans to stop fishing near the Kermadec Islands.
Iwi versus Kiwi campaign makes comeback
Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes investigates the return of the 'Iwi Versus Kiwi' campaign. Audio
Leaders want Govt to back off from Kermadec plan
Prominent Maori leaders want a hault on plans to ban fishing near the Kermadec Island. Leigh Marama McLachlan reports. Audio
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne: new Waitangi Museum
Kennedy Warne recently visited Te Kongahu with a university lecturer who specialises in how colonial history is told and represented, and a Ngapuhi writer/historian/lecturer and museum specialist Audio
The future of Te Reo
Professor Paul Moon has just written a book documenting the history of Te Reo in Aotearoa once the first colonists arrived in Aotearoa. He takes Wallace on a journey through the Maori language and the… Audio
