Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Alice in Wonderland In Te Reo Ma-ori - Tom Roa
Tom Roa has spent the past three years, translating Alice in Wonderland into te reo Māori. Tom is a senior lecturer at the School of Maori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato. And he… Audio
How astronomy has influenced Māori beliefs and practices
A Marsden-funded, Waikato University study is collecting Maori oral histories, surveys, and data on the role of astronomy and its impact on Maori culture, design, observatories and landmarks. The… Audio
A look back at the Maori rights movement
The historic Māori land march has been remembered around the country 40 years since thousands of protesters arrived at parliament. Te Manu Korihi reporter Leigh Marama McLachlan looks back at the… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 14 October 2015
The Race Relations Commissioner says statistics revealing Maori are almost three times as likely as non-Maori to have experienced unfair treatment on the basis of ethnicity show agencies need to do… Audio
Shannon Haunui-Thompson: Kai a Miro
Kai a Miro - eating the berry - roughly translates to 'chewing the fat'. Bryan has a good chinwag tonight with on things Tangata Whenua with a member of the Te Manu Korihi team, Shannon… Audio
Scholarship winner says award will help push for bicultural teachers
A winner of a prestigious new scholarship for Māori and Pasifika teaching students says there is a need for more biculturally literate educators.
Dame Whina Cooper remembered on land march anniversary
Forty years to the day after she led the Māori land march to Parliament, Dame Whina Cooper is being remembered as a visionary leader.
Just one in five kaumatua use dentist
A Māori dental surgeon says evidence that less than 20 percent of elderly Māori visit a dentist is a wake-up call to oral health services.
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 October 2015
The Māori Party is calling the late Dame Whina Cooper a visionary woman for her part in leading the Māori land march in 1975. A Maori dental surgeon says evidence that less than 20 percent of elderly… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 October 2015
A Maori dental surgeon says evidence that less than 20 percent of elderly Maori visit a dentist is a wake-up call to oral health services to meet the needs of kaumatua. Audio
Waipareira Trust wins major research grant
An urban Māori authority has won a major research grant that will allow it to talk directly with whānau to find out what has helped them improve their health.
40 years ago the Māori Land March arrived in Wellington
Forty years ago today, thousands of marchers, lead by 79-year-old Whina Cooper, made their way along the Wellington motorway and crammed onto the grounds of parliament. There were no banners or… Audio, Gallery
Hato Petera students told of hostel closure at last minute
Junior students at a Maori boarding school were only told last week they would have nowhere to stay when the new term started this week.
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 October 2015
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the month-long Maori land march arriving at parliament in Wellington; Treaty settlement expectations will be on the agenda when the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board… Audio
Forty years since land march at Parliament
In October 1975, 5000 people blocked the motorway into Wellington to call for an end to the loss of Māori land.
Maniapoto to hold treaty negotiation hui
Treaty settlement expectations will be on the agenda when the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board begins consultation with iwi members at the end of the month.
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 October 2015
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the month-long Maori land march arriving at parliament in Wellington; One of the country's largest iwi is to begin consultations that will consider how a future… Audio
Whanganui iwi activist dies
The people of the Whanganui River are mourning the death of iwi rights campaigner Piripi Haami, who was 64.
'Huge interest' in Māori exhibition in Brazil
A Māori cultural exhibition that has just opened in Rio de Janeiro is generating huge interest, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute says.
Marae recycle away waste in Waikato
A recycling kaupapa is being credited for diverting 60 tonnes of waste from marae in Waikato away from landfills.
