Te Ao Māori

A woodwork teacher at Gisborne Boys High has been awarded for his work in getting Maori boys who hate school to love it. Audio

Te Reo Maori has been given a boost with the revival of an influential languague society based at the Victoria University of Wellington. In the seventies the Maori Language Society was pivotal in… Audio

New research shows many medications and treatments may not work as effectively for Māori and Pasifika as they do for people with European ancestry; A Ngati Tama spokesperson says the North Taranaki… Audio

An Australian mining expert says there needs to be better regulations around how the extractive industry engages with Māori; New research shows many medications and treatments may not work as… Audio

University of Auckland neuroscientist Melanie Cheung explains how she consulted with her iwi before starting work on brain tissue Audio

The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says she's losing patience with the beleaguered board of the Kohanga Reo Trust; The Police Association is backing the police's innovation after documents which… Audio

Hawkes Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu is holding a series of wānanga or workshops to help the tribe understand the environmental risks of geological hazards and climate change. Audio

The Police Commissioner has no idea how many times officers may have given unlicenced Maori drivers preferential treatment, and not fined them. Audio

Will letting unlicensed Maori drivers off encourage more to sit their licence? Dr Chris Gallavin talks about the legal side. Audio

A Te Atiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Maori board established in New Plymouth after the failed attempt to create a Maori ward; An expert in Maori law says the Government has been acting… Audio

A Te Atiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Maori board established in New Plymouth after the failed attempt to create a Maori ward; An expert in Maori law says the Government has been acting… Audio

Labour's spokesperson for Māori Development is demanding that the Minister of Education ask the members of the Kōhanga Reo National Trust to resign; The Independent Māori Statutory Board says the… Audio

The Independent Māori Statutory Board says the Auckland Council needs to work much harder to address the needs of mana whenua in the wake of an audit on its performance. Audio

The Green Party is accusing the Government of doing secret deals with property developers over the sale of Crown land in Auckland, which iwi say they have rights to; A South Taranaki iwi is backing a… Audio

Two Auckland iwi say following the Prime Minister's comments yesterday they have no choice but to pursue what they call an old-fashioned path to the courts. Audio

A South Taranaki iwi is getting behind a call for a moratorium on all seabed mining until the Government can prove its effects are minimal; The Green Party says the Government may have already done a… Audio

The co-chair of the Kohanga Reo National Trust, Tina Olsen-Ratana, is accusing the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, of delaying negotiations on the Kohanga Reo Treaty of Waitangi claim; Dairy New… Audio

A Far North hapū is demanding there be more engagement with Māori over mining, oil and gas exploration. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: whetū - star. Ko Meremere-tūahiahi te whetū tuatahi o te pō. The first star at night is Venus. Audio

Documents released under the Official Information Act show Maori have only held about 15 percent of the Defence Force's most senior leadership appointments since 2003; Six million dollars is to be… Audio