Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Manu Korihi News for 11 August 2015
A report out today on Maori obesity levels says there needs to be more government intervention to help Maori make better and healthier food choices; Submissions close today on a National Environment… Audio
Funding available for Waitangi Day events
Groups planning events to mark Waitangi Day next year can now apply for funding from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Māori nurses 'paid significantly less'
A nurses' conference has heard how the pay gap suffered by Māori nurses is forcing them to take on second jobs to make ends meet. Audio
Sale could salvage ancestral land at Matauri Bay
Māori landowners at Matauri Bay in Northland are hoping to regain control of their whenua - by selling off an ill-fated subdivision.
Te Manu Korihi News for 10 August 2015
A nurses conference has heard how the pay gap suffered by Maori nurses is forcing them to take on second jobs to make ends meet; Manatu Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, is calling for… Audio
Conference told Maori nurses suffer from huge inequalities
A nurses conference has heard how the pay gap suffered by Maori nurses is forcing them to take on second jobs to make ends meet. The Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference was held over the weekend as… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 10 August 2015
Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou is no longer accepting iwi members' driver's license for personal identification purposes for the upcoming runanga elections; The women's refuge collective says the… Audio
Govt praised for giving $14m to upgrade school
The Far North Mayor is praising the Government's decision to spend up to $14 million to upgrade Northland College in Kaikohe.
Driver licence invalid ID for iwi elections
Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou is no longer accepting iwi members' driver licences for personal identification purposes for the upcoming rūnanga elections.
Te Manu Korihi News for 10 August 2015
Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou is no longer accepting iwi members' driver's license for personal identification purposes for the upcoming runanga elections; The women's refuge collective says the… Audio
Te Ahuru Mōwai - The impact of suicide on Māori communities
Ko te piko o te māhuri, tera te tupu o te rākau. They way in which the young sapling is nurtured, determines how strong it will grow as a tree. This whakatāuki speaks to the theme of a National… Audio
Susan Guthrie & Jevan Goulter - Korerotia te Tiriti
Jevan Goulter and Susan Guthrie have spent the last eight months talking to dozens of prominent New Zealanders about the Treaty of Waitangi and race relations in Aotearoa. This week they launched Talk… Audio
Manu Caddie - Confident Korero
Manu Caddie and his family in Ruatoria have come up with an idea to help others learn te reo. They are offering one-on-one tutorials via skype. Manu Caddie talks about how Confident Korero has taken… Audio
Kirsten Te Rito - Aiotanga
Kirsten Te Rito on the making of her second exclusively te reo album Āiotanga. Audio
David Stubbs: making Belief
Emmy Award-winning director, writer and producer whose new documentary, Belief: the Possession of Janet Moses, is screening throughout the country at the New Zealand International Film Festivals. Video, Audio
Ben Mercer: the 1918 flu
Content Director for Australia and New Zealand at Ancestry.com, who is giving the keynote address, on the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand, at the 2015 Family History Expo. Audio, Gallery
Te Waonui for week ending 7 August 2015
A delegation of Maori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce;The health of the Maori language is about to be put… Audio
Farmers pin hopes on long-term view
Cutting costs and visiting the bank are likely to be on the agenda for many dairy farmers in coming months. Will tāngata whenua be any better off? Audio
Working towards more Māori doctors
A health professional who won a postgraduate scholarship to Harvard University aims to provide more health sector employment opportunities for Māori.
Govt aims to clinch iwi deal by end of 2016
The Government says it is optimistic that a treaty settlement agreement can be reached with Ngāpuhi by the end of next year.
