Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Te Manu Korihi News for 21 May 2015
The Whanau Ora Iwi Leaders Group chairs is accusing the Government of appearing to exclude Maori from an expert panel set up to review Child, Youth and Family; The Aids Foundation is running a… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 May 2015
A Wellington mana whenua leader says tribal boundaries have not been adequately considered in the proposal for a supercity council; For the first time ever, Mâori-influenced lettering is being used in… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 May 2015
The Human Rights Commission is praising the police for its 'Turning the Tide' strategy which seeks to bring down the over-representation of Maori in the justice system; The One-hundred Percent Pure… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 20 May 2015
The Human Rights Commission is praising the police for its 'Turning the Tide' strategy which seeks to bring down the over-representation of Maori in the justice system; Indigenous Inuit fur hunters… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 May 2015
Auckland's Maunga Authority says iwi are making progress in protecting their taonga - the city's tihi - after receiving a large funding boost; A Maori internet working group, Nga Pu Waea, says it will… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 May 2015
Auckland's Maunga Authority says iwi are making progress in protecting their taonga - the city's tihi - after receiving a large funding boost; A Maori internet working group, Nga Pu Waea, says it will… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 18 May 2015
A Maori prison reform advocate says the Government is avoiding racial issues in New Zealand and needs to take responsibility for the problem; An Auckland University academic says looking… Audio
Government is avoiding racial issues in New Zealand
A Māori prison reform advocate says the Government is avoiding racial issues in New Zealand and needs to take responsibility for the problem. Audio
Te kupu o te wiki: tio - oyster
The Māori word of the week is: tio - oyster. Kia ono ngā tio māku. I'll have six oysters please. Audio
Skin Writing - Series 1: Episodes 1 and 2
The first two episodes of Skin Writing - a radio drama set in The Underworld, a tā moko studio run by Pushy Te Aratapu (Jim Moriarty) and his daughter Niwa (Olivia Robinson). Audio
New Plymouth rejects Mayor's call to set up a Maori ward
The Mayor of New Plymouth is to make a complaint to the UN after a referendum overwhelming rejected his idea of introducing a Maori ward to the district. Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 15 May 2015
A Gisborne pouako says some tauira are leaving her kura to go to Australia with their parents due to the area's struggling economy; A marae in Lower Hutt has been badly damaged by the heavy rains that… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 15 May 2015
A marae in Lower Hutt has been badly damaged by the heavy rains that have flooded many parts of the Wellington rohe; A Gisborne pouako says some tauira are leaving her kura to go to Australia with… Audio
Long web feature: Tangata Whenua - Maori History
Archaeologist Atholl Anderson discusses the climate conditions and socio-political circumstances that led groups of Polynesian navigators to discover and settle in New Zealand Audio
Long web feature: Tangata Whenua - Maori History
Archaeologist Atholl Anderson discusses the climate conditions and socio-political circumstances that led groups of Polynesian navigators to discover and settle in New Zealand
AudioThe Long Journey to Aotearoa
Archaeologist Atholl Anderson explains why he thinks that the first people to make landfall in New Zealand were exiles escaping from conflict in their homelands Audio
The Long Journey to Aotearoa
Archaeologist Atholl Anderson explains why he thinks that the first people to make landfall in New Zealand were exiles escaping from conflict in their homelands
AudioTe Manu Korihi News for 14 May 2015
Maori in Lower Hutt have spent the day bailing rainwater out of Kokiri Marae in a desperate attempt to reduce damage from the storm that's caused chaos across the Wellington region; A Bay of Plenty… Audio
More Maori doing social and cultural degrees
A Māori archaeologist says the number of tangata whenua doing social and cultural degrees is rising due to a desire to challenge the status quo. Audio
Horror afternoon for Marae in Seaview
Tina Ratana has had a horror afternoon trying to keep the water out of Kokiri Marae in Seaview. Audio