Te Ao Māori

Maori Television's told MPs it's about to overspend its budget, after having no increase in funding for seven years; The Greater Wellington Regional Council admits it's failed to properly consult… Audio

Maori Television's told MPs it's about to overspend its budget, after having no increase in funding for seven years; The Greater Wellington Regional Council admits it's failed to properly consult… Audio

Porirua is planning to celebrate the life of the warrior chief Te Rauparaha, as part of the city's 50th anniversary this year; A call's gone out for Maori in Australia to support indigenous rights -… Audio

A call's gone out for Maori in Australia to support indigenous rights - in the light of remote Aboriginal communities being shut down by the Federal Government; Porirua is planning to celebrate the… Audio

Parents who removed their children from a Māori immersion state school say they've been betrayed by the Ministry of Education; The national rate of people being hospitalised for rheumatic fever has… Audio

The national rate of people being hospitalised for rheumatic fever has dropped further than officials thought it would; The Ministry of Education has backed down after it was taken to court over its… Audio

The country's last surviving original 28th Maori Battalion member has died at the age of 96; The Electoral Commission's reminding new Maori voters of their choices, in the lead-up to the Northland… Audio

The country's last surviving original 28th Maori Battalion members has died at the age of 96. Audio

New Zealand's first centre for traditional navigation training is $500,000 away from being completed. Hekenukumai Busby is a Northland master waka carver and expert in traditional celestial… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: taihoa - wait. Taihoa, ka tīmata ai tātou. Wait and we'll begin. Audio

Parents who removed their children from a Maori immersion state school say they've been betrayed by the Ministry of Education; The national rate of people being hospitalised for rheumatic fever has… Audio

The national rate of people being hospitalised for rheumatic fever has dropped further than officials thought it would; The Ministry of Education has backed down after it was taken to court over its… Audio

In a 1994 episode of He Puna Wai Korero hosted by Henare Te Ua (1933 - 2007), coverage features of the Sir Apirana Ngata centenary celebrations in which Ngata graduated from University in 1894. To… Audio

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Opera in the Pa at Rotowhio Marae, Te Puia at Rotorua. This year the event will commemorate the centenary of World War I and operatic arias will be adapted to… Audio

Children are much harsher critics than adults, that's what actor Nepia Takuira-Mita says with a slight chuckle. 'They will tell you how it really is, they will say, what was that? he adds. That's the… Audio

Maria Walker directed the children's play Ngunguru I te ao, I te po, it's a play that is 95 percent in te reo maori and uses props, music and the odd English word to talk about the theme of the story… Audio

He Hono tangata e kore e motu, Ka pa he taura waka e motu. Unlike the rope of a waka, the bond of a human cannot be severed. Audio

Often the story of urban migration is told in a linear fashion - a slow ebb into the cities ending in dislocation. The reality is more complex. A new book dislodges these ideas and tells of Maori… Audio

Controversy at a Northland kura has continued with the Ministry of Education removing the commissioner put in charge to sort out the troubled school; The path's being smoothed for Ngai Tahu to build… Audio

After four decades of litigation, petition and negotiations five Epa or Maori storehouse panels that were stolen from a swamp have returned home to Taranaki; Controversy at a Northland kura has… Audio