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Te Manu Korihi News for 15 December 2014
The Crown has failed to pay tribes to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-electric generation and caused damage to a significant taonga in Tuhoe territory. The Maori Trustee says it has accumulated 5… Audio
He Titiro Whakamuri - A look back on a few stories this year.
In the second to last episode of Te Ahi Kaa for 2014, Justine Murray features a few of her favourite stories produced this year, that includes the mass Haka Powhiri to commemorate 150 years since the… Audio
The future of Parihaka
Parihaka was a thriving, entrepreneurial and peaceful community, led by Prophets Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai during the 1870s. That all changed when, on 5th November, 1881 Parihaka was… Audio
Māori Trade Training Its history and future
Dr Terry Ryan, Hemi te Hemi and Harry Westrupp have a shared interest in Māori Trade Training that was established in the 1950s and continued until the early 1980s. Dr Terry Ryan is well versed in… Audio
Whakatāuki mo 14 o Hakihea (December) 2014
Tu Ora, Tu Kaha, Tu Mana, Tu Maori. Be healthy, be strong, be proud, be Maori. This weeks whakatauki is explained by Justine Murray Audio
European settlers brought heavy philosophical baggage here
Dame Anne Salmond's exploration of how different Maori and European ideas about land have played out over 200 years begins with the first European settlement in the Bay of Islands and the… Audio
Manawa Ora: Stories from the Street
Truth, trust and telling your story is what Manawa Ora: Stories from the Street, is all about. Marginalised South Auckland rangatahi are teamed-up with top artistic mentors to develop a creative… Audio
Sculptor Fred Graham
Sculptor Fred Graham started the Maori Contemporary Art movement, along with his friends and colleagues Sir Cliff Whiting, Ralph Hotere, Selwyn Muru and Sandy Adsett. Now Fred's life and work are… Audio
Alison McDiarmid : gulf history
Principal Scientist, Marine Ecology, at NIWA Taihoro Nukurangi, and is one of the scientist advisors to the Sea Change Stakeholder Working Group. Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2014
Television New Zealand has chosen the production companies it wants to take over its Maori and Pacific Programmes; The lawyer for a Whangarei hapu says it's very disappointed at the Crown's decision… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2014
The lawyer for a Whangarei hapu says it's very disappointed at the Crown's decision to support Mighty River Power in a bid to overturn its injunction to stop the sale of land it once owned: Television… Audio
Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi for 14 Dec 2014
A Maori ward referendum for New Plymouth could be on the cards, new oil exploration permits could result in growing opposition and are Maori performing artists abandoning Wellington? Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2014
The government has refused a request by the Waitangi Tribunal to hold off on negotiations for the Ngapuhi treaty settlement; The Kohanga Reo National Trustboard is retaining its leadership, and… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2014
The Kohanga Reo National Trustboard is retaining its leadership, and intends to consider any changes to its make-up in the new year; The government has refused a request by the Waitangi Tribunal to… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 11 December 2014
A working party set up to investigate how the Kohanga movement should move forward has told up to 15-hundred supporters what it's found. Maori with dreams to build homes on their own land are putting… Audio
Maori house building still challenging
Maori with dreams to build homes on their own land are putting their plans in the "too-hard basket". Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 11 December 2014
A key recommendation to make it easier for Maori to build on their land has been ignored by government departments; The Minister responsible for Whanau Ora, Te Ururoa Flavell, says some government… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 11 December 2014
The Minister responsible for Whanau Ora, Te Ururoa Flavell, says some government departments are reluctant to get involved in the social policy; A key recommendation to make it easier for Maori to… Audio
Te Manu Korihi News for 10 December 2014
MPs have passed Treaty of Waitangi settlement legislation for two Waikato tribes; A hikoi organiser is expecting opposition to grow as a result of the new oil exploration permits being granted by the… Audio
Opposition to grow over consent to oil exploration permits
Some Māori protesters are predicting opposition will grow - now that the government's granted 15 exploration permits to oil and gas companies, worth about 110 million dollars. Mani Dunlop from Te Manu… Audio