Te Ao Māori

A Crown media funder is preparing for legal action from Maori radio stations not financially backed by the government; The Mayor of Tauranga, Stuart Crosby, says people's ignorance could lead to… Audio

A Crown media funder is preparing for legal action from Maori radio stations not financially backed by the government; The Mayor of Tauranga, Stuart Crosby, says people's ignorance could lead to… Audio

A Taranaki tertiary provider admits it has failed its Maori performing arts students, who've had their qualifications withdrawn; A collective of 16 iwi and hapu are outraged the Tauranga City Council… Audio

Ngai Tahu has made a final push to block phosphate mining on the seabed off Canterbury. Audio

A researcher says a lack of acceptance from whanau is driving some queer Maori away from their culture. Audio

About 150 tamariki and kaiako from an East Coast kura fled for the hills today, when an earthquake triggered the school's tsunami evacuation plan; Almost all of the former domestic abuse perpetrators… Audio

What is contemporary Māori Art? That's been a question debated at the Toi Māori Art Market in Wellington. Te Manu Kōrihi reporter, Laura Bootham, sought the answer by talking to Maori curators and… Audio

The lawyer representing the son of the Maori king says his client could miss out on being considered for his father's throne if he is convicted. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: āporo - apple. Tapatapahia ngā āporo. Slice the apples. Audio

A Ngati Hine leader, Pita Tipene, says a Waitangi Tribunal finding that Maori didn't conceed their sovereignty in the Treaty is validation that the Crown cannot bulldoze over hapu. Meanwhile, a Tainui… Audio

The leader of a Ngai Tahu runaka - or runanga - says the South Island iwi has been 'caught napping' over the law that replaced the Foreshore and Seabed Act. A Ngati Hine leader, Pita Tipene, says a… Audio

Ngāti Pōrou and Rongowhakaata singer Caii-Michelle Baker was plucked from her hometown Tolaga Bay and mentored by the late Prince Tui Teka, she was only 17 years old. Since that time, she's enjoyed a… Audio

Māori Art for Kids is the new book released this week by artistic couple Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke. The book is the culmination of six months' of research for Julie, who concluded there was a lack of… Audio

Precious Cargo is an exhibition that takes a traditional Māori tāonga and through its design, another interpretation of it's functionality is explored. Essentially Waka Huia were designed as intricate… Audio

Whaia te iti Kahurangi, Ka tūohu koe me he maunga teitei. Pursue the noblest of intentions or goals, and if you bow your head let it be to a lofty mountain. This week's whakatāuki is explained by… Audio

The chair of Te Runanga o Te Rarawa says a Waitangi Tribunal ruling that Maori did not sign away sovereignty in the treaty, opens new doors for Maori development. The crew of two double-hulled ocean… Audio

Paul Moon, Treaty specialist at the Auckland University of Technology speaks with Mary Wilson. Audio

An iwi leader says Maori claims to water, oil and mineral rights have been strengthened ten fold by a landmark finding today. Audio

The chair of Te Runanga o Te Rarawa says a Waitangi Tribunal ruling that Maori did not sign away sovereignty in the treaty, opens new doors for Maori development. Meanwhile, a Ngati Hine leader, Erima… Audio

The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson, speaks with Mary Wilson Audio