Te Ao Māori

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association is backing a move by the Maori military veterans seeking compensation, but says that everyone who served should be entitled to the same thing; A… Audio

A Far North iwi is planning to buy back its ancestral maunga - Whakakoro; The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association is backing a move by the Maori military veterans seeking compensation… Audio

Ngati Porou says it will be applying to the government for customary marine title to a 'reasonable' stretch of the coastline in its territory; The international oil and gas company OMV has been… Audio

The Tairawhiti tribe, Ngāti Porou, says it will be applying for customary marine title to a 'reasonable' stretch of the coastline in its territory. Audio

Auckland lawyers are rallying to keep a court social worker in her job; Housing New Zealand says it's not to blame for the small number of loans issued to Maori to build houses on their shared land… Audio

Auckland lawyers are rallying to keep a court social worker employed; A Far North iwi leader says valuation is the key to sorting the vexed question of whether councils should be charging rates for… Audio

Lawyers representing Maori military veterans have outlined out their claims today to the Waitangi Tribunal; The Maori Party says the Climate Change Iwi Leaders Group has some housekeeping to do, to… Audio

Lawyers representing Maori military veterans have outlined their grievances today to the Waitangi Tribunal. Audio

A Waitangi Tribunal judicial conference to set the boundaries for claims made by Maori military veterans will be heard in just over an hour's time; A call for tangata whenua to pay millions in unpaid… Audio

The Labour Party says a letter to an Iwi Leaders Group reprimanding its representative at the Climate Change hui in Peru, is a heavy handed attempt at shutting down differing opinions; A Waitangi… Audio

The Climate Change Minister has reprimanded the Climate Change Iwi Leaders Group, over its representative at the United Nations Climate Change meeting in Peru; Local Government New Zealand is backing… Audio

Local Government New Zealand is backing demands made by Northland Regional Councillor and former MP Dover Samuels that Māori landowners pay their rates. Audio

The Court of Appeal has urged a former board member of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust to seek an early trial date for his allegations of financial impropriety by the organisation. The police iwi… Audio

An appeal by a former board member of Te Kohanaga Reo National Trust has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal; A lawyer for a Maori law centre is calling for the Government to fund efforts to track… Audio

Fifty-nine thousand people who have no idea they're entitled to shares in Maori land, are owed five million dollars, which is being managed by the Maori Trustee, Te Tumu Paeroa. Audio

From Rolling Stone Magazine to Grey Lynn, a world famous Indian artist interprets Auckland street life: a huge street art project taking place in Grey Lynn with world famous Indian street artist… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: kaukau - swim. E mōhio ana koe ki te kaukau? Do you know how to swim? Audio

The Maori Trustee says it has accumulated five million dollars in unclaimed dividends. The Crown has failed to pay tribes to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-electric generation and caused damage to a… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has ruled the crown's refusal to pay to use Lake Waikaremoana for hydro-power generation breached of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio

The iwi guardians of Lake Waikaremoana say a Waitangi Tribunal report paves the way to compensate for decades of Crown mis-use of the lake. Audio