Te Ao Māori

The Māori word of the week is: homai - pass to me. Homai he inu māku. Pass me the drink (please). Audio

Musician Ruia Aperahama found it impossible to continue the way he was living, using drugs and alcohol to self medicate. It took a failed suicide attempt for him to finally accept that his addictions… Audio

For a moment there, waking during the night surrounded by the sounds of 50 or so sleeping people Suzanne Tamaki, was reminded of sleeping in a wharenui/ whare tupuna at a pā. Only she wasn't at the pā… Audio

Kerea kerea, tōkia tōkia, kui kui whitiwhiti ora. Ka piri au ki te onepango, ka wiriau ki te onepango. Ka taea ano o te onewhero o ngā mātua tupuna. Dig dig, plant, plant and the cry of the… Audio

Stroke survivors in Britain adopt Maori culture, a shake-up in Maori Broadcasting and more urban rangatahi appear to be taking up farming. Audio

Exploring end-of-life care for Māori patients and their whānau. Audio

Playwright, screenwriter, and director of theatre and film, whose pre-European Maori action movie The Dead Lands opens this coming week, and new play, Pure and Deep, will be staged in Auckland later… Audio

More transparency in TVNZ Maori Programme shake up - TMP; TVNZ motivated by money; More urban Maori rangatahi attracted to work on the whenua; Ngati Manu say book about the area's history will be a… Audio

More transparency in TVNZ Maori Programme shake up - TMP; TVNZ motivated by money - Maori Party; Ngati Manu say book about the area's history will be a welcome resource; and More urban Maori rangatahi… Audio

Labour's Broadcasting spokesperson says a plan to outsource content for Maori and Pacific Programming at TVNZ has left many unanswered questions; One of the programmes, Tagata Pasifika, has been on… Audio

Labour's Broadcasting spokesperson says a plan to outsource content for Maori and Pacific Programming at TVNZ has left many unanswered questions; One of the programmes, Tagata Pasifika, has been on… Audio

Some staff at Television New Zealand are angry and disappointed that their jobs could be on the line, after the broadcaster announced it wants to outsource producers for its Maori and Pacific… Audio

Ngati Whatua Orakei officially welcomed a Sea Shepherd vessal in Auckland this morning because the tribe supports its cause to protect whales. The crew aboard the Sam Simon is here to finalise… Audio

Dozens of jobs are on the line as TVNZ announces it will no longer produce all but one of its own Maori and Pasific programmes. Audio

The Green Party is planning to change the Public Works Act to ensure no more Maori land can be taken by the government; A lower North Island iwi is considering whether iwi coastline patrols should be… Audio

The accountancy firm, Ernst & Young, has launched a new consultancy called Tahi, or one, to advise Maori organisations. Audio

A lower North Island iwi is considering whether iwi coastline patrols should be re-introduced after three men were caught poaching nearly 900 paua, near Titahi Bay on Monday; The Green Party is… Audio

Maori Television's Head of News and Production, Julian Wilcox, has resigned, after ten years with the station; A contentious council project to lay a sewerage pipe through Maori land in Tauranga has… Audio

A contentious council project to lay a sewerage pipe through Maori land in Tauranga has come to a head again this week, after construction caused flooding in the rural area of Matapihi. Audio

A Maori Students' Association says ongoing fee hikes for tertiary study may rule tangata whenua out of top jobs; Meanwhile, a significant number of Maori people are returning home from Australia -… Audio