Te Ao Māori

Maori are one step closer to gaining permanent representation on the New Plymouth District Council. Audio

Enoka is a Te Reo Māori Lecturer at Waikato University and this year received an award for Sustained Excellence in teaching in a kaupapa Māori environment. While talking about his aspirations for… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: niho. Horoia ō niho. Clean your teeth. Audio

Featuring Moana and the Tribe, one of Aotearoa's hardest working ambassadors of Te Reo. Plus respected French roots and reggae band Dub Inc, a seven-piece multi-cultural group who prove very popular… Audio

Changes are afoot in the way some of Auckland's volcanoes and islands are administered. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: rangi. Tirohia ngā kapua i te rangi. Look at the clouds in the sky. Audio

It's a troubling time right now for Māori carvers. Only a small number of young artists are being trained and a lack of work sees many of them leaving the country and older carvers simply giving up… Audio

Dr Tahu Kukutai from Waikato University National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis discusses new census data showing more and more Maori identifying their tribal affiliation. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: waea. Kei hea taku waea? Where's my phone? Audio

Toi Tangata is an Auckland-based organisation that specialises in health and wellbeing for Māori and non-Māori. Their work incorporates core Māori values with modern day living, with an overall goal… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: engari. Kei te pai au, engari kei te tangi ia. I'm ok, but she's crying. Audio

Māori are in need of solid, critical self-reflection according to contemporary M­āori art commentator and cultural historian, Ngahiraka Mason. If we can do that we will find more value in engaging iwi… Audio

Writing her first novel Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings was a means of Tina Makereti understanding her daughters Moriori identity and in the telling of the story giving voice to the relationship between… Audio

Christchurch families forced to live in sheds and garages New research has revealed how dire the housing situation is in Christchurch for some families, with hundreds of people being forced to live in… Audio

Te Reo Maori may be on an international endangered list, but in a new teaching scheme in Auckland, six thousand North Shore children are now learning to speak it. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: nau mai. Nau mai ki Aotearoa. Welcome to Aotearoa. Audio

In the final of a series of exit interviews with retiring Maori politicians, Te Manu Korihi reporter Eru Rerekura and political reporter Chris Bramwell talk with the outgoing Maori Party MP Tariana… Audio

Six Northland iwi have joined forces to boost the numbers of Maori and Pasifika people learning a trade. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that Maori families were forced from their lands and their homes bulldozed in the 1960s. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: poitarawhiti. Te Tima Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa. The NZ Netball team. Audio