Te Ao Māori

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

Poet, singer-songwriter, teacher and occasional broadcaster who is currently writer-in-residence at Victoria University, and just had a new poetry collection published, Waha/Mouth. Audio

Te Waonui which usually brings you highlights of the week's Maori news has a special programme for you this week. As part of a series of exit interviews with retiring Maori MPs, Te Manu Korihi… Audio

Noble Keelan founded Gisborne's Eastern Knights Chess Club with Genestis Potini, the subject of the critically acclaimed New Zealand film The Dark Horse starring Cliff Curtis. The Film opens in… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: heihei. Kei te kai heihei tātou? Are we having chicken? Audio

Parliamentary reporter Chris Bramwell joins Te Waonui a Te Manu Korihi presenter Eru Rerekura in conversation with retiring Maori Party co-leader, Tamaki Makarau MP and Minister of Maori Affairs, Pita… Audio

Anusha Bradley speaks to six families involved in a long term study as the latest report explores what makes a child vulnerable. Audio

Earlier this week Anika Moa picked up the Apra Best Children's song of the year for 'Colours are Beautiful', and the Tui for best Children's album, for her album Songs for Bubbas, inspired by her… Audio

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Maori Language Week - Te Awanui 'Awa' Reeder joins Emma Smith in studio for a Kōrero  and presents some of his contemporary Māori music essentials. Audio