Te Ao Māori

Justine Murray visits Te Wānanga Whakāiro Rakau (National Carving School) at Whakarewarewa Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, Rotorua. Head tutor James Rickard talks about the uses of the different… Audio

Former Governor of the Reserve, and leader of the National and ACT parties, who tells his story in the memoir, Incredible Luck. Audio

National Geographic's Genographic project visits Gisborne to sample DNA from members of Ngai Tamanuhiri. Audio

People have told the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, they want the government to set up a new cabinet Minister role looking after Te Reo Maori; Only one of the twenty district health boards is… Audio

What/ who is a M­āori poet? What is M­­āori poetry? Does Māori ancestry trump Pākehā ancestry? All questions Maraea Rakuraku encounters in discussion with Kiri Piahana-Wong of Anahera Press. Audio

An election year interview with Kathryn Ryan. Audio

With a background in waiata composition and Kapahaka Robert Ruha nō Te Whanau a Apanui, Ngāti Pōrou was encouraged by his whanau and friends to produce Māori music for the masses, cue Tikitapu his… Audio

Rob Thorne's background includes making experimental and guitar music through the 90s in Palmerston North, but now the Ngati Tumutumu man is focused on playing Taonga Puoro, Maori Instruments. He's… Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery, discussing three exhibitions: My Country - Contemporary Art from Black Australia; Jonathan Jones Untitled [sum of the parts] 2010, and; Five Maori Painters.

It's largely due to the very values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and aroha that Joe Doherty (1953-2014) practiced and poured into his tourism business Te Urewera Treks that it's still able to run… Audio

The Whangarei District Council has angered conservationists and dashed the hopes of Maori by allowing a beach subdivision at the Ruakaka Racecourse. Audio

Maraea Rakuraku takes a roadtrip with Hekenukumai Busby from his marae in Ahipara to his home in Awanui where they talk bridges of the metaphorical and physical kind. Audio

And in the wake of that cancelled hui this morning, the Ngapuhi organisers have called off another meeting that was to be held this evening for Whangarei claimants. Audio

Shane Te Ruki no Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou is the resident Kaumatua of the National Museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, on Waitangi Day he presented a lecture Mokopapa 2014, Think before You Ink, part one… Audio

Paul Diamond (Ngati Haua, Te Rarawa, and Ngapuhi) is a writer, journalist, historian and broadcaster, who currently holds the position of curator, Maori, at the Turnbull Library. He has been looking… Audio

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia (Ngati Apa, Nga Rauru, Tuwharetoa, Whanganui) talks about whanau poverty and the nature of inequality faced by Maori, the thinking behind Whanau Ora - and how we… Audio

Support for a change to the New Zealand flag is strong among people at Waitangi, there to attend the 174th anniversary of the signing of the treaty tomorrow. Audio

Since 2008 Te Ata Tino Toa has lobbied for the Tino Rangatiratanga flag to fly alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour bridge on Waitangi day. Te Ao Pritchard explains why it's such an… Audio

At 75 years old, David has been playing at the Aotearoa Maori Tennis tournament for 59 years. He knows a lot about the history of māori tennis but still maintains a critical analysis of today's world… Audio