Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Iwi view on Hauraki Gulf plan
The government has unveiled its plan to better protect the Hauraki Gulf - Tiikapa Moana - for future generations. Successive reports in recent years have warned about the impact of overfishing… Audio
Maori health advocate Lady Tureiti Moxon wants separate ACC
A Māori health advocate is calling for a separate "Māori ACC" following the revelation that the scheme is biased against women, Māori and Pasifika.
The managing director of Te Kōhao Health, Lady… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 22 June 2021
Major questions about a 2016 police shooting. Calls for changes to the vaccine rollout after Medsafe says its safe for children to get the Pfizer vaccination We speak to a trans activist about… Audio
Te Waonui for Friday 18 June 2021
Coming up on Te Waonui - A Māori fisheries leader says a rethink on current practices to uphold Māori views on sustainability, Arrests and large police presence at the site of the controversial… Audio
New study on Māori, Pasifika, elderly response to Covid-19 vaccine
A clinical study getting underway in Rotorua and Christchurch will provide valuable information on how our the population responds to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
The study aims to enrol at… Audio
Artist calls out racism after te reo Māori sticker gets graffiti complaint
Signs in te reo in a Kāpiti Coast town have prompted a graffiti complaint to the council.
But the Ōtaki artist behind them says the real problem is racism. Video, Audio
Waitangi National Trust considering whether women can speak on paepae
The Waitangi National Trust is working towards a decision on whether women can speak on the paepae at Waitangi next year. Earlier this year, National's leader Judith Collins was not allowed to speak… Audio
Rob Thorne: transcending with taonga puoro
Taonga puoro practitioner Rob Thorne (Ngati Tumutumu) is known for creating transcendent soundscapes by combining modern looping technology with traditional instruments made from stone, bone, shell… Audio
Tame Malcolm: using indigenous methods to fight pests
Tame Malcolm has always been captivated by te ngahere - the forest. Now, Malcolm advocates using customary Maori methods to get rid of pests and is the operations manager at Te Tira Whakamataki - a… Audio
Farah Palmer: a breath of fresh air for Rugby NZ
Former Black Ferns captain Farah Palmer (Ngati Maniapoto, Waikato Tainui) was appointed as the deputy chair of Rugby NZ last month, making history as the first person to ever hold such a role within… Audio
Crowds march against Significant Natural Area plan in Far North
More than 40 years after her mother's march to Parliament, the daughter of Dame Whina Cooper is leading calls to abandon the reclassification of huge amounts of land in Te Tai Tokerau.
About 1500… Audio
Mayor John Carter on Significant Natural Areas
There will be a hikoi in Northland on Friday, where hundreds are expected at the Far North District Council office in Kaikohe in opposition to re-designating their whenua as Significant Natural Areas.
…Hīkoi on the way to Far North District Council over Significant Natural Areas
A hīkoi will this morning make its way to the Far North District Council offices in Kaikohe.
The march is in opposition to proposed SNA - or Significant Natural Area - land restrictions.
On… Audio
Far North District Council halts land policy work ahead of hikoi
The Far North District Council has agreed to halt progress on establishing a Significant Natural Area - but it won't stop a hikoi of more than a thousand people converging on the council office… Audio
Shock but little surprise at racist message to top Pacific academic
A racist tirade left on the answerphone of one of the country's most pre-eminent Pacific academics has caused widespread shock - but little surprise.
Others working in the space say that while this… Audio
Hawke's Bay iwi wants more investment to curb homelessness
Iwi in Te-Matau-a-Māui are calling for the government to invest in their rohe so they can further develop housing to curb homelessness and invest in the future of their descendants.
This comes as the… Audio
Minister defends joint venture after critical Auditor-General report
Marama Davidson is defending a joint venture set up to combat the high rates of violence in Kiwi homes.
The venture was set up in 2018 to bring government and community agencies together to tackle… Audio
Climate Change Commission recommends iwi set emissions targets
The Climate Commission has recommended iwi, hapū and Māori determine their own contribution to reducing national emissions - and set their own targets - as part of the newly released report laying out… Audio
Māori likely first humans to see Antarctica - study
A new study has concluded that Māori were likely the first humans to set eyes on Antartic waters and even the continent itself.
Researchers from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi… Audio
Former MPs reveal untold stories in RNZ podcast
The former deputy leader of the National Party Paula Bennett has revealed Todd Muller told her she wasn't wanted in any role after his leadership coup in May last year.
She made the revelation to… Audio