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12:10 PM.Earlier this week the Education and Training Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament meaning wānanga are able to choose for themselves how they operate. Wānanga can choose to remain a… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mapuna is in Kirikiriroa Hamilton to meet with Sergeant Wayne Panapa QSM, as he reflects on a 50 year career on the frontline of the New Zealand Police Force. Inside the whare Te Ara Pai, where… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The largest collection of First People's art to be presented in Aotearoa opens at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. Two of the artists, Christopher Pease, a descendant of the Minang/Noongar people… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee Mather are award winning Maori journalists who worked extensively in mainstream and Maori media and now run their own media collective. What is the future for… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Mapuna takes a look back at the celebration of the Maori New Year held at Rotorua Skyline. This year the hautapu ceremony included women to lead some incantations. This is a key difference from last… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mapuna is in Kaitaia to meet Ngati Kuri kaumatua Bundy Waitai. Over decades he conducted research into Ngati Kuri's claims before the Waitangi Tribunal. Now he speaks out about the proposed sanctuary… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Nathan Pohio, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, and Ngai Tahu, is the Senior Curator Maori Art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery and is an artist working in video and other photographic media. He says Toi o… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Since 1989 the Commissioner for Children has been a vital advocate for tamariki in Aotearoa but by this time next week the role will be gone, dismantled under government reforms introduced last year… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Maori wardens have been with us since 1860 and this weekend their mahi is being recognized at a public sing-along, or 'Maorioke' in central Wellington. Artist Suzanne Tamaki is a Maori warden and… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Professor Leonie Pihama, along with Linda Tuhiwai Smith, have co-edited a new book about indigenous knowledge and its uses for health and wellbeing. It draws on voices in Aotearoa and across North… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Mapuna visits Manurewa Marae in south Auckland which is a thriving hub for social, health and education services in the area. Julian Wilcox talks to Marae chair Tunuiarangi McLean and board trustee… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Papakura Marae in south Auckland has been going for more than 40 years providing cultural, health and social services to the local community. Kaumatua Brian Joyce is the chairman and has been at… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Tuariki Delamere was a cabinet minister in the New Zealand First-National coalition government in 1998 when he resigned from New Zealand First. What's his view of Meka Whaitiri's defection from Labour… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Singer Eddie Low will turn 80 next month and is about to tour Aotearoa. He's been performing for 60 years and his vocal prowess led to him being called 'A Voice in a Million.' He's played at… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Comedian Jamaine Ross says growing up 'I kind of got this self-loathing and laughter to stop from crying I just made jokes about it' as a way of dealing with it. He'll soon be appearing at the New… Read more Audio