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12:12 PM.What's the history behind the name Aotearoa following the Maori Party's petition to officially change our country's name to Aotearoa. Who gave the name Aotearoa in the first place? Haami Piripi is… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.With the first celebration of Matariki as a public holiday just weeks away one of Aotearoa's most prominent writers, Witi Ihimaera, has written a new children's book about Matariki, Te Kokorangi, The… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.This week the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies hosted a summit in Queensland which was attended by a thousand delegates from across Australia including the new… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said recently "we will be advancing the need to have constitutional recognition of First Nations people, including a Voice to Parliament that is… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Rohm Dixon is head student at Rotorua Boys High School and has just won a Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship worth 25-thousand dollars to help him get into one of the world's top universities. At this… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.In 1822 about 3000 Ngapuhi warriors laid siege to Matakitaki Pa in Waikato. Ngapuhi were armed with muskets which many Waikato Maori had never encountered before. Historian Dr Tom Roa recounts the… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Four years ago opera singer Kawiti Waetford returned to Aotearoa after years abroad and a blossoming singing career. He and his wife started a new life in Northland where Kawiti began working with… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Jacqueline Paul is a lecturer in architecture at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland. In August she will start a five year course of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.This week the government released its first emissions reduction plan and allocated 4.5 billion dollars of funding towards it. Minister of Finance Grant Robertson billed the plan to tackle global… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The founder and CEO of Learn Maori Abroad, Amelia Butler, lives in Los Angeles and she also heads the performance group Nga Anahera Maori. Her online Te Reo Maori classes started in 2018 with ten… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Nga Hau e Wha o Tawhirimatea is a practical guide to culturally responsive teaching practice in the tertiary sector is designed to support kaiako (teachers) to reconfigure the teacher/learner dynamic… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The matarau or multi pronged spear is the name given to an exhibition that's just opened at Te Whare Toi, the City Gallery in Wellington. Matarau is a group exhibition featuring work by artists such… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.The global non-alcoholic drinks market is worth more than 1.2 trillion US dollars and three Maori boys have bold plans to be a big international player. Joe Harawira, Wayne Atkins and Lance Paora were… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Sir Rob McLeod is a renowned tax specialist and Maori business leader. He is chair of Sanford fisheries and the Ngati Porou Holding Company and a former chair of the New Zealand Business Roundtable… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.On Thursday New Zealand born Ben Stokes was named as the new England cricket test captain. His mum Deborah, or Deb Stokes, lives in Christchurch and is a victim support advocate, who has received a… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Chances are you have seen some of James Rickard's work across the land, or even in places like Passchendaele in Belgium and Singapore. James Te Taonui a Kupe Rickard was a part of the first carving… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Next week a new podcast will be launched called Whakamaori. It features Maori speakers translating famous speeches, movies and writing into Te Reo Maori. For example parts of Martin Luther King's… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Three years ago Aoteaora marked 250 years since the first encounter between Maori and Captain James Cook and his crew on board HMS Endeavour. Tuia 250 commemorated those first encounters and now a new… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government's reforms will create four publicly-owned water service entities to ensure every New Zealander has access to affordable, long-lasting drinking, waste and stormwater infrastructure… Read more Audio