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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… Read more 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… Read more Audio

Me ua e te ua Let the rain fall Audio

Kia mau ki te Kōura Roa - Hold on to the big crayfish. Audio

Māori language week was officially launched on Monday July 21st at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua. A few highlights feature. Audio

Keith Southern enjoyed a friendship with Whanganui composer Morvin Te Anatipa Simon (1944 -2014) for over thirty years. They recorded and arranged maori music together with groups including Kaiwhaiki… Read more Audio

Dr Paul Wolframm talks about the documentary Nga Reo o te Whenua - Voices of the land. Tāonga pūoro exponent Dr Richard Nunns and Horomono Horo shed light on the connection of traditional Māori… Read more Audio

Patua te taniwha o te whakama. Do not let shyness overcome you. Audio

Acting Chief Executive Officer of Te Taura Whiri I te reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) Pita Paraone discusses the concept of Te Kupu o te Wiki as part of the Māori Language week campaign 2014. Audio

In the retail downtown area of Gisborne, Tupara is a business that is steadily building up a name for themselves. They sell a range of Māori art on behalf of the local artists, Justine Murray chats… Read more Audio

Whaikōrero by the Rev. Father James Durining at the opening of the Aotea Meeting House at Mākirikiri, Dannevirke, 1967. Read more Audio

Kia tika te reo, Kia rere te reo, Kia Māori te reo. Let the Māori language be accurate, let it fly and let it be Māori and traditional. This week's whakatāuki is explained by Gareth Seymour nō Ngāti… Read more Audio