Te Ahi Kaa

New Zealand's economy is based on primary industry and Maori have always been at its forefront. Whether it's been as loggers in the forestry or shearers in the shearing shed. In homage to the many… Read more Audio

In Te Ahi Kaa, Winiata Hotere and Charlotte Courtenay, the brother and sister of Ralph Hotere chat with Northland regional reporter Lois Williams about their brothers rise to fame in the art world and… Read more Audio

Te Ahi Kaa mo 03 Poututerangi (March) 2013. Audio

In Te Ahi Kaa this week, Henare Te Ua (1934 - 2007) interviews Ngapo Bub Wehi about his foray into kapa haka that was helped along as a young fella courting his wife, Pimia Nen Wehi ( 1929 - 2011)… Read more Audio

Taking on Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues has been a little stressful but hugely rewarding for actor/director Maria Walker, Maraea Rakuraku has a chat with Maria about the challenges of bringing a… Read more Audio

What does Waitangi Day mean to you? That's the question put to punters at the annual Te Ra o Te Raukura hosted by Te Ati Awa Ki Poneke at Waiwhetu (Lower Hutt, Wellington). How would changes to the… Read more Audio

What does Waitangi Day mean to you? That's the question put to punters at the annual Te Ra o Te Raukura hosted by Te Ati Awa Ki Poneke at Waiwhetu (Lower Hutt, Wellington). How would changes to the… Read more Audio

Maraea Rakuraku visits Whanganui Regional Museum and talks with Awhina Twomey no Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa ki te tonga who provides an insight into her role as Kaitiaki Taonga Maori, and the… Read more Audio

The Chumpchange exercise programme is mana motuhake in action according to its founder, Ngati Porou wahine Mere Takoko who over the past year has reduced her body fat by 24 per cent, performed and won… Read more Audio

In the final Te Ahi Kaa for 2012, Maraea Rakuraku and Justine Murray present a few of their favourite stories that includes a visit to the giant Kauri tree, Tanemahuta at Waipoua Forest with kaumatua… Read more Audio

Implementing practical lessons while educating kids is what Oturu School, Kaitaia is all about as experienced by Maraea Rakuraku when she visited earlier this year. Peggy Luke Ngaheke has a long… Read more Audio

Becoming an All Black or a singer were the two career choices for John Rowles, who grew up in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. While his dad, a former Maori All black advocated rugby Rowles had other ideas… Read more Audio