Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes
NEW SEASON FEB. 2025. The latest in politics with a range of Māori commentators and newsmakers. Produced for RNZ by Aotearoa Media Collective. Made with the support of NZ On Air & Te Māngai Pāho.
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Episode 22: An extended interview with National's Tama Potaka
3 Oct 2023In an extended interview, National Party candidate Tama Potaka discusses Māori development, co-governance, social housing, and land claims. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 21: An extended interview with ACT leader David Seymour
26 Sep 2023In an extended interview, ACT leader David Seymour discusses whakapapa, te tiriti, co-governance, and his vision for Aotearoa. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 20: Mata Reports 3: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
24 Sep 2023Ikaroa Rāwhiti is set to be one of the most fiercely contested match-ups of the 2023 election, and the electorate's loyalty is about to be tested. Go to 1news.co.nz or TVNZ+ to find the full video… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 19: An interview with Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
19 Sep 2023Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson talks to Mihingarangi about her role as Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence. In an extended interview, she discusses the Green's… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 18: An interview with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins
12 Sep 2023In an in-depth interview, Labour leader Chris Hipkins discusses Labour’s tax policy, Māori housing inequity, the cost of living, and the climate crisis. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 17: A kōrero with Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidates Cushla Tangaere-Manuel and Meka Whaitiri - Mata
5 Sep 2023Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is shaping up to be one of the tightest races this election. We speak to its two leading candidates, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour) and Meka Whaitiri (Te Pāti Māori). Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 16: Shane Jones on the Treaty, Toilets and Teeth - August 22nd - Mata
22 Aug 2023Shane Jones outlines NZ First’s campaign to re enter parliament - their policies and priorities, including their controversial transgender toilet policy. Then we hear from commentators Tau Henare and… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 15: August 8th - Mata
8 Aug 2023In a special extended interview, Minister for Māori Development, Broadcasting, and Media Willie Jackson discusses housing, homelessness, Māori broadcasting, and his political future. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 14: July 25th - Mata
25 Jul 2023Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono explains his party's new policy to return land wrongly taken from Maori. Then Mihingarangi Forbes talks to Professor Ella Henry and Shane Te Pou about Kiri Allan's… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 13: July 9th 2023 Mata Reports 2: Marokopa - Missing Children
9 Jul 2023In December 2021, three siblings vanished with their father from the isolated Waikato town of Marokopa, and it’s now a year and a half since the tamariki were last seen. Go to 1news.co.nz or TVNZ+ to… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 12: July 11th - Mata
11 Jul 2023Dr Shane Reti explains why he'll shut down the Maori Health Authority if National is elected government. Mihingarangi Forbes also speaks to panelists, AUT Dean of Law, Khylee Quince and Te Pati Maori… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 11: June 27th - Mata
27 Jun 2023Children’s Commissioner Judge Frances Eivers speaks about the investigation into Oranga Tamariki then panelists Denise Roche and Tau Henare discuss the National Party conference, Labour’s new… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 10: June 13th - Mata
13 Jun 2023Manukau Ward Councillor Alf Filipaina talks about his opposition to the sale of Auckland International Airport shares. Then it's the latest in politics with Stuff political reporter Glenn McConnell… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 9: May 30th - Mata
30 May 2023Former cabinet minister Hekia Parata discusses the Ministerial Inquiry she led into forestry debris in Te Tai Rāwhiti and Wairoa. Then Mihingarangi Forbes is joined by panellists Dr Lara Grieves and… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 8: May 16th 2023 Mata Reports Te Kākano - Closed Adoption
16 May 202360-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. But the search to find her whānau is complex. It involves one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 7: May 3rd 2023 Mata Special
3 May 2023In this special episode of Mata Mihingarangi Forbes hosts a panel discussion about Meka Whaitiri's defection from the Labour Party to join Te Pāti Māori. Her guests are former Te Pāti Māori MP Marama… Read more Audio
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Episode 6: May 2nd 2023 - Mata
2 May 2023Mihingarangi Forbes talks to Rawiri Wright, tumuaki at Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, about the Kura Kaupapa Māori claim before the Waitangi Tribunal and panelists Khylee Quince and Bernie… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 5: 18th April 2023 - Mata
18 Apr 2023Cry me Three Waters - Far North Mayor Moko Tepania shares his views on Affordable Water Reform, then former Green MP Denise Roche and commentator Shane Te Pou discuss co-governance, 'crybabies' and… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 4: 4th April 2023 - Mata
4 Apr 2023Mihingarangi Forbes speaks to the National Party’s new Māori MP Tama Potaka about co-governance and Māori Development. Panelists Dr Lara Greaves and Ngarimu Blair discuss white cis men, free speech… Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 3: 20th March 2023 - Mata
21 Mar 2023Mihingarangi speaks to Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson about the state of the planet and the party. Panelists Khylee Quince and Tau Henare share their views on the anti co-governance tour. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 2: 7th March 2023 - Mata
7 Mar 2023Rawiri Waititi joins us from Wellington to discuss Te Pāti Māori’s Te Matatini and flood response. Then panelists Shane Te Pou and Jenny Marcroft reflect on Georgina Beyer’s legacy. Read more Video, Audio
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Episode 1: 21st February 2023 - Mata
21 Feb 2023After Cyclone Gabrielle, will the government crack down on forestry? In the first episode of new podcast Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes, Labour MP Kiritapu Allan says it's not that simple - her… Read more Video, Audio
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Trailer: Introducing Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes
16 Feb 2023Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes discusses the latest in politics with a range of Māori commentators and newsmakers. Watch and Listen to the trailer and subscribe now. Read more Video, Audio