Haami Piripi

Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngapuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later with the first ever written dictionary of Te Reo Maori, a… Audio

Early Missionary Thomas Kendall facilitated the sale of hundreds of muskets to Ngāpuhi Māori, helping to enable the bloodiest wars in New Zealand history. But there's more to Kendall's story. He was… Audio

From the 1840s onward, Frederick Maning would become an increasingly bitter and angry man who demonised Māori who opposed colonisation. So what explains this radical transition from a romantic early… Audio

Frederick Maning was one of the first Europeans to settle in Aotearoa, he married a high-ranking Ngāpuhi woman, and wrote two books filled with romantic anecdotes of his time living alongside Māori… Audio

"Send body bags" - that's the message from iwi in the north if the government pushes ahead with plans to open the Auckland border. 

The collective wants the gateway to te tai tokerau to stay locked… Video, Audio

The Chinese Government has a propaganda super ministry. But how much influence does it have in New Zealand? And is development money from the CCP an opportunity or economic 'invasion'? Audio

A Ngapuhi leader met with Webb's Auction House last night to try and secure the return of a musket purported to belong to chief Hongi Hika, which had been due to go under the hammer on Monday. Webb's… Audio

A stoush is brewing over the authenticity of a musket purported to have belonged to the great Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika ... which is expected to fetch over 100-thousand dollars at an auction on Monday… Audio

Far north iwi Te Rarawa has launched a new water storage project to safeguard its horticultural business off the back of one of the worst droughts the region has seen.

The project has received $3… Audio

The families of people who die during the lockdown will be forced to grieve in isolation.

Funeral directors will continue as normal through Alert Level Four but funeral ceremonies and tangihanga have… Audio

The country's biggest iwi says the botched 2018 census has left Maori without accurate data, which will affect how much government funding iwi can get. Stats New Zealand has admitted it's failed Maori… Audio

Dame Whina Cooper was considered by many to be the most determined woman in the country for her leadership in bringing to the country's attention the loss of Māori land ownership.  Audio, Gallery

A Northland Iwi leader says the vandalising of cultural statues is disturbing.

Earlier this year a Rangitane carving in Manawatu Gorge reserve had its wooden penis chopped off, while last week in… Audio

Northland Maori want greater representation in local government. Nearly half of the population in the Far North is Maori but many feel they're shut out from local politics, and this results in… Audio

Conservationists in the Far North are sounding the alarm over the disappearance of freshwater streams from 90-Mile Beach. They say there used to be dozens that ran from the dunes to the sea… Audio

Hongi Hika is a man with a difficult legacy. He's one of the greatest figures in New Zealand history, but he's also often held responsible for starting the Musket Wars. Audio