Te Ao Māori
Labour's Māori caucus celebrates big promotions in Cabinet
One of the biggest winners of today's Cabinet announcement is newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta - not only the first woman, but also the first Māori woman, to ever hold the role. Video
National kapa haka events funded
The national body for kapa haka has received funding to run a series of performances across the country next year.
New Green MPs: 'There are expectations of us'
The Green Party's newest MPs are promising to use their diverse backgrounds to push not only for change in their communities but within the political system as well.
Oranga Tamariki forced to pick up pieces of failed state policy, tribunal told
An investigative journalist who has extensively written about how Māori children end up in state care has told the Waitangi Tribunal that Oranga Tamariki are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff…
Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi replaces John Tamihere as co-leader
The Māori Party has confirmed Rawiri Waititi as its new co-leader, pending special votes confirming his win in the Waiariki electorate seat.
Plea for reform: 'Human rights create fair societies'
The Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to stand by its promises to make New Zealand fairer for all people.
'Horrendous' to cut ties between children and whānau - lawyer
Any Māori-run alternative to Oranga Tamariki must not just turn a "white bureaucracy to a brown bureaucracy", former wards of the state say.
Māori roll enrolments double since 2017
A political commentator says a doubling of Māori voter enrolments since 2017 reflects a resurgent Māori Party. Audio
Taking Māori babies after birth 'cruel, inhumane'
The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the taking of Māori babies just after birth is "cruel and inhumane" as it targets the mother when she is at her weakest.
Urupounamu Episode Five - What defines Māori Art?
When is Māori Art – Not Māori Art? Singer Songwriter Ria Hall, and Spoken Word Artist Te Kahu Rolleston bring their thoughts to the table. Audio
The right to whakapapa: Jade Morgan
Jade Morgan has not let a six-year prison sentence and early gang ties define him, and has been running a tikanga programme to reconnect prisoners with their whakapapa using te ao Māori. Audio
Hurt versus history: Critics, fans debate future of Endeavour models
Two controversial Endeavour models in Gisborne symbolise "hurt and trauma" for some, while for others they mark a point in history which they say should not be "suppressed".
Māori design on truck: Fletcher Building told to consult Māori
Businesses that want to tap into Māori culture are being told to consult with Māori advisers first. Audio
Carver again shapes landmark pouwhenua
The hands of Kereama Hohua with Danny McRoberts shaped the first pouwhenua placed on one of New Zealand's oldest pā sites in modern times.
Meng Foon drives proposal for Māori-run prisons
The Race Relations Commissioner is pushing for prisons to be run by iwi and is looking specifically at Mangaroa Prison in Hawke's Bay.
Episode 1: He Wawata (An Aspiration)
Te Awe was a project designed to enrich, reorganise, and improve the care of our 10,000+ taonga Māori in a way that is embedded in Mātauranga Māori. Video
Episode 3: Preserving the Kākahu
The first phase of this project (2013-2016), centred on the renewal of the Auckland Museum’s carving store, home to approximately 5,400 carved taonga. Video
Episode 4: Moving the Kākahu
Since the project started in 2013 with Phase 1, over 5,400 taonga made from wood and stone passed through the project team’s caring hands. Video
Episode 2: Taumata Māreikura (The Weavers)
During the second phase (2017-2019), as part of our Mātauranga Māori approach, Auckland Museum partnered with Taumata Māreikura, some of Aotearoa’s most skilled & experienced weavers. Video
Crown unwilling to give power to Māori, Oranga Tamariki hearing told
The Māori Women's Welfare League has told the Waitangi Tribunal that Māori initiatives to reduce the number of tamariki in their care have been short-lived because the Crown has all the control.
