Te Ao Māori
The Adventures of Piripi | Season 2 | Episode 5
Piripi considers a job in the mines but finds something better to do: go bush with Uncle Des. They look at the taiao, then decide to go hunting for kangaroos in the most unexpected of places. Video
The Adventures of Piripi | Season 2 | Episode 6
With Piripi's new taiao confidence, he asks Uncle Des if they can go camping and fishing for yabbies. But once again, even the easiest of tasks—like putting up the mossie net—turn into an adventure! Video
Decision stalls on possible name change for historic town
Nearly three years after a marae applied to restore Russell's original name, residents are still waiting. Audio
Waipapa Taumata Rau Auckland University's new ReoSpace
Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland University has opened a new space dedicated to speaking Te Reo Māori. ReoSpace was opened on Wednesday at Te Tumu Herenga, the university's library. Kaiārahi and PhD… Audio
Māori business delegation heads to China
Ten Māori business leaders in the game development and digital storytelling sectors are on their way to China for an in-depth look at the country's booming digital and business sector. Organised by… Audio
The Adventures of Piripi | Season 2 | Trailer
Piripi's gapping it to Oz—further away from Mum, he reckons! He's on a tipi haere to visit the whānau just out of Perth. It's remote, hot, and there's heaps of flies! Piripi's new sanctuary! Video
Whakataukī of the Week with Professor Tom Roa
An academic and te reo Māori advocate, he and Dr Rodrigo Hill have just released an exhibition and photo book titled Ki te Kapu o Taku Ringa - In the Palm of My Hand which uses photography through a… Audio
Professor Anthony Hoete on Aotearoa's urban future
The award winning architect Professor Anthony Hoete has written a chapter in a new book, Urban Aotearoa, The Future of Our Cities. Audio
Taioro: weaving te reo Māori and poetry with chamber music
Spoken word performer Sharn Maree and taonga pūoro specialist Rob Thorne - two members of Taioro, along with viola player Donald Maurice - talk with RNZ's Andrew Clark about the ensemble, and the work… Audio
Fishing or rockets? Space operator denies part in lakeside evictions
An 83-year-old fisherman wants to know if he is being given the heave-ho from his hut because a company wants to launch rockets nearby.
Learn to kōrero about the Olympics in te reo Māori
A new bilingual resource, containing more than 1000 terms and phrases across 30 Olympic Games sporting codes, has been created. Audio
Former councillor calls for early Māori ward polls
Councils that want to keep their Māori wards at the next local elections should have to poll their communities beforehand, former local government leader John Bain says.
Mata Season 2 | Episode 12: An Extended Interview with Tama Potaka
Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka discusses the big challenges facing Māori and how the coalition government plans to address them. Video, Audio
Whakataukī of the Week with Dame Naida Glavish
It's been 40 years since Dame Naida won the right to greet people with 'kia ora' while working as a toll operator for the New Zealand Post Office. Audio
'The lighting was for white people': Joanna Paul-Robie recalls working at TV3
Māori broadcaster Joanna Paul-Robie was given an hour to decide whether to present the breakfast and 6pm news at TV3 for no extra pay.
'Aotearoa should be the world's first renewable economy'
A Great Barrier Island company is aiming to revolutionise energy with one of the world's first peer to peer sharing grids. Audio
Real or myth? Young scientists seek truth in legendary love story
A group of Rotorua children have used science to prove whether the basis of the legendary love story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai is true.
13 jobs set to go at Office for Māori Crown Relations Te Arawhiti
The government organisation tasked with completing Te Tiriti o Waitangi settlements is proposing to cut more than a dozen roles.
Using Kupe to promote beer 'highly offensive' - tikanga expert
The New Zealand IPA design features the bare-chested Polynesian navigator holding what appears to be a taiaha. Audio
Māori knowledge programme success confirmed as funds end
An evaluation of a mātauranga Māori programme introduced in 2020 to support the arts, culture and heritage sector after Covid-19 disruptions has shown it to be successful.