Te Ao Maori
Waitangi Tribunal slams Crown over water pollution
The Waitangi Tribunal is slamming the Crown for letting our rivers and lakes get so polluted and for essentially blocking Māori from helping to fix the problem.
It has just released a landmark report… Audio
Taonga returns to te Tairāwhiti after 250 years
After a 10-year long battle, a collection of taonga left on board Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour will be returned, on loan, to the Tairāwhiti region after 250 years.
The taonga, which include… Video, Audio
Māori suicide prevention workers 'undervalued, underfunded'
Māori suicide prevention workers say they are undervalued and underfunded and they're pleading for more support as Māori suicide rates reach record highs.
New figures show 685 people in Aotearoa… Video, Audio
A national strategy won't reduce Maori suicide rates
A national strategy isn't the solution to reducing the number of Maori taking their own lives. That's the opinion of Tuta Ngarimu, who's the manager of the Nati for Life trust suicide support group in… Audio
Tai Tokerau rocked by death of Pita Paraone
Te Ao Māori is in mourning for one of its unsung heroes. The Ngāti Hine elder, Pita Paraone, died early on Monday morning in Auckland Hospital.
The 73-year-old served for many years as a public… Video, Audio
Incorporating tikanga Māori into a written constitution
New Zealand doesn't have a single constitutional document, although we do have an unwritten constitution made up of different pieces of legislation. Law professor Claire Charters thinks the status quo… Audio
Māori Council calls for more help for kaumātua
The Māori Council is calling for more to be done for kaumatua. The council points to data that shows Māori reach retirement with a plethora of undiagnosed conditions and lower than average life… Audio
He Kākano Ahau: Ihumātao
In the six-part series, He Kākano Ahau Kahu Kutia challenges the assumption that to be urban and Māori means to be disconnected from your culture, she explores the nuance of Māori migration to the… Audio
Decolonising the justice system
This week Corrections announced a new tikanga based strategy with the aim of reducing the Maori prison population from 52% to 16%. Criminal lawyer and youth justice advocate Kingi Snelgar thinks that… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 23 August 2019
The government commits to significantly reduce the Māori prison population ---- protesters at Ihumātao hikoi to the Prime Minister's electorate office demanding she come to the whenua --- and iwi in… Audio
Kiingitanga and iwi won't rule out buying back Ihumātao
Waikato-Tainui and the Kiingitanga are shutting down claims that they are about to buy back Ihumātao but have not ruled out the possibility.
Iwi on mission to increase te reo Māori speakers among kaumātua
A Wairarapa iwi is on a mission to lift the number of Māori language speakers among its kaumātua. Rangitāne o Wairarapa found more than seventy percent of its people aged 55 and over could not speak… Audio
'Positive vibe' as Ihumātao protesters hikoi to PM’s office
Protesters occupying the Ihumātao land near Auckland airport are about to begin a four-hour hikoi to Jacinda Ardern's electorate office Mt Albert. They're presenting a petition that has been signed by… Audio
Support for Kiingi challenge for Māori to find own solutions
Support is being expressed for a challenge laid down by Kiingi Tuheitia in his annual address in Ngaruawahia yesterday. In his wero, the King said Maori should find their own solutions for looking… Audio
Māori translations on voting papers ‘institutional racism’ - candidate
A candidate in the local body elections says the rules governing Māori translations of candidate profiles on voting papers is a form of "institutional racism" and must change. Election rules state… Audio
Hapū ready to occupy mountain to stop cellphone tower
Plans to build a cellphone tower in the rural Utakura Valley in Northland have come to a halt, following widespread opposition by hapū who have threatened to occupy the land in protest.
The tower is… Audio
Tertiary institutes look to tech firms to end ethnic disparity
Universities and polytechnics hope to end decades-long disparities in Maori and Pasifika students' pass rates in just a few years by copying big companies like Amazon. The Tertiary Education… Audio
Cancer Society donates $2m to research project
The Cancer Society is donating $2 million to fund a new research project that will focus on cancer prevention and support. Otago University, Massey University and Victoria University will join forces… Audio
Chester Borrows: Hōkai Rangi strategy could be game changer
Former National Party cabinet minister Chester Borrows says a new Corrections strategy focused on Maori has the potential to be a game-changer. Mr Borrows currently chairs the government's Safe and… Audio
‘We have to try and do things differently’ - PM on prisons
The government has launched an ambitious plan to drastically cut the number of Maori in prison from 52 percent down to 16 - to match the overall Maori population. But can this be achieved? Does this… Audio