Te Ao Maori

The 2022 New Zealand International Business awards were held in Auckland last night following a virtual event last year.  He Kai Kei Aku Ringa for Maori Excellence in Export was won by Kiwa Digital. Audio

The region with the highest proportion of Māori in the country, now has Māori wards at its council for the first time.

While the new Tairāwhiti or Gisborne councillors are being welcomed, they expect… Audio

The dean of the Taranaki Cathedral is making no apology for the contemporary Māori design of the new Te Whare Hononga recently revealed at its historic New Plymouth site.

The whare, which has been… Audio

As more and more Māori reclaim their language, many are growing curious about the rangi or dialect of their own iwi. 

But as Pokere Paewai reports some reo experts are warning there is other work to… Audio

An education symposium hosted by iwi in Whakatū Nelson last week aimed to inspire leaders to look at education through a Māori lens. Dr Mel Riwai-Couch speaks to Jesse about the changes they would… Audio

Surfer, builder and musician Rawiri has a yarn about work, a life changing accident and living everyday like its his last. Video

Gifted barber Jimmy remembers his childhood, a broken relationship, and the injustice he is living with since his mothers passing. Video

Harry knew university wasn’t for him and papa kāinga life was, but the expectations of whānau and a Pākehā system threw him off his path.  Now he’s making up for lost time. Video

Xavier upholds the mana of his revered tupuna through service to community, but now fatherhood beckons a new pathway. Video

Kīngi is going hard to revive reo and tikanga in the North.  This young father-to-be wants to look like his tūpuna and preserve their enduring legacy. Video

In the last few weeks, Cherneka Johnson, aka Sugar Neekz Johnson, has experienced both triumph and tragedy. Earlier this year, the Brisbane-based boxer (who is Ngāti Ranginui) became the second wahine… Video, Audio

From peacemakers and strategists to explorers and entrepreneurs, writers Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O'Connor introduce a new generation to 24 tupuna of Te Tai Tokerau including Nukutawhiti… Audio

Those infectious beats by Ka Hao and Rob Ruha were blasted across Auckland's Spark Arena last night.

Their waiata '35', an ode to State Highway 35, took out the coveted 2022 APRA Silver Scroll Award.

The rural town of Pukekohe, south of Auckland, has a bleak history of racial segregation that has, for the most part, gone untold. A new TVNZ documentary No Māori Allowed sheds light on the town’s… Audio

Kennedy has an update on incoming flights of bar-tailed godwits, arriving on our shores from Alaska.

He also explores a remarkable new decision from the Supreme Court on the place of tikanga in New… Audio

Kara Rickard goes behind the scenes of the APRA Reo Māori SongHubs at Roundhead Studios. Audio