Te Ao Maori

As we mourn the loss of two leaders - Dame June and Moana Jackson - could Te Ariki be a glimpse into Maoridom's future?  Audio

Justice Joe Williams talks with Julian about the legacy Moana Jackson has left behind.  Audio

 Dame Naida Glavish remembers her close friend and formidable trail blazer. Audio

Renowned Maori leader Tā Tipene O'Regan (Ngāi Tahu) was named 2022 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year at a digital ceremony this week. This year marks the 25th anniversary since Tā Tipene successfully… Video, Audio

Tributes are pouring in for the leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson, who has died after a lengthy illness.

He's being remembered as a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and… Audio

Kua hinga he totara nui o te waonui a Tane. Tangi hotuhotu ana nga manu. Me to iwi Maori. The tributes have been flowing endlessly for one of Aotearoa's most leading legal minds and indigenous… Audio

Māori knowledge is critical to respond to climate change, that's one of the key findings in the latest IPCC report.

The Deep South Science Challenge is commissioning fourteen projects for… Audio

An iwi healthcare provider in Taranaki says difficulty getting supplies is hampering support of people isolating with Omicron.

Taranaki has been averaging more than 600 new Covid-19 cases a day and… Audio

In July this year, Te Pae Ora healthy futures bill comes in to effect. This replaces the 20 District Health Boards with Health New Zealand - a new Crown organisation - to provide a national health… Audio

A Tauranga Church is doing its part to right an historical wrong in the city. The evangelical Curate Church owned and occupied a piece of land in the central city and has decided to give the land back… Audio

To Taranaki where a ban on gathering shellfish, that was put in place in January near Opunake, is to be expanded to cover nearly 40 kilometres of the Taranaki coastline. Hapu from Orimupiko Marae put… Audio

Justine Murray talks to Jesse about Whare Korero, which is an app featuring regional iwi radio content. Audio

The tributes have been flowing for prominent leader and public servant Sir Wira Gardiner.

He passed away with his whanau by his side in Gisborne this week - he had been ill and was 78 years old.

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A special ceremony was held in central Wellington in the wee hours of this morning, to mark the return of a very special waka.

Unearthed in the banks of Te Awakairangi or the Hutt River, the waka is… Video, Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has been told that ACC is prejudicial and discriminatory towards Māori.

It has been described as a master-servant relationship.

The tribunal is in the second stage of its… Audio

Two leading Māori social workers are scathing of Oranga Tamariki's attempts to fix huge gaps in support for children who have suffered sexual violence.

The child protection agency has spent millions… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has been told about the catastrophic impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD, on whānau Māori and the neglect of the Crown in addressing access to support.

The… Audio

Oranga Tamariki has failed to meet with Māori to design new sexual violence services for children as unmet demand ratchets up.

The agency says it is still in a relationship-building phase with Māori… Audio

Te Matatini - the world's biggest kapa haka competition - turns 50 on Friday.

It all started in 1972 with the 17 kapa haka performing at the inaugural festival in Rotorua representing the eight Maori… Audio