Te Ao Maori

The Waitangi Tribunal says it is taking far too long to calculate how much compensation Māori health services should get to make up for years of underfunding.

It says the delay compounds the… Audio

We say kia ora and come together for pōwhiri, but we don't always understand the meaning and spirit behind Māori words and traditions, says Māori linguist Keri Opai. Audio

Presenter Kahu Kutia explores the issue of suicide with Auckland based rapper and dad Ranuimarz, PhD student Rikki Solomon her sister Emma Kutia. Audio

Māori health leaders say the lives of their people are literally at stake as Auckland Covid-19 case numbers threaten to get out of control.

Dangerously low Māori vaccination figures and their… Audio

Iwi elders in Tairāwhiti want to put a border around the region to prevent Covid-19 overwhelming its health system.

Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare visited the region covering the North… Audio

Māori climate change advocates are urging the government to be more ambitious after the release of a consultation document which it says will help shape the plan to reduce emissions. 

The document… Audio

On the 14th of September 1972, a petition calling for active recognition of te reo Maori was presented to Parliament containing over 30-thousand signatures. The petition, which was organised by Maori… Audio

There are risks in taking a portrait at face value. Matariki Williams and Rebecca Rice are the curators who selected the 36 historic portraits of Maori and settlers that have hung on Te Papa's… Audio, Gallery

Taranaki health officials fear low vaccination rates in the province make delta's imminent arrival a perfect storm for Māori.

Earlier this week, only 24 percent of Taranaki Māori were fully… Audio

An overseas research team has linked soot preserved in Antarctic ice to fires set in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Māori settlers, 700 years ago.

The researchers say the finding is a dramatic example of… Audio

Wairoa - with a population of almost 70 percent Māori - was ahead of the game with its Covid-19 vaccination rollout but seems to have hit a roadblock.

Although it's fully vaccinated rates are the… Audio

Ahipara mana whenua are occupying a foreshore land block after a historically significant Pohutukawa tree was partially hacked down. The Te Rarawa group have set up camp on their ancestral land to… Audio

Many public health experts, Maori organisations and iwi leaders have come out against the government's new stepped plan to move Auckland down to level 2 and pivot to a suppression strategy of… Audio

The Government's sweeping review of election law, launched yesterday, will look at the ability of Maori voters to switch between Maori and general electoral rolls before the 2023 election.

"We want… Audio

Health leaders are nervous that with the ease of restrictions on Auckland - Māori will be disproportionately impacted.

While the city is staying at level 3, from midnight two households can meet up… Audio

Māori health services in Auckland are planning to go door-to-door in their efforts to more people vaccinated against Covid-19. 

Covid-19 vaccination rates among Māori are only about two-thirds of… Audio

Covid-19 vaccination rates among Māori are only about two-thirds of those of the general population, a figure which is worrying health officials.

Only 55 percent of Māori have had their first dose… Audio

The latest vaccination rates show Māori in Auckland will not come anywhere near the 90 percent first dose challenge laid down by the Prime Minister in time for next week alert level review.

And… Video, Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Stan Walker talks about his childhood on Tamapahore marae, Australian Idol and his ambition to make a difference and a clutch of sweet songs Video, Audio