Te Ao Maori

Matariki is one step closer to being recognised as a public holiday.

Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill had its first reading in Parliament on Wednesday.

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage… Audio

Oranga Tamariki has been described as not fit for purpose and needing transformative change - with the Minister insisting he'll 'force the change'.

The Ministerial appointed Advisory Panel report… Audio

In this episode of Musical Chairs Stan Walker talks about his childhood on Tamapahore marae, Australian Idol and his ambition to make a difference Video, Audio

Auckland has cracked a vaccination milestone; 81 percent of the eligible population's had one dose of Pfizer.

There is a push this weekend to get more vaccinated. The carrot is a possible alert level… Video, Audio

One of the most anticipated events for our Rangatahi Māori - the Ngā Manu Korero speech competition took place this week - with young Māori covering issues such as reo revitalisation and land rights.

Mental health podcast Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower returns soon! Video, Audio

The government has announced who will lead the Māori Health Authority, which it hopes will address the staggering inequites Māori face in the health system.

Aotearoa's 20 district health boards are… Audio

The government is standing by its Covid-19 response for Māori, despite large disparities in both the number of cases and the vaccine rollout.

It has been criticised for acting too late, and for… Audio

Before Peter's headlines you heard about Auckland's vaccine buses and the work that's being done to reach populations which aren't exactly beating a path to the vaccine clinics set up around the city… Audio

Another mobile bus has been launched - in the hope it can drive up vaccination rates in Tamaki Makaurau and boost low Maori innoculation rates. The Shot Cuzz bus pulled up to the Clendon Pak n Save in… Audio

The Māori King - Kingi Tuheitia - and other esteemed leaders are encouraging everyone to go and get vaccinated to increase innoculation rates among Māori.

Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero te… Audio

A group of Māori medical experts is calling for Waikato to go into alert level 4 after three new Covid-19 cases were confirmed.

The Ministry of Health says the three are household members of a remand… Audio

Mā tātou katoa te reo Māori e whakaora. 

If te reo Māori is to survive, non-Māori must speak and learn the language too.

That's the message from the head of the Māori Language Commission as the… Audio

Māori men are being urged to go get their prostates checked to stop more tāne from dying of prostate cancer.

Māori men are twice as likely to die from the disease.

RNZ reporter Matai O'Connor filed… Audio

This week Waitomo Caves are offering tours given either bilingually or entirely in te reo Māori, guided by direct descendents of the cave's original explorers. Jesse speaks to one of the… Audio

The new 'Kono 003' EP – featuring the likes of Anna Coddington, Troy Kingi and Ria Hall - has debuted at number eight in the Aotearoa charts this week.

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The Māori Party has launched a petition to change the country's official name to Aotearoa.

It also says it wants all reo Māori place names to be officially restored across the country in the next… Audio

More than a million people came together today to share a moment in Te Reo Māori.

It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Langauge Week, and the moment is one of the week's pinnacle events.

Jamie Tahana… Audio

More than 1.1 million people gathered around the country at Midday today to embrace te reo Māori in some way for Māori language week.

E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona… Audio