Te Ao Maori
Red tape stopping whānau from building on their land - Māori advocates
Māori housing advocates say red tape and barriers at the bank are stopping whānau building on their own land.
They say its essential Māori can build papakāinga - housing for a community - as Māori… Audio
Red tape at banks stopping Maori building papakainga
They held on to their land through war and confiscations or fought to get it back, but now they can't build on it. Longform Journalist Ella Stewart has done a deep dive into how red tape and barriers… Audio
Hopes second booster will help raise Māori vaccination rates
The Associate Minister of Health admits Māori Covid-19 vaccination numbers have stalled but believes the new booster dose will be useful.
200th anniversary of the siege of Matakitaki Pa
In 1822 about 3000 Ngapuhi warriors laid siege to Matakitaki Pa in Waikato. Ngapuhi were armed with muskets which many Waikato Maori had never encountered before. Historian Dr Tom Roa recounts the… Audio
Dr Rangi Te Kanawa: working to conserve our taonga kakahu
As a child Rangi Te Kanawa was surrounded by weaving. Te Kanawa's formative experiences immersed in the world of harakeke are undoubtedly what led to her current work as a textile conservator and… Audio, Gallery
Renowned leader, activist Joe Hawke farewelled at Takaparawhau
The leader of the Bastion Point Takaparawhau occupation has been laid to rest on the land he fought to get back for his people today.
Joe Hawke, who was 82, died on Sunday.
Māni Dunlop and our… Video, Audio
Māori health advocate to lead global body
A Māori public health advocate and researcher has become the first indigenous woman appointed to lead the World Federation of Public Health Associations.
Budget 2022 increases investment into Māori education
The Government's putting extra money into Māori education to improve teaching spaces and increase staffing levels.
The funding comes from this year's Budget, and includes nearly $50 million for Māori… Audio
Tributes pour in for Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts
The former president of the Maori Women's Welfare League and Kapa Haka advocate, Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, will be laid to rest today at her urupa near Kaiapoi. Ashleigh McCaull reports. Audio
Looking back on Joe Hawke's life
Prominent kaumatua, activist and leader of the long-running Takaparawhau occupation - Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s, Joe Hawke, has died, aged 82. Born in Tāmaki Makaurau in 1940, Joseph… Audio
'My living superhero' Kaumatua Joe Hawke
Born in Tamaki Makaurau in 1940, Joseph Parata Hohepa Hawke of Ngati Whatua ki Orakei, played a leading role in the occupation of Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s. His niece, Precious Clark… Audio
The launch of a literary festival specifically for Māori writers
Rotorua is hosting a literary festival specifically for Maori writers that the organisers hope will in turn encourage Maori readers. Kupu: Nga Ringa Tuhituhi will celebrate past and present Maori… Audio
Uncertainty for performing artists during Covid
Four years ago opera singer Kawiti Waetford returned to Aotearoa after years abroad and a blossoming singing career. He and his wife started a new life in Northland where Kawiti began working with… Audio
Lecturer heads to MIT with focus on Maori housing
Jacqueline Paul is a lecturer in architecture at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland. In August she will start a five year course of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the… Audio
Iwi Chairs Forum on government's latest climate plan
This week the government released its first emissions reduction plan and allocated 4.5 billion dollars of funding towards it. Minister of Finance Grant Robertson billed the plan to tackle global… Audio
Whānau Ora responds to Budget 2022 funding for Maori
For Māori the Budget includes $580 million of spending across health, social and justice sectors.
The Māori Health Authority - Te Mana Hauora Māori - gets $168 million for Māori health services over… Video, Audio
Budget 2022: Māori Health Authority funding 'pathetic' - Waititi
$188 million has been set aside for the Māori Health Authority - Te Mana Hauora.
The government says it's a significant step to addressing long-documented inequities.
But it's a sum that's unlikely… Audio
Porirua street re-named to remove colonial reference
Local iwi have welcomed a name change for a Porirua street, removing reference to a frigate which held a revered ancestor captive.
Māori health workers have high hopes for budget
Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.
Last year's Budget committed $1… Audio
Māoriland Film Festival beginning next month
One of the biggest international Indigenous film festivals is set to begin in Aotearoa next month.
The ninth Māoriland Film Festival will feature 106 films over five days during Matariki.
The… Audio
