Te Ao Maori

Manawatia a Matariki 

Matariki is now officially a public holiday after it passed through its final reading in parliament yesterday... 

This year the day will fall on Friday 24 June. 

Māni Dunlop… Audio

The new Māori Health Authority to be in place from July could radically improve life expectancy for Māori - but two political leaders want it scrapped.   

National leader Christopher Luxon and ACT's… Audio

Māori health and social service providers in Te-Matau-a-Māui or Hawke's Bay are joining forces to support  thousands of struggling whānau to meet their basic needs as Omicron hits the community hard. 

An iwi based call centre in Hastings is pumping out the calls to whanau all over the motu to help them manage Covid. Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga is an iwi organisation, providing social and health… Audio

Party People discusses Dr. Moana Jackson's death. Dame June Jackson, Tau, and Shane analyse National leader Christopher Luxon on the Māori Health Authority. We say haere rā to Labour MP Louisa Wall. Video, Audio

Even in death, the renowned Māori scholar Moana Jackson is challenging norms.

Thousands farewelled the man described as one of the country's leading legal minds in Hawke's Bay over the weekend.

The… Audio

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