Te Ao Maori
Hastings and Napier make different decisions on Māori wards
There were scenes of jubilation in Hastings yesterday after the council decided to add Māori wards for next year's local body elections.
But just a few hours earlier in twin city Napier it was a… Audio
Ngāi Tahu on Collins' freshwater claims
Ngāi Tahu says Judith Collins' claim the government plans to transfer all South Island water infrastructure to a new entity half-owned by the Iwi is just plain wrong.
Dr Te Maire Tau, chairman of… Audio
Quinn Morgan, winner of Ahuwhenua Young Farmer award 2021
The Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer Award was given out on Friday, the award is to recognise talented young Maori farmers and growers and to encourage Young Maori to think of farming as a career. Quinn… Audio
Mahinga Kai with Maanu Paul
Producer Justine Murray visits Maanu Paul at his home in Ohope Beach where he spins a few yarns about growing up with his grandmothers, his interpretation of the maramataka, and how he snuffed out a… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 14 May 2021
Coming up on Te Waonui -- the Māori party is ejected from parliament for protesting questions about race-based policy -- hundreds march in Feilding over the council not voting in Māori wards -- and an… Audio
New research highlights challenges for Maori trainee doctors
The Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand and Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa have just released a report on the experience of Māori doctors training in Aotearoa. Jesse speaks to Dr. Rachelle Love and Dr… Audio
Science meets Māori knowledge at an ancient kūmara pit
Some groundbreaking research has dated kūmara in New Zealand back to the 15th century, lining scientific evidence up with mātauraka Māori. The excavation of an ancient kūmara pit just north of Dunedin… Audio
Teachers warned anti-racism campaign may scare some
The Teaching Council is urging teachers to confront racism with a campaign it says some might find scary.
The Unteach Racism programme aims to help teachers identify racism and address it.
It says… Audio
Racist rhetoric towards Māori has been accumulating over last few weeks - Waititi
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi provided the flashpoint moment in a heated day in parliament yesterday - ejected from the House for taking aim at what he called "racist" rhetoric from the… Audio
Rowdy Parliament debate Rawiri Waititi ejected from the house
The latest blow up over race relations in Parliament has raised the question - can MPs call each other racist in the House?
Speaker Trevor Mallard says no, but MPs can describe policies and even… Audio
Crowds march in Feilding as Māori wards decision deferred
Hundreds of people marched to the Manawatū District Council buildings in Feilding today to protest against the council kicking the can down the road on Māori representation.
The council voted last… Audio
Soil sovereignty with Dr Jessica Hutchings
Soil sovereignty is a kaupapa Māori approach to organic farming, with a view that soil is a relation or a living tāonga and not a commodity. Dr Jessica Hutchings talks about her maara kai on her… Audio
Te Waonui for Friday 7 May 2021
Coming up on Te Waonui -- Te Whānau o Waipareira in Auckland open a new vaccination centre, A strategy for eliminating violence in Aotearoa has been launched this week and Māori scholars say their… Audio
Sir Mason Durie to help set up new Māori Health Authority
Sir Mason Durie has been appointed to lead a group that will provide advice on the establishment of the new Māori Health Authority. The Health Minister, Andrew Little, says Sir Mason is a pillar of… Audio
Māori Health Authority used as political football - Iwi leaders
Iwi leaders say the Māori Health Authority is being used as a political football.
National is piling on the pressure, saying the government is creating a separatist system.
The Māori Party say… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 7 May 2021
Flights have been halted between New Zealand and Sydney after fresh Covid-19 cases - we speak to Ashley Bloomfield New Zealanders in India renew their pleas for help to get home And while public… Audio
Enhancing end of life care for Māori
How can end of life and bereavement care for Māori be improved? Wellington's Mary Potter Hospice has just held a symposium - Whetū i te Rangi - on the subject, the first of its kind. Vanessa Eldridge… Audio
Pasifika mothers with perinatal depression not seeking help
More than one in five Pasifika mothers in New Zealand experience anxiety or depression during or soon after pregnancy - that's the highest rate of perinatal depression in the country.
But women of… Audio
Bunnings accused of wanting cheap Māori cultural performers
A Māori charitable trust in Queenstown is accusing Bunnings Warehouse of wanting cultural performers on the cheap.
Mana Tāhuna says it was asked to do a dawn karakia and waiata to open a new store… Audio
Dr Morehu Mcdonald on seeking out the hidden potential
Dr Morehu Mcdonald talks about his iwi Ngāti Hinerangi as part of his doctoral research. Audio