Te Ao Maori

Dalvanius Maui Prime was a performer, composer, impresario, strategist, politician, teacher and entrepreneur all wrapped in to one. In this programme from 2000 Dalvanius talks about his life in music.

Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Audio

Ahead of a nationwide rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to kaumātua and Māori with comorbidities, many whānau are still trying to convince their own it is safe. 

It's not just a tidal wave of… Audio

It is curtain call for legendary actor Rawiri Paratene.

The Whale Rider star will be the first to tread the boards at the new auditorium of Aotearoa's only  independent kaupapa Māori-led theatre… Video, Audio

The Hamilton City Council has done a u-turn over Māori wards.

Two weeks ago it decided to strengthen Māori representation on council committees but to defer a decison on Māori wards until after the… Audio

In a plan to stub out smoking by 2025, the government is looking at completely banning the next generation of adults from smoking, with a staged phase out.

Selah Hart is kaiwhakahaere of Māori health… Video, Audio

A kapa haka competition is being launched in prisons in a move to connect inmates with their culture and identity. All eighteen prisons are taking part in the 2021 Whakataetae Kapa Haka contest. The… Audio

A Māori health leader says warnings about non-clinical health workers administering the Covid-19 vaccine in Māori communities are unfounded. 

The Nurses Organisation says a plan to train up health… Audio

Napier-based lawyer with a passion for education and an unswerving belief in its capacity to make positive changes in our society Roimata Smail speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her sixteen year career… Audio

Dr Jani Wilson teaches her students how to pitch their film idea in one minute,  just in case they meet a famous film producer in an elevator, she shares her story. Audio

A Wairarapa hapū is overwhelmed by the support for their crowdfunding campaign for about $500,000 to buy back some of their whenua.

Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia wants to purchase 182 hectares by the… Audio

A Wairarapa hapū is hoping to crowd fund half-a-million dollars to buy back a piece of ancestral whenua. Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia has its eye on 182 hectares by the Waiohine river and ancestral maunga… Audio

Funding to rapidly train non-clinical workers to help administer the Covid-19 vaccine to Māori communities is being described as a drop in the bucket.

Māori health providers have been consistently… Audio

Poverty continues to be the major reason why Māori are the victims of crime more often than non-Māori. 

A Ministry of Justice study has found there's been no improvement in the last 15 years.

It's… Audio

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's social development arm Whai Māia helps 10,000 people with primary care in health, housing, aged care and a range of other social needs in Auckland. Whai Māia CEO Rangimarie… Audio

As a sociologist of education, Dr Joanna Kidman travels the country to learn about how the New Zealand Wars impacted papa kainga. She shares her latest work and research on Te Ahi Kaa. Audio

New research released this morning has identified those geographic areas most vulnerable during outbreaks of Covid-19. The study, conducted by experts from Universities across the country, mapped… Audio

Some in the Māori legal community are concerned by the High Court's use of tikanga to overrule the Waitangi Tribunal.

The High Court has overturned the Tribunal's order that $800 million of… Audio