Te Ao Maori

Confusion remains over how police are using photos they take of teenagers, mostly Maori, without getting proper informed consent.

That's despite the Police Commissioner speaking up yesterday and… Audio

The Māori Party says it's reluctant to tell Māori to get the Covid-19 injection, saying it's ultimately up to them.  

The vaccine framework announced yesterday includes prioritising Māori and… Audio

The Māori Party is reluctant to tell Māori to get the covid-19 injection, saying it's ultimately up to them.  

The vaccine framework announced yesterday includes prioritising Māori and Pasifika… Audio

Two million New Zealanders will be able to get their first Covid-19 vaccination in the next three to four months under the government's roll out plan announced this afternoon. New Zealanders older… Audio

A Hawke's Bay school is facing criticism for banning Māori teachers from using the te reo terms - Whaea and Matua. 

According to TVNZ, those teachers claim the principal said those names were… Audio

The Minister of Police Poto Williams is warning police they should be taking photos of the public only when it is within the bounds of the law. Audio

Using te reo Māori on air is not in breach of the country's broadcasting standards. 

This comes from a recent Broadcasting Standards Authority decision following a complaint about TVNZ using te reo… Audio

From the Te Ahi Kaa archives, a series about the whakatauāki 'Kaua e Mate Wheke, Me Mate Ururoa' is further explored about how this proverbial saying can relate to a person's life and their… Audio

In Tairāwhiti an organisation is giving native trees to whanau with newborn babies - to help reconnect them with the custom of burying the placenta, or whenua. Coordinator Kaniwa Kupenga Tamarama… Audio

Ep 6 The East. Strangers come together to save others in one of the worst hit areas in the city. Produced by Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory. Video, Audio

Protesters are occupying the pa site of Mataharehare in the Auckland suburb of Parnell, despite the city being at Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions. 

Occupants have set up tents and erected signage… Video, Audio

Ep 5 The Journeys. Through liquefaction, over rubble and around broken buildings, survivors escape the city while others journey in to search for loved ones. Video, Audio

A high profile Māori leader is thinking about occupying an Auckland park to stop construction of a controversial Erebus memorial.

Two hundred and fifty seven people died when an Air New Zealand plane… Video, Audio

Ep 4 The CTV Building and Latimer Square. Inside and outside the worst disaster site. Produced by Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory. Video, Audio

'Invasion and Conquest' is how historian Dr Vincent O'Malley describes the British colonial forces who raged war against the Tainui People. Te Ahi Kaa features a lecture from Dr Vincent O'Malley who… Audio

One man struggles to free others trapped in Cashel Mall; a policeman risks his life to rescue a woman trapped in the Cathedral Tower; a junior reporter survives the near collapse of her building to… Video, Audio

Prominent health campaigner Lady Tureiti Moxon wants a commitment, in writing, that a new Māori Health Authority will have teeth. 

Earlier this month the Crown agreed in principal to set up an… Audio

A new report condemns the system for failing to protect our landscapes and calls for more direction from central government. The Environmental Defence Society's just released Synthesis Report argues… Audio