Te Ao Maori

A collective of five prominent Māori organisations is advising the government on how best to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi in the designing of new environmental laws. 

Te Wai Māori, the Freshwater… Audio

The National MP Simon Bridges has railed against the Government's move to protect Māori wards, saying it's insulting to him as a Māori man.

Labour has begun rushing through legislation under urgency… Audio

The Speaker of the House has offered an olive branch to Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over his refusal to wear a tie in the debating chamber.

Trevor Mallard's office has confirmed he has… Audio

Hundreds of members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held a hīkoi this morning, frustrated at the Crown's overlapping treaty settlement claim process.

They walked along the city's waterfront to… Audio

Auckland councillor Chris Darby has called for the Tino Rangatiratanga flag to fly from the Auckland Harbour Bridge, alongside New Zealand's national flag, year-round. 

The red white and black flag… Audio

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is leading a peaceful hīkoi to the Tāmaki Makaurau High Court. 

The iwi is upset that the Crown is using land within its rohe to compensate another iwi - Hauraki-Maratūāhu - for… Audio

Justine Murray is in Gisborne and joins Reverend Canon Chris Huriwai of the Mihinare faith. Audio

The pulling power of Auckland Art Gallery's current Maori contemporary art exhibition has the judges of New Zealand's first portraiture award for emerging Maori artists hoping it will also be a… Audio

A Very Different World is a new exhibition at Te Tuhi in Auckland promising to offer a much-needed glimmer of hope for the future, while at the same time looking at the unprecedented difficulties we… Audio

Jacinda Ardern has told iwi leaders that Maori won't be left behind in the Government's vaccination strategy, but they're not front of the queue either.

She joined the Iwi Chairs Forum virtually from… Audio

More than half of Kiwis have never been to the Waitangi Treaty grounds, a new survey reveals.  Audio

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says Kaumatua and Māori won't necessarily be at the front of the queue in the vaccine roll-out, but they will not be left behind.

Ms Ardern made the comments while… Audio

More than 200 people took part in a haka at Waitangi yesterday to open an exhibition showcasing waka and all those who have sailed aboard the Māori voyaging canoes. 

He Kaupapa Waka was created to… Audio

Commemorations at Waitangi have been somewhat muted by concerns over Covid-19, but most politicians still travelled north this week to mark the signing of the Treaty in 1840.

A miscommunication meant… Audio

Matariki, the Māori New Year will be recognised with a public holiday for the first time in June next year, but it won't always fall on the same date. 

Māori astronomers will use the positioning of… Audio

Formalities are well underway at Waitangi, ahead of the 2021 commemorations.

Speaking rights are in the spotlight this year and the National Party says it has been given a commitment Judith Collins… Audio

After years of controversy, speaking for rights for women political leaders on marae may change at Waitangi next year.

Allowance for Jacinda Ardern to deliver a speech from the mahau, or porch, was… Audio

The Prime Minister has not been empty handed when she arrived at Waitangi this year - but will it be enough to address the inequities Maori have faced at the hands of the crown? The traditional… Audio

Māori astronomers will be using the stars and moon phases to set a different date for the Matariki public holiday each year.

The Prime Minister promised to make Matariki a public holiday if… Audio