Te Ao Maori
Major exhibition of contemporary Maori art
It's almost 20 years since the last significant survey show of contemporary Maori art. But Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki has taken up the challenge to represent 70 years of work from the 1950s… Audio, Gallery
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 4 December 2020
News company Stuff makes an historic apology for how it has portrayed MÄori over the last 160 years... Research finds Māori and Pasifika female academics are paid nearly 8000 less a year than… Audio
Māori All Blacks, Moana Pasifika prepare for one-off match
The Māori All Blacks play their only game of the year tomorrow night, when they play a Moana Pasifika 15 in Kirikiriroa.
The one-off match is set to be a celebration of the cultures and connections… Audio
New AK Art Gallery Maori Art exhibition features 300 artworks
Tomorrow the Auckland Art Gallery opens its Biggest Art Exhibition in its 132 year history. The exhibition will feature over 300 artworks by 120 Maori Artists spanning 70 years of work throughout the… Audio
Rugby: Māori All Blacks, Moana Pasifika meet for Pōwhiri
The Māori All Blacks and Moana Pasifika team have left their training boots on the bus this afternoon for a Pōwhiri at the Tūrangawaewae Marae in Northern Waikato.
The two teams are in town ahead of… Audio
Wero and waiata in Māori Party maiden speeches at Parliament
The Māori Party is back and louder than ever. The co-leaders, supported by hundreds who travelled the length of the island to be at Parliament today, made their maiden speeches in the House this… Audio
Iwi Chairs Forum welcomes climate emergency declaration
The Iwi Chairs Forum is welcoming the announcement of a national climate emergency, but is warning it should not mask the complexity of the issue when it comes to our oceans.
Parliament yesterday… Audio
Shilo Kino, The Pōrangi Boy
Shilo Kino has written a novel for young adults, which, she hopes, their parents will read too. Journalist with TVNZ current affairs show Marae, Shilo's first book is The Pōrangi Boy, about Northland… Audio
University glass ceiling: Māori and Pacific promotions and pay
New research shows not only are MÄori and Pasifika under-represented in the New Zealand university workforce - they're also likely to be paid less and less likely to be promoted. Using New Zealand's… Audio
Maori/Pacific academics paid less, lower chances of promotion
New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Audio
The exploding health issue where treatment is lagging behind
Diabetes is a massive health issue for New Zealand and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika. So why are we so far behind when it comes to using new drugs that improve treatment? Audio
Stuff apologises for historical racist treatment of Māori
Some Māori academics are skeptical about whether one of the country's oldest media organisations - which has owned up to perpetuating racist narratives about tangata whenua - can change.
Stuff has… Audio
Stuff apologises for Māori portrayal in news
News media company Stuff is this morning making a very public apology for the way it has portrayed Māori over many years.
Through an internal investigation - Tā Mātou Pono, Our Truth - the… Audio
He Waharoa - A Māori kaupapa approach to mental health.
He Waharoa uses a Mātauranga Māori approach (understanding and knowledge) as part of their health services in Gisborne. Justine Murray joins Nick Tupara who talks about how the practice of art can… Audio
Live: Whānau Voices of Aotearoa, far from home
RNZ Concert is proud to present Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa, far from home, a beautiful performance of New Zealand Māori and Pacific songs by some of our best opera singers, live in the Royal Albert… Video, Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 27 November 2020
The Maori Party co-leaders walk out of parliament in protest during their first official day on the job, Oranga Tamariki's chief executive refuses to resign in the face of stiff criticism, and Maori… Audio
Waikato scientist incorporates Tau kōura in research
A Waikato scientist has been recognised for his innovative work using a traditional Māori fishing method - Tau kōura. Audio
Supreme Māori Language award
The Supreme MÄori Language Award this year, goes to the one million people who took part in the biggest MÄori language event in history - during Te Wiki o te reo MÄori. The commission's MÄori Language… Audio
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer unapologetic after walkout
The Māori Party's two MPs turned heads walked out in the first session of the new Parliament yesterday.
The incident took place after speaker Trevor Mallard overruled co-leader Rawiri Waititi when… Audio
Māori Party co-leaders 'grandstanding' with Parliament walkout - Mallard
The Māori Party's two MPs turned heads - literally - when they walked out in the first session of the new parliament.
Co-leader Rawiri Waititi raised a point of order in te reo Māori when seeking to… Audio