Te Ao Maori

More than a million New Zealanders took up the challenge of using te reo Māori for the first ever national Māori language moment.

With Covid-19 restrictions putting a stop to the annual Māori… Audio

Jesse speaks to RNZ's Shannon Haunui-Thompson about Te Wiki o te reo Māori and 'Māori Language Moment'. Audio

E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona tangata e korero ana, e waiata ana, e whakanui ana hoki i te reo - i te wa kotahi, i tetahi wa tuku reo Maori kaore ano kia kite - i te… Audio

Māori Language Week organisers are hoping they can get a million New Zealanders speaking te reo Māori at midday today. 

In light of restrictions to limit the spread of Mate Korona, there'll be no… Audio

Otago University bosses are accused of misleading critics of its proposal to cap medical school admissions through preferential pathways for Māori and other priority groups.

A University staffer says… Audio

On this day in 1972, 30-thousand signatures were delivered to Parliament by the group Nga Tamatoa calling for te reo Maori to be taught in schools. It was a defining moment for Aotearoa and it sparked… Audio

Trainee Doctor Emma Espiner recalls the work she and her colleagues undertook during the first Covid-19 lock down in March this year. Te Ahi Kaa features the final episode of the podcast  'Getting… Audio

The Alexander Turnbull Library's 100th birthday celebrations may have been scuttled by Covid-19, but the treasure trove of New Zealand archives still gets to mark this milestone. An exhibition of… Audio, Gallery

A missing father, a mysterious cassette tape and a clutch of memories inspired Troy Kingi’s new album The Ghost of Freddie Cesar, which tries to make sense of his Dad's disappearance. Video, Audio

A prominent medical organisation has called a proposal by Otago University to impose caps on special medical school admissions for Māori and Pasifika "deeply disturbing".

The Royal Australasian… Audio

Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Audio

Iwi have a billion dollars in funds to invest going into the pandemic, according to a new study. ANZ Bank's annual Te Tirohanga WhÄnui report, looked at the financial strength, assets, and collective… Audio

Descendants of soldiers who fought in the Māori Battalion say they were blown away to learn their family members never received their war medals.

A list of 134 soldiers from the battalion's C company… Audio

The son of a soldier in the Maori Battalion says he was blown away to learn his father never received his war medals. A list of 134 soldiers from the Battalion's C company has been published online… Audio

Māori bowel cancer patients are disappointed the Ministry of Health will not drop the age for Māori and Pasifika to get onto the national cancer screening programme.

The Ministry's own expert… Audio

Some in te ao Māori are calling for policies to improve inequities for Māori in the wake of Labour's promise to make Matariki a public holiday.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern announced that if elected… Audio

The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Audio