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Remembering Takutai Tarsh Kemp
This week Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp died, after a battle with kidney disease. Audio
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Kerrin Leoni
26 Jun 2025Mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni lays out her vision for Tāmaki Makaurau, the challenges facing the Super City, and makes her case to voters in a race that could… Video, Audio
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Mapuna Matariki special
21 Jun 2025Mapuna joined RNZ's team at the national hautapu ceremony at Tirorangi Marae near Mount Ruapehu. Today we'll feature different perspectives on Matariki ma… Audio
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The Māori New Year
21 Jun 2025One of people who had a hand in deciding when we mark Matariki is Māori astronomer Victoria Campbell and she's had a busy year from partnering with Minecraft to… Audio
Biggest shake up for Whānau Ora since its creation
Four new agencies have been put in charge of determining how Whānau Ora resources are districbuted to Maori communities across the country. It's the biggest shake up in the history of Whānau Ora since… Audio
Remembering Takutai Tarsh Kemp
This week Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp died, after a battle with kidney disease. Audio
Kerrin Leoni
Mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni lays out her vision for Tāmaki Makaurau, the challenges facing the Super City, and makes her case to voters in a race that could reshape Auckland's future. Video, Audio
Death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp brings parliament together
The sudden death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp in the early hours of this morning has brought members from across the house together today. Flags in the capital have been flying at half mast for the Te… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 26 June 2025
In today's episode, Te Pati Maori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died at the age of 50 in the early hours of Thursday morning, as a sitting MP, the death of Te Pati Maori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp will have… Audio
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp dies age 50
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died at the age of 50 in the early hours of Thursday morning. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 26 June 2025
In today's episode, Minister Tama Potaka is concerned that public funding may have been used for electioneering, after a Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency advertisement encouraging Māori to sign up for… Audio
Minister fears public funding used for electioneering
Minister Tama Potaka is concerned that public funding may have been used for electioneering, after a Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency advertisement encouraging Māori to sign up for the Māori electoral… Audio
Mapuna Matariki special
Mapuna joined RNZ's team at the national hautapu ceremony at Tirorangi Marae near Mount Ruapehu. Today we'll feature different perspectives on Matariki ma Puanga including Roma marae near Ahipara… Audio
The Māori New Year
One of people who had a hand in deciding when we mark Matariki is Māori astronomer Victoria Campbell and she's had a busy year from partnering with Minecraft to creating unique stamps with NZ Post. Audio
Beats Talking: Mokotron on Hiko
Hiko is the new word chosen to encompass Māori electronic music. Taite Music Prize-winner MOKOTRON joined Ellie Marsden and Corey Fuimaono in early June to discuss how the new definition came to be… Audio
Cybernetic Techverse: kahu.code
Xaviere Murray-Puhara is one half of the father-daughter duo behind kahu.code. Their goal? To aid the education and translation of te reō Māori through various Artificial Intelligence projects… Audio
Geneva AM on her debut album Pikipiki
Geneva AM (Geneva Alexander-Marsters) is an award-winning Auckland-based producer, beatmaker, vocalist, and bilingual songwriter of Ngati Ruapani, Ngati Kahungunu and Aitutaki heritage. She has a… Audio
Cooking hāngī and much more with chef Kia Kanuta
Matariki is often spent with whānau eating: it’s a significant part of celebrating the new year. Kara and Mark catch up with Auckland’s Most Outstanding Chef, Kia Kanuta, about his championship… Audio
Mercia Dawn-Yates on Rotorua Matariki drone show
As part of Matariki celebrations the aronui arts festival is putting on a drone light, the show in Rotorua it blends cutting-edge technology with te ao Māori storytelling, lighting up the night sky… Audio
Matariki with Moana Maniapoto
Moana Maniapoto joined Susana Lei'ataua for Matariki ma Puanga in our RNZ Auckland studio. Audio
Matariki in Southland
Matariki is being celebrated in Southland with a joint project between Southland District Council, Te Ao Marama and iwi. Audio
Manu Bennett from Puke Ariki Museum
Every year as winter draws close, Puanga, or Rigel, features in the sky just before Matariki appears. Audio
Matariki at Stonehenge Aotearoa
Richard Hall from Stonehenge Aotearoa spoke to Susana. Audio
Nga Tohu Toi Awards
Susana talks to Ayesha Kee from Te Tuhimareikura Trust about thNga Tohu Toi Awards and Matariki in Tauranga Moana Audio
