Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
More than 900,000 NZers take part in Te Wa Tuku Reo Māori
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
More than 900,000 NZers take part in Te Wa Tuku Reo Maori
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
Parades out, Māori language moment in for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2020
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 accused of misleading critics of proposal to cap admissions pathway
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
Virtual Maori Language moment seeks 1 million te reo speakers
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
'Getting Better' podcast - Pandemic
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
Alexander Turnbull Library celebrates 100 years of treasures
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
Troy Kingi: The Ghost of Freddie Cesar - track by track
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
Proposal on Māori, Pasifika medical school limits 'disturbing'
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
Waikato University Māori academics urge action on racism
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
Covid has little impact on iwi financial stability
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
Māori Battalion descendants unaware family missed out on medals
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
Whanau of Maori Battalion soldiers to receive war medals
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 patients disappointed bowel cancer screening age unchanged
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
Māori call for targeted policies - not just Matariki
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
Matariki public holiday recognition meaningful to Maori
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
Business advocates react to Matariki public holiday pledge
A Labour Party promise to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected has got many in te ao Māori excited.
But advocates for businesses that are already struggling to keep their staff employed… Audio
Family members of Māori Battalion asked to claim medals their relatives never received
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II descendants of more than 130 members of the Māori Battalion's C Company are being asked to come forward and claim the war medals their family members… Audio
'Getting Better' podcast - Te Ahi Kaa
Te Ahi Kaa features episode six of Getting Better - A year in the life of a Māori Medical Doctor. Presenter and Trainee Medical Doctor Emma Espiner heads home to Kuku Beach in the Horowhenua and… Audio
Te Waonui for 4 September 2020
Pressure mounts on the Otago medical school to front up on a proposed cap to its Maori Entry pathway -- regional covid-19 modelling shows over 13-hundred Maori and Pasifika would die in Counties… Audio
