Te Ao Māori

Students at Otago are fighting a proposal from the university to limit the number of medical school admissions for Māori students through its Māori entry pathway.

The pathway - which currently has no… Audio

Emma Espiner Emma meets the creators of Mahi a Atua - a ground-breaking, kaupapa Māori approach to mental health, and talks to one whānau about how it has helped them build resilience in the face of… Audio

The health of Maori and Pasifika asthma patients can be significantly improved by a simplified treatment, a study has found.

Illness and death from asthma is alarmingly high among the group, but… Audio

The head of a northern iwi group says they're reinstating an iwi-run checkpoint today as too many vehicles are getting into the north. Audio

A Māori electoral expert wants assurances workers at voting booths will be properly trained in how the Māori roll works after mistakes at the last election which led to some people having their votes… Audio

The Electoral Commission is assuring Māori voters they will get the correct ballot papers at voting booth's this election. 

It received 40 complaints from Māori last election about poor voting… Audio

Descendants of the original land owners at Kapiti Airport and the local mayor are calling on the government to return it to mana whenua. The site was taken under the Public Works Act in 1939 to build… Audio

Ngāti Rangi are asking visitors to stay away from the Ruapehu area following reports that a Covid positive case from the Auckland visited Tūroa Ski Area on 9 August. 

They want local community… Audio

Taranaki's largest iwi, Te Atiawa, is pushing ahead with plans to become the pre-eminent property developer in its rohe.

The iwi is selling fourteen sections at a development in the desirable New… Audio

After years of lobbying successive governments, iwi on the East Coast have finally received funding and support to restore the dying Raukumara Forest. The government has invested 34 million dollars to… Audio

Multi-award winning film maker Chelsea Winstanley's been nominated for this year's Matariki Awards. She talks to Jesse about her work and what she's currently working on since arriving back in… Audio

Researchers have managed to get a change to international clinical guidelines to ensure Maori are tested for a gene which causes stomach cancer. Otago University Professor Parry Guilford explains to… Audio

A research team hopes Māori lives will be saved with a new testing criteria for stomach cancer.

The University of Otago and Kimihauora Reseach Clinic have developed the new criteria to make it easier… Audio

An iwi leader on the government's new tourism taskforce says there is an "untapped wealth" of Māori stories that should form the basis of a new tourism economy. 

The Tourism Futures Taskforce will… Audio

The Public Health Association is calling for the Health Minister to urgently support a Māori Health Authority - with more power - before the election. The Health and Disability Review released in June… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's bosses are fronting up to the Waitangi Tribunal today. The tribunal's urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki, which in part seeks to find out why Māori are dispropotionately taken into… Audio