Te Ao Māori

Master carvers who have dedicated their life to teaching the art of whakairo say the government's latest $7.6 million investment in the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute will allow them to… Audio

Closing New Zealand's borders to anyone but residents to clamp down on Covid-19, has also cut-off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism business, The Whakarewarewa Village.

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Para Kore is a waste and recycling initiative that works within Māori organisations to reduce waste. It began over a decade ago and has spread to almost four hundred marae across the country. From the… Audio

The government announced 900-million-dollars in yesterdays budget to support whānau, hapū and iwi to deal with the fall-out of Covid 19.

The package includes $400 million dollars for Māori education… Audio

Whānau Ora providers are skeptical the significant boost in funding announced in the budget will meet the huge demand from families doing it tough.

The government has topped up the Whānau Ora budget… Audio

The Māori economy was worth more than $50 billion before Covid-19. 

But many Māori businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic - with more than $17,000 Māori estimated to have lost their jobs in… Audio

Kōhanga Reo say their staff have been underpaid and undervalued for too long and the budget's substantial cash injection will go some way to addressing that. 

The government is investing nearly $200… Audio

The government will spend $900 million on initiatives to support Māori to deal with the fall-out of Covid-19.

The package includes $400 million on Māori education, a $137 million boost to Whānau Ora… Audio

Government ministers were forced into a climbdown over tangi and funeral rules which initially restricted attendees to a maximum of ten people at a time.

It is now set at 50 people, but the funeral… Audio

Government ministers were forced into a climbdown over tangi and funeral rules which initially restricted attendees to a maximum of ten people at a time.

It is now set at 50 people, but the funeral… Audio

Funeral directors and whānau who have relentlessly opposed the ten person limit on funerals and tangi are delighted with the news up to 50 people can now attend the service.

The Health Minister David… Audio

Māori communities are deeply concerned that police may be able to search marae and homes without a warrant at Covid-19 alert level 2.

It is another contentious aspect of the Covid-19 Health Response… Audio

Up to a thousand Māori employees working for Māori tourism operators - and more than 17,000 Māori across the tourism sector as a whole - have lost their jobs due to Covid 19. 

Māori tourism operators… Audio

Most iwi-led checkpoints will come to an end once Level 2 begins, but two remote Far North communities are planning to keep their patrols going.

They're convinced staying cut off and keeping… Audio

The Prime Minister says rolling tangihanga will be allowed under alert level two, after backlash from Māori over a limit of 10 people.

On Monday Jacinda Ardern said the tangi and funeral limit would… Audio

Some Māori communities are upset and frustrated that only 10 people can attend tangihanga under Level 2.

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says it has been one of the hardest decisions Cabinet had… Audio

Rob McGowan also known as Pa Ropata knows Māori medicine.  The former Catholic priest was taken under the ‘wing’ of Kuia Rua Henare from Whanganui in the mid 1970's and learned about the many… Audio