Te Ao Māori

A Maori specialist in artificial intelligence says it's only a matter of time before a Maori or Pasifika person is wrongfully arrested because of a false match on facial recognition software. Police… Audio

Puzzles and games can be a fun way to learn te reo, say husband and wife team Scotty and Stacey Morrison. Their new all-ages activity book Māori Made Fun features crosswords, word-finds, colouring… Audio

Senior Public Health Lecturer at the University of Auckland, Dr Rhys Jones, says Māori and Pacific pathways into medical school create equity, and wouldn't be needed if New Zealand didn't have a… Audio

The national Māori pandemic group says moving Auckland out of level three is, at this stage, "premature and dangerous."

Te Ropu Whakakaupapa Uruta is urging the government to halt the relaxation of… Audio

The University of Otago has confirmed it could consider imposing caps on the number of Māori admissions to its medical school through a designated entry pathway, but has refused to give any more… Audio

Encouraging musicians who play traditional Maori instruments (taonga puoro) to be braver, more experimental - that's the goal of Horomona Horo. Horomona has just been appointed as both a researcher… Audio

Maori underrepresentation at local government level has sparked talk of iwi having voting rights and wards created. Dr Lara Greaves, an Auckland university lecturer in New Zealand Politics and Public… Audio

A move to introduce Māori wards in Wellington has been blocked at a council meeting today.

Councillor Jill Day sought to introduce an amendment to consider the establishment of a Māori ward in… Audio

The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award has just been launched in collaboration with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pukenga Whakaata.  Audio

The Tauranga City Council has voted to establish a Māori ward ahead of the 2022 local elections, after being told racism is ingrained in the community. 

The council will also give voting rights to… Audio

Dr Elana Curtis is calling for a "new recipe for pandemic management".   Audio

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