Te Ao Māori

For hundreds of years, Māori have strategically tended, harvested and protected food resources around Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) in Canterbury. Today, local farmers are learning these same indigenous… Video, Audio

Maori Language Week, and Professor Rawinia Higgins compares the reo to Gollum's 'Precious' on Stuff today , but of course Gollum's obsession with Precious was his downfall. Audio

RNZ's Māori Strategy Manager Shannon Haunui-Thompson began learning te reo at high school, but it was having children that motivated her to become fluent. Shannon talks to Jesse Mulligan about her… Audio

And that's our programme for Friday and for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori - almost. We've been talking a lot about how to speak te reo, but to end this week, we've decided to bring you a little bit of… Video, Audio

We've been schooled up all this week on Kīwaha - slang phrases in te reo - by Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Guyon Espiner. Here's the final korero from Shannon and Guyon. Audio

"Ka mua, ka muri" is a whakatauki that many will know means "walking backwards into the future" - the idea we should look to the past to inform the future. We started this week talking to Dame Naida… Video, Audio

A group of 'Aunties' from Marlborough's Omaka Marae have made it to the finals of this year's New Zealand Artisan Awards with their range of Māori-inspired condiments. Manaaki (named after the te reo… Audio

It's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, a time to celebrate te reo and it's reviatlisation. But in the discussion about how to keep the language alive there is a problem - a lack of Maori language teachers.  Audio

People from a range of cultures will join together this weekend to share an Ode to the Moon. Video, Audio

A famous mountain gets two new names. Was this a messy compromise or a farsighted decision? Or is it still too early to tell? Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio

Kīwaha/Give it a go! A chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Maori that you can use in your everyday conversations. Produced by Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Guyon Espiner. Audio

McDonald's worker Janine Eru Taueki says she was told to stop using te reo Māori when greeting customers after management received complaints from customers and staff. Audio

Janine Reu-Taueki who works at a McDonalds in Hamilton says she was told by management not to speak te reo because of complaints from customers and staff.The rationale is that it was rude of her to… Audio

For te wiki o te reo Māori,  Sarah Johnston takes us on a jaunt through the Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision archives to explore how people learnt te reo in the past. Audio

Areare ōu taringa - listen up and karawhuia - give it a go with today's Kīwaha. Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Guyon sat down and recorded a few of their favourites. Check out the series in your podcasts… Audio

Māori academics are few and far between with the latest figures showing people with Māori whakapapa make up less than five percent of all university academics in Aotearoa. That means many experience… Audio

It's Māori language week - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Ia rā o te wiki nei kei te korero mātou ki tētahi mātanga reo Māori. Every day this week we are talking to a Māori language expert and today Susie… Audio

A Maniapoto leader says a Waitangi Tribunal report has opened up the conversation about what happened to his ancestors and his people in King Country.

The first report into the large Te Rohe Pōtae… Audio

Ngāpuhi educator Evelyn Tobin says te reo Māori isn't a priority for many Māori in Northland - because they're too busy trying to survive. Evelyn Tobin, is a strong advocate of Ngā Puhi reo and… Audio