Te Ao Māori

Taki Rua Productions are mid-way through the Te Reo Māori season with the play Hine Kihāwai as it continues its ten week tour around the country. Roimata Fox (Waru, The Pa Boyz) and Eds Eramiha… Audio

TVNZ has removed a documentary that claims Celts settled New Zealand thousands of years before the arrival of Māori from its on demand service following a query from RNZ's Mediawatch programme.  Audio

Māori seats were introduced in 1867 as a temporary measure but a century and a half later they’re still around and permanent. Daniela Maoate-Cox asks why they were set up in the first place. Audio

Media have been banned from the grounds of Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia this weekend for the anniversary celebration of Kingi Tūheitia's koroneihana.  Audio

Waikato-Tainui woman Brenda Maxwell says concerns about spending in the Kīngitanga are not new and she's glad they've come to light. King Tuheitia's former representative Tukoroirangi Morgan has sent… Audio

A Ngāruawahia resident with strong ties to the Kīngitanga says she can understand why a scathing letter was sent to the Māori King. King Tuheitia's former adviser, Tukoroirangi Morgan, penned the… Audio

New Zealand scientists have published the first major results from their study of the unique & extremely resilient organisms living in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, in the world's most comprehensive look… Audio

Students and staff at the University of Waikato are calling a proposal to scrap the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies a "white-streaming" of Māori issues. More than 80 people gathered in a… Audio

Just days before the Kingitanga movement holds its annual coronation celebrations in Ngāruawahia King Tuheitia has found himself under an extraordinary attack from one of his former advisors. In a… Audio

Former Kīngitanga advisor Tuku Morgan has written a scathing email criticising King Tuheitia's leadership skills and says his chief advisor Rangi Whakaruru is paid $250,000 and takes extended trips… Video, Audio

A forgotten painting by renowned New Zealand artist, Charles F Goldie, will go on sale at an auction in Auckland. The portrait of Kapi Kapi, an Arawa Chieftainess, was painted in 1918 and was only… Audio

The son of rugby legend, George Nepia, is one of 28 servicemen whose remains will be returned to New Zealand next week. The men died while serving in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam and were… Video, Audio

The government and Ngapuhi remain deadlocked after the latest hui on treaty negotiations. Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little met with with hapu in Northland at the weekend to try… Audio

The deadlock over Ngāpuhi's treaty negotiations shows no sign of breaking - with people leaving a series of hui over the weekend frustrated and without resolution. The Treaty Settlements Minister… Audio

Hinewirangi Kohu Morgan uses Tāonga Pūoro (Māori instruments) as a tool of healing with victims of sexual assault. In the exhibition The Right to Speak she has created a carved hue (gourd), based on a… Audio

Historical research inis about to get a big boost with the establishment of two new awards honouring the contribution of the late Dame Judith Binney to our understanding of the history of Aotearoa… Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp meets with Susan Rogers the audio engineer who worked with Prince on his albums Sign of The Times and Purple Rain, and Alex Behan hosts a live session with… Audio