Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on calls for Budget Day protest
Social Media posts published jointly with Te Pāti Māori are urging people to protest the Government's policies on Thursday - Budget Day - but the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it would be… Audio
Assistant speaker called to apologise for interrupting karakia
A moment of unity in Parliament has been tainted by accusations of broken tikanga. Kate Green reports. Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 9: Te Pāti Māori - Disrupting the Budget
Te Pāti Māori leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi on their nationwide activation to disrupt Budget 2024 and commentators Dr Lara Greaves and Shane Te Pou discuss the latest in politics. Video, Audio
Calls for strike on Budget Day for Toitū Te Tiriti National Day of Action
Māori and Pākehā are being called to go on strike on Thursday - Budget Day - as part of a second Toitū Te Tiriti National Day of Action. National Urban Māori Authority chair Lady Tureiti Moxon spoke… Audio
Negotiations continue for return of wharenui carvings in London
A delegation is currently in London in an attempt to negotiate the early return to Aotearoa of carvings from Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito - a meeting house which survived the eruption of Tarawera in 1886… Audio
Mapuna for 25 May 2024
Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio
Epuni St in Wellington renamed to Honiana Te Puni St
Epuni Street in Wellington's inner city has been formally renamed to Honiana Te Puni Street correcting a two century old mistake Audio
Northland kaumātua returns home after 60 years
Almost 60 years after he was forced to leave the island where he was born and raised, a Northland kaumātua has finally returned home. Peter de Graaf reports. Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 22 May 2024
On today's episode, former Justice Minister Kiri Allan has pleaded guilty to charges that ended her political career just moments before her trial was set to begin on Wednesday, an aviation expert… Audio
ACC Rongoā Māori conference begins
The annual ACC Rongoā Māori or traditional Māori healing conference has kicked off today with practitioners coming together from around the motu to share ideas. Donna Kerridge spoke to Charlotte Cook.
…Mata Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land
Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who’s landless. For over a century, her whānau’s whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion… Video
Mata Season 2 | Mata Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land
Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who’s landless. For over a century, her whānau’s whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion… Video, Audio
Fran Ebbett, her path to captain an Air NZ jet
Fran Ebbett was just a schoolgirl when she started dreaming of becoming a pilot and eventually she rose through the ranks to captain an Air New Zealand passenger jet, possibly the first Maori woman to… Audio
Dame Hinewehi Mohi welcomed into the NZ Music Hall of Fame
Dame Hinewehi Mohi talks to Charlotte Ryan about her remarkable life, and her brave moments that brought te reo Maori to the world's stage through music. 2024 marks a year of significant anniversaries… Audio, Gallery
David Seymour makes fresh attack on Waitangi Tribunal
The ACT Party leader David Seymour is making a fresh attack on the Waitangi Tribunal, saying it has become increasingly involved in activism and has gone well-beyond its brief. In-Depth Maori… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 15 May 2024
On today's episode, hundreds of lightning strikes and rain have been battering the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty on Wednesday morning, we get the latest from the MetService, a New Zealander… Audio
Māori tech expert concerned over police's expanding biometric data use
A Māori technology and data ethicist says there is a real risk of discrimination against Māori and Pasifika with the police's expanding use of biometric data. Māori technology, AI and data ethicist Dr… Audio
Creating Aotearoa's own Watership Down: Shelley Burne-Field
Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds. Yet contemporary fiction providing a bird’s eye view has been slow to arrive.
While Catherine Chidgey’s award winning 2022 novel The Axeman’s Carnival looks… Audio
Getting over writer’s block: Fast Favourites with Troy Kingi
10 albums in 10 years in 10 different genres - that was Troy Kingi’s goal. But after the release of the seventh album - 2023’s ambient instrumental vibe album Timewasters - he’s admitted in a new TVNZ… Video, Audio
Ria Hall on her bid for the Tauranga Mayoralty
Tauranga has been without an elected council for four years and earlier this week singer-songwriter Ria Hall put her hat in the ring for the position of Mayor. Those elected this year will serve for… Audio
