Te Ao Māori

The eight iwi of Taranaki are one step closer to having their sacred mountain and ancestor, Taranaki Maunga, become a legal personality. Last night the Crown made a promise to iwi that they would be… Audio

Holidayers travelling around the South Island or Te Waipounamu this summer will be able to map their journey using a Maori Atlas developed by Ngai Tahu. The Ngai Tahu Archives Team spent more than… Audio

Te Manu Korihi news editor Shannon Haunui-Thompson joins us on Nights to look back on 2017 and ahead to 2018 from a Maori perspective. Audio

A Hawkes Bay winery has apologised to local iwi, Ngati Kahungunu, for carving a walking track on land believed to be of huge ancestral and historical importance. The iwi was so outraged to find the… Audio

Descendents of the original Maori owner of a disputed hill in New Plymouth, have lit a bonfire on it, warning prospective developers of their continued guardianship of Moungaroa, also known as Blagdon… Audio

A delegation from the Netherlands is visiting Golden Bay to commemorate with local Maori today's 375th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman in the area. Audio

An archaeologist has made a remarkable discovery at the site of the country's first major battlefield, Ruapekapeka and Maori children who left mainstream schooling say they became far more… Audio

An archaeologist has made a remarkable discovery at the site of the country's first major battlefield, Ruapekapeka. He has found the bodies of twelve British soldiers killed in the battle, near… Audio

Maori children who left mainstream schooling say they became far more enthusisatic about learning once they were out of an environment that struck them as racist and condescending. Katrina Lemon is a… Audio

Two Auckland iwi have reached an agreement to work together on land issues in what is being seen as a slap to Hauraki-based iwi who have also been making claims in the region. Ngati Whatua Orakei and… Audio

The deaths of two people close to members of Atamira Dance Company felt like a sign to choreographer Kelly Nash. So Kelly did her research which revealed the word 'Atamira' is historically associated… Audio, Gallery

It's hard for some parts of the country to cut a break. Northland, for example, is usually in the news because of stories about poverty, ill health, violence and most recently kauri dieback. But… Audio

The Court of Appeal has rejected Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's bid to stop land they say is in their rohe being given to another iwi as part of a treaty settlement; Three Gisborne iwi will now have access to… Audio