Te Ao Māori

Media producers Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne and Te Aorere Pewhairangi are proof that total immersion learning in te reo Māori can be a springboard to crafting great careers. 

To politics now, and we're welcoming Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi to First Up this morning, to join our regular catch-up with political leaders. Te Pāti Māori has been in the headlines this… Audio

Nathan Pohio, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, and Ngai Tahu, is the Senior Curator Maori Art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery and is an artist working in video and other photographic media. He says Toi o… Audio

If you have something to say about bilingual road signs, the final deadline for submissions is 5pm this afternoon.

Waka Kotahi and Te Mātawai have a package of 94 bilingual traffic signs they… Audio

Invercargill's mayor Nobby Clark has been lambasted by local iwi over his attitude towards giving civic buildings a Māori as well as an English name.

At a fiery meeting yesterday he put forward a… Audio

A new report says funding for Māori mental health and addiction services is unfair, resulting in treatment inequalities for Māori.

The report, by Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing… Audio

Last year, the Anglican church purchased ten acres at Rangiaowhia outside of Te Awamutu, with the intention of enabling its return to Ngāti Apakura.

The hapū is currently leasing the land from the… Audio

Whanau in cyclone devastated areas are now turning their attention towards Matariki in a move to help the community reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Marae and community leaders are… Audio

Politicians went head to head on health equity this week, with opposition parties making a concerted effort to paint a waitlist prioritisation tool as discriminatory. 

With accusations flying from… Audio

As te reo becomes widespread, does Maori learning for Maori need to be prioritised? That's one of many pesky questions posed in the first episode of new Spinoff web series 2 Cents 2 Much. Answering… Video, Audio

Former Ikaroa Rāwhiti candiate for Te Pāti Māori, Heather Te Au Skipworth, has confirmed she will no longer be standing for the party.

Ms Skipworth was announced as the candidate for the eastern… Audio

Maori wardens have been with us since 1860 and this weekend their mahi is being recognized at a public sing-along, or 'Maorioke' in central Wellington. Artist Suzanne Tamaki is a Maori warden and… Audio

Artificial Intelligence stirs up fears that it's coming for our jobs, our schooling, and even our very existence.

Now te reo Maori and data sovereignty experts are raising another red flag - ChatGPT… Audio

Cabinet has late this afternoon agreed to support separate private bidders running Mt Ruapehu's ski fields after the previous operater fell into volunteer administration.

Regional Econonomic… Video, Audio

The National Māori Organics Authority says the National Party's plan to remove effective bans on genetic modification is a blatant dismissal of the need to consult with Māori.

The National Party says… Audio

This month Kiwa Hammond has been part of an Aotearoa contingent in Germany to retrieve skeletal remains of karapuna, Ta Imi Moriori ancestors of Rekohu (the Chatham Islands) and Maori tipuna from… Audio

Waikato-Tainui is seeking a large shareholding of Auckland Airport shares if Auckland Council agrees to sell part or all its shareholding.

The iwi already has substantial investments in the airport… Audio