Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Welsh Kiwi completes his citizenship ceremony in te reo Māori
Picton resident and new NZ citizen Iwan Jones won fans on TikTok this week after his wife Katie shared a video of the Welsh-born aircraft engineer reading his affirmation in te reo. Audio
Matariki Williams: Maori Arts, ATE, and protest through art
Matariki Williams (Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Hauiti, Taranaki) is a Whakatane-based writer, curator, and historian. She is the co-founder of and co-editor of ATE Journal of Maori Arts… Audio
Matariki Williams: Maori Arts, ATE, and protest through art.
Matariki Williams (Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Hauiti, Taranaki) is a Whakatane-based writer, curator, and historian. She is the co-founder and co-editor of ATE Journal of Maori Art alongside… Audio
Business supporting Maori landowners to plant more natives
Tāmata Hauhā is a business with a unique strategy for replanting native forestry and supporting Maori landowners. Tāmata Hauhā's chief executive Blair Jamieson talks to Jesse. Audio
Waikato hapū wants Sonning carpark development abandoned
A Waikato hapū is calling on the Hamilton City Council to immediately abandon any plans to develop what Māori say is an historic pā site.
The one-hectare site in Claudelands is home to the Sonning… Audio
Te Tiriti based co-governance in action
The Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge have embedded Te Tiriti based co-governance and co-leadership throughout the entire organisation. Julian Wilcox talks to Rihi Te… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 19 March 2023
Maori communities on the East Coast continue their recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle; calls for more to be done to restrict vaping amongst rangatahi; and a maara kai reconnecting Taranaki whanau to… Audio
Maoriland film festival kicks off today in Kapiti
The largest indigneous film festival in the world kicks off today in its tenth year on the Kapiti Coast.
Libby Hakaraia established the festival in 2014 and is stepping down after this year handing… Audio
Māori and Pasifika students under-represented in med schools
New research has identified how severely under-represented Māori and Pasifika students are in the country's medical and health schools.
Māori make up about 17-percent of the population, and Pasifika… Audio
Iwi programme putting food on the table
A Te Kahui o Taranaki project is not only helping to put food on the table during a cost of living crisis, it's also putting iwi members back in touch with traditional gardening practices.
Tātai… Audio
Peter Meihana: exploding the myth of Māori privilege
The misconception that Māori have more privilege than Pākehā is kept alive today for the same reasons it evolved back in the 19th century – to maintain a cultural power imbalance, says historian Dr… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 12 March 2023
We look back at the life of the country's first openly transgender mayor and MP Georgina Beyer; and the Dargaville community's reaction to a meeting opposing co-governance and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Audio
Kāpiti Coast weavers teach council harakeke tikanga
A group of Kāpiti Coast kairaranga or weavers, has been teaching the local council harakeke tikanga after they say several flax plants were butchered last year.
There's a call for similar workshops… Audio
Te Karaka marae restoring cyclone-damaged weaving
A Te Karaka marae has begun restoring some of the most unique examples of Māori weaving, severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
The whāriki were at Rangatira marae, which was destroyed when floods… Audio
Ta Pou Temara on Tuhoe's role in the Battle of Orakau
Today on Mapuna we revisit the Battle of Orakau in the Waikato in 1864. More than 1400 British troops laid siege to the fortified pa at Orakau defended by a few hundred Maori. At one point the… Audio
Whare Timu: building on mātauranga Māori
From humble beginnings as a teen dad in Heretaunga to heading Warren and Mahoney's Advanced Indigenous Design Unit, designer Whare Timu ( Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa) has come a long… Audio, Gallery
Māori leaders say ally lost after Rob Campbell sacking
Māori leaders say they've lost an ally in the ousting of Rob Campbell as chair of Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora.
He was sacked over comments he made on LinkedIn, where he criticised National's Three… Audio
How a native mushroom can help whānau addicted to meth
Fungi botanists, local health professionals, rongoa practitioners and medical researchers are planning a clinical trial this year into the therapeutic benefits of psychadelics. Project coordinator is… Audio
Te Matatini joyful for many flood-hit communities
The champions of Te Matatini 2023 have been crowned, with Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua taking out the competition for the third time.
It was an emotional festival this year, the first one in four… Audio
Mataia Keepa
Mataia Keepa, an award winning performer, and kapahaka commentator, from Te Arawa. Audio
