Te Ao Māori

The Far North is now in alert level 3 lockdown after a two unlinked cases in the township of Taipa north of Kerkeri prompted a snap shift in alert levels last night.

A makeshift border is no in place… Audio

Wairoa in Hawke's Bay has a reputation for gang violence and drug abuse that stretches back years.

Police, iwi and the council say time is up and they are joining forces to disrupt crime and restore… Audio

Back to Northland's Level 3 Covid lockdown now. With the region's vaccination rates still relatively low, Iwi leaders have been calling for Te Tai Tokerau to go to level 3 for the past few weeks after… Audio

The Ministry of Health has 72 hours to reconsider its refusal to share Māori vaccine information with the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency.

It's chief executive John Tamihere took the ministry to… Audio

To New Zealand's covid outbreak now, where the number of mystery infections over the past fortnight has reached 384.

Daily case numbers remain above 100: 143 were announced yesterday, and 160 on… Audio

Mahinga Kai is the connection of the taiao and kai gathering, Kahu Kutia is in Waihopai with Mere Skerrett to learn more about the tītī - mutton bird. Audio

We’ve had too few journalists of Māori, Pasifika and Asian origin in our newsrooms for decades - and now there’s a new publicly-funded push to turn that round. Four established outlets are backing the… Video, Audio

Iwi are increasingly taking stock of the impact that climate change will have on customary and cultural practice. 

For Māori, a connection to the sea and land is felt and celebrated as a natural… Audio

Thursday is Te Pūtake o Te Riri, He Rā Maumahara, the national day of commemoration for the New Zealand wars. 

The New Zealand wars were a series of battles in the mid-19th century between iwi Māori… Audio

Police stopped fifty vehicles at Auckland's southern border last night as they they attempted to cross into the city unlawfully.

The protestors are calling themselves a hikoi - and are wanting to… Audio

Health workers are going door to door in rural and remote parts of the Eastern Bay of Plenty in a bid to lift abysmal Covid-19 vaccination rates in the region.

In parts of the region less than 40… Audio

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is arguing that the health ministry's refusal to share Māori vaccine information is inconsistent and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The agency is trying to… Audio

A new book is celebrating Maoritanga and the true stories of Maori who have achieved incredible things. The book Kia Kaha, by Stacey Morrison and Jeremy Sherlock, documents 49 Maori people and groups… Audio

The Whānau Ora commissioning agency is in the High Court today, fighting the Ministry of Health for data they say could ramp up the vaccination campaign for Māori.

The chief executive for the agency… Audio

While some across the nation might have been relaxing at the beach yesterday, a team of Maori doctors and community leaders traversed South Auckand to encourage unvaccinated whanau.

With the star… Audio

This year marked the tenth year since the Rena Cargo ship struck the Otaiti reef. A decade on, Irihapeti Dickson talks about her time as a co-ordinator. Audio

In the 1970s striking carved panels were found in Taranaki while ditches were being dug. They disappeared from the area, and were discovered when art collector George Ortiz in Geneva decided to sell… Audio

Moana Maniapoto is a familiar name from her work with Moana and the Tribe, or prior to that, Moana and the Moahunters The entertainer and singer has also been, for 35 shows, the host of Te Ao with… Audio

To the Bay of Plenty of town in Murupara now which has one of the lowest rates of vaccination for Covid-19 in the country. So far untouched by the Delta outbreak, there are serious concerns about what… Audio