Te Ao Māori

A Wairarapa hapū is hoping to crowd fund half-a-million dollars to buy back a piece of ancestral whenua. Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia has its eye on 182 hectares by the Waiohine river and ancestral maunga… Audio

Funding to rapidly train non-clinical workers to help administer the Covid-19 vaccine to Māori communities is being described as a drop in the bucket.

Māori health providers have been consistently… Audio

Poverty continues to be the major reason why Māori are the victims of crime more often than non-Māori. 

A Ministry of Justice study has found there's been no improvement in the last 15 years.

It's… Audio

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's social development arm Whai Māia helps 10,000 people with primary care in health, housing, aged care and a range of other social needs in Auckland. Whai Māia CEO Rangimarie… Audio

As a sociologist of education, Dr Joanna Kidman travels the country to learn about how the New Zealand Wars impacted papa kainga. She shares her latest work and research on Te Ahi Kaa. Audio

New research released this morning has identified those geographic areas most vulnerable during outbreaks of Covid-19. The study, conducted by experts from Universities across the country, mapped… Audio

Some in the Māori legal community are concerned by the High Court's use of tikanga to overrule the Waitangi Tribunal.

The High Court has overturned the Tribunal's order that $800 million of… Audio

The High Court has told the Waitangi Tribunal to reconsider a decision it made over rights to land, finding it returned them to a party that was not mana whenua.

A tribunal decision, made last year… Audio

Charle Krause recently made the decision to receive a moko kauae, or chin tattoo. After posting the photo on her Twitter account she had a huge repsonse, so we thought we'd have a chat to her. Audio

The arrival of a long-awaited independent Māori health authority is picking up pace. 

Associate health Minister Peeni says the draft of an agency tasked with ending years of health inequity is going… Audio

Three historical novels that address the impact of colonisation in Aotearoa, told from the perspective of nine generations of a Maori whanau... That's a pretty big challenge that respected historian… Audio

It's great when people in the movie industry get a bit of credit where credit's due. All too often the spotlight only shines on the so-called star performers - directors, writers, producers and of… Audio, Gallery

Ruatoria, Waiapu or Mount Hikurangi. If pilots flying in for an event celebrating 60 years of East Coast aviation this weekend can pronouce these names correctly, they'll be rewarded. 

Derek Fox is… Audio

Officials will be able to enter marae without a warrant under a new water safety proposal, even though no marae water supply has ever caused an outbreak of illness. 

The Water Services Bill is a… Audio

There's frustration the government's measure to cool the housing market do nothing to directly fix the huge problems facing Māori.

They're instead being told to wait until the May budget for further… Audio

An independent Māori Housing body says there is a need for more investment into papakainga and Māori-led housing developments. In the housing plan announced today - the only mention of Māori is that a… Audio

Matthew Tukaki from the Maori Council says instead of spending a million dollars a day on motels - pay marae to provide emergency accomodation. Mr Tukaki made the suggestion on Facebook a few days ago… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is being told the government needs to apologise for failing to ensure Māori have adequate housing.

The hearing into how the Crown has perpetuated Māori homelessness is underway… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is hearing the Crown's failing to adequately support many whānau Māori to attain the basic human right of having a roof over their head. 

The Kaupapa Inquiry is looking at… Audio