Te Ao Māori

A high profile Māori leader is thinking about occupying an Auckland park to stop construction of a controversial Erebus memorial.

Two hundred and fifty seven people died when an Air New Zealand plane… Video, Audio

Ep 4 The CTV Building and Latimer Square. Inside and outside the worst disaster site. Produced by Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory. Video, Audio

'Invasion and Conquest' is how historian Dr Vincent O'Malley describes the British colonial forces who raged war against the Tainui People. Te Ahi Kaa features a lecture from Dr Vincent O'Malley who… Audio

One man struggles to free others trapped in Cashel Mall; a policeman risks his life to rescue a woman trapped in the Cathedral Tower; a junior reporter survives the near collapse of her building to… Video, Audio

Prominent health campaigner Lady Tureiti Moxon wants a commitment, in writing, that a new Māori Health Authority will have teeth. 

Earlier this month the Crown agreed in principal to set up an… Audio

A new report condemns the system for failing to protect our landscapes and calls for more direction from central government. The Environmental Defence Society's just released Synthesis Report argues… Audio

Moriori are one step closer to the settlement they say will help redress the damage done to their cultural identity over generations. 

The Moriori Claims Settlement Bill passed its first reading in… Audio

Ep 2: Trapped survivors wait while emergency staff and passersby begin an extraordinary rescue. Produced by Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory. Video, Audio

Ep 1: A 6.3 aftershock surges out from near Lyttelton, across the Port Hills and into the surrounding suburbs. Produced by Katy Gosset and Justin Gregory. Video, Audio

To mark ten years since the Christchurch earthquakes, Te Ahi Kaa looks back at how marae in the Wellington region hosted evacuees, and how the disaster was the catalyst for a few marae in the region… Audio

Pacific health leaders are discussing how best to increase confidence to combat misinformation spreading about the Covid-19 vaccines. A survey by the Ministry of Health shows Maori and Pasifika are… Audio

As the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins, there are fears disinformation will put Māori and Pasifika off getting the jab.

A Horizon Research and University of Auckland study has found those… Audio

Descendents of an ancestral maunga in Whanganui will return to the area this morning to ensure no more work takes place on Punakewhitu. 

Dozens of hapū members flocked to the whenua yesterday morning… Audio

Surveys show Māori and Pasifika are more worried than others about the safety of the vaccine.

National MP and former Northland GP Shane Rēti says the answer is reassuring people, and that can be as… Audio

It's V-Day today - the start of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. 

Those vaccinating the border workers will get the jab today, then the border workforce from Saturday, followed by the… Audio

Some of the biggest Māori health providers in Auckland and Taranaki are wondering who got the one million surgical masks health officials promised for vulnerable whānau.

On Monday they got an email… Audio

Te Tai Tokerau Border Control says the checkpoints they set up to protect Māori should never have been closed down. 

Community-managed checkpoints were set up in Northland three weeks ago in an… Audio

In 2016 Mana Elizabeth Hunkin and Patricia Grace were honoured at Creative New Zealands Te Waka Toi Awards. From the Te Ahi Kaa Archives, Whaea Liz Hunkin talks teaching the Maori language learning… Audio