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Julian Wilcox
Julian Wilcox (Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa) is an award winning broadcaster and former television executive. He is fluent in Te Reo and English. He won the Qantas Best Current Affairs Presenter in 2012 and has also lectured in te reo, tikanga, whaikōrero and media.
He was one of the founding members of Whakaata Māori and has also been chief officer of operations for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and presents Māpuna on RNZ National every Saturday.
RNZ Programmes
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Māpuna
Every Saturday after the Midday news, Julian Wilcox talks to Māori throughout Aotearoa, from sports legends, to business leaders, to artists and community advocates. Māpuna acknowledges…
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Waitangi Day
From 6-8am, Mihingarangi Forbes will broadcast live from the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, and Stacey Morrison will present more Waitangi Day programming from 8am-midday.
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Matariki
Matariki Special
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Search results for Julian Wilcox
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Famous 1990s play, Waiora, set to re-open
21 Feb 2026Soon the 30th anniversary production of Waiora Te Ukaipo - The Homeland, written by Hone Kouka will open in Wellington and then Auckland. It's set in 1965 and tells the story of a whanau who move from… Audio
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Mapuna Feb 7 Moana Tuwhare
7 Feb 2026Moana Tuwhare reflects on a week at Waitangi which saw Te Pati Maori's internal problems again resurface. Last November she said Ngapuhi was 'insulted' when Te Pati Maori leadership refused to… Audio
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Mapuna podcast Jan 31 Bayden Barber
31 Jan 2026Bayden Barber was one of the iwi leaders who tried to foster peace between factions inside Te Pati Maori last November after two of its MPs were expelled. Bayden Barber talks about being the chair of… Audio
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Kerensa Johnston & Jeremy Banks reflect on 180 year battle
20 Dec 2025This week a deal was signed at Parliament between Maori and the Crown for the return of more than 3000 hectares of land in Nelson, Tasman and Golden Bay. Kerensa Johnston and Jeremy Banks were part of… Audio
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Mapuna podcast Moana Maniapoto
13 Dec 2025Broadcaster and musician Moana Maniapoto pays tribute to her Mum and looks ahead to her upcoming performances with ONO, a collaboration with artists from Aotearoa, Australia, Hawai'i and Europe. Audio
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Mapuna podcast December 6
6 Dec 2025US based investigative journalists Tristan Ahtone and Maria Parazo Rose attended a conference in Tamaki Makaurau this week where they discussed data sovereignty, archival data and AI to uncover… Audio
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Mapuna podcast November 15
15 Nov 2025Artist Jasmine Arthur and Te Rauparaha Horomona, descendant of the nineteenth century rangatira of the same name, speak to Julian Wilcox about Ngati Toa in Porirua and the opening of a new exhibition… Audio
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Mapuna podcast November 8
8 Nov 2025Rob Ruha is an award winning musician, composer and kapa haka expert. Julian Wilcox asks him about latest work, TEIWA, for which he's collaborating with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio
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Rob Ruha teams up with the NZ Symphony Orchestra
8 Nov 2025Rob Ruha is an award winning musician, composer and kapa haka 'fanatic.' Julian Wilcox asks him about his latest work, TEIWA, for which he's collaborating with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio
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Mapuna podcast Oct 25
25 Oct 2025Judge Aidan Warren from the Maori Land Court joins judges from Canada, the United States, Australia and the Pacific for the first ever International Indigenous Judges Conference in Hamilton. How do… Audio
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Professor Atholl Anderson; history & archaeology 'chose me'.
11 Oct 2025For decades Ngai Tahu archaeologist and historian, Professor Atholl Anderson, has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific, the first arrivals of Māori in Aotearoa and… Audio
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A tribute to Sir Tumu Te Heu Heu
27 Sep 2025Mapuna is in Turangi close to where Sir Tumu Te Heu Heu is lying in Waihi village on the southern shore of Lake Taupo. His whanau have requested no media coverage inside Waihi for the duration of his… Audio
