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12:15 PM.The veteran actor and director Jim Moriarty and writer Helen Pearse Otene discuss their latest theatrical offering, Out the Gate, about people managing their lives after time in prison and we'll look… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Ngati Toa have regained land at Whitireia in Porirua 177 years after it was gifted to the Anglican Church under the promise that a school would be built for their children. But that promise was never… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.For 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… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Jamie Tahana is at Oxford University to talk with members of a Te Arawa roopu who travelled there recently for the awarding of a posthumous degree to their tupuna, Makereti Papakura. She's believed to… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Mapuna 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… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The Maori Sidesteps salute the great Maori showbands of the past while mixing it up with modern comedy and skit routines poking fun at everything from culture to politics. Group members Jamie… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Award winning broadcaster Mike McRoberts has just released, Speaking My Language, his book detailing his path towards full immersion in Te Reo Maori in 2023. Before then he writes "I felt the intense… Read more Audio

12:08 PM.At the tender age of just 17 Te Rika Temara Benfell was a case manager at the Maori Land Court. Now 24 he's the Kaihautu, Chief Executive, of Te Puna Ariki Charitable Trust and is on Toi Kai Rawa, the… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.A recent hui at Hoani Waititi marae in Tamaki Makaurau brought together some heavy hitters from the business world and a group of Maori businesspeople. One of the organisers was Amokura Panoho, who's… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Tahito is a world first indigenous ethical investment company which invests in Australasian companies through its fund, Te Tai o Rehua. It uses Maori values, especially around the environment, to… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Actor Ngahiriwa Rauhina shapeshifts through a dozen different characters drawing from real voices collected by activist Te Wehi Ratana during his 48-hour stint in Rimutaka Prison in 2023. He was part… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Earlier this month Ella Henry delivered her inaugural professorial address at AUT Business School. Her background includes time at poet James K Baxter's commune, Jerusalem, on the Whanganui River in… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The world premiere for the film will be in Tamaki Makaurau tomorrow as part of the Doc Edge Festival. It tells the story of how Maori fought to reclaim their fishing rights and the huge legal and… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Today on Mapuna we sift through the politics of our capital city with Chris Wikaira, a veteran journalist and public relations guru and look back on his career stretching back 30 years Audio