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12:07 PM.For some Maori there is growing alarm over the new government's policies towards Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te reo Maori. Last week saw protests around the motu and this week the Tauranga based iwi Ngai… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.More than sixty years ago, Esther Jessop and a few other Maori in London founded a little group in the suburb of Putney to meet and keep their language going. Since then, Ngati Ranana has become a… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Mapuna producer Tama Muru meets London based Ngati Raukawa chef Matt Burgess for a korero and a mean kai. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Genevieve Doube (Kai Tahu), is a Resource Management Planner and the Pou Whakawhanake within Te Ahi Tūtata, the Māori business team at Beca, one of Asia Pacific's largest independent… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.As one of few Māori-born biotech businesses in Aotearoa, Rua Bioscience in Tairāwhiti is the only New Zealand-based medicinal cannabis company with an explicit focus on delivering social impact. Last… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.This week on Māpuna we speak to Piki Thomas, the newly appointed deputy chief executive for the kaupapa Māori and cultural communities branch of Fire and Emergency NZ. In his 35 years as a career… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Up and coming Maori designer, Jade Kake, has been making waves in both the architectural and literary worlds. She's the director and founder of Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism, a kaupapa Maori… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.This week on Māpuna we speak to social media phenomenon Te Aorere Pewhairangi. Pewhairangi has attracted a huge following on both his TikTok and Instagram accounts, but recently he's been putting on… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.This week on Māpuna we speak to Tauranga community leader Charlie Rahiri as Tauranga Moana prepares to host Te Pūtake o te Riri, the national commemorations for the New Zealand Wars. This year is the… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.As the Rugby World Cup in France enters the knockout stages, Māpuna talks to a former rugby professional, Daniel Browne, who lifts the lid on the way it used to be in French club rugby. After leaving… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.This week on Māpuna we speak to one of legends of Māori broadcasting and one of the first people to do sports commentary in te reo Māori, Hemana Waaka. Waaka has called everything from rugby, league… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Our guest on Māpuna this week is Wellington based singer songwriter Kirsten Te Rito. Who is one of only two artists who have been commissioned to perform at the Wellington Jazz Festival which runs in… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.This week on Māpuna we are talking tikanga and ture, the place of tikanga in the law. Justice Christian Whata and Amokura Kawharu the President of the Law Comission join the show to discuss the… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.In this special interview entirely in te reo Maori, Mapuna is in Kaitaia at the home of one of the acknowledged kaumatua of the Far North, Graeme Neho. Matua Kerema Neho regales us with some of the… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Mahuru Maori, the month long kaupapa aiming to normalise te reo in everyday situations is back for 2023. Mahuru Maori challenges participants to consciously use as much te reo Maori as they can during… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.As we head in to Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori for 2023 Mapuna speaks with Ngahiwi Apanui the Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, the Maori Language Commission. Julian and Ngahiwi talk about… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.In this very special episode of Mapuna, RNZ Producer Tama Muru visits the Greek Island of Crete to delve into the history of the battle in 1941 which pitted New Zealand, Australian and British troops… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Earlier this week long-time Maori activist and author Te Ringa Mangu 'Dun' Mihaka died. Mihaka devoted decades of his life to Maori rights campaigns, including the 1977-78 Takaparawhau/Bastion Point… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Earlier this week the Education and Training Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament meaning wānanga are able to choose for themselves how they operate. Wānanga can choose to remain a… Read more Audio