Jamie Tahana
Unprecedented demand for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction service
A kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction service is facing unprecedented demand as the pandemic and its side-effects continue to bite.
It has a new programme and extra funding, but warns that is… Audio
Effort needed to increase childhood vaccination rates - expert
Health experts are warning that a big effort is needed to turn around plummeting childhood vaccination rates.
Internationally, first dose vaccinations for measles are at their lowest in more than a… Audio
Waitangi Tribunal accused of being unfair to Māori
The Waitangi Tribunal, set up to address injustices against tangata whenua, has been accused of being unfair to Māori in the way it operates.
The Tribunal has heard that a lack of access for… Audio
A step towards equity - Māori Health workers
Māori health workers are calling the launch of a dedicated authority one of the biggest steps towards equity.
The agency, newly named Te Aka Whai Ora, has been heralded by the government as a… Audio
Matariki at Parihaka
Along the west coast of the North Island, parts of the far north and the south island - Matariki can't be seen yet. It's still too low on the horizon or there are mountains in the way. Instead, they… Audio
Celebrating diverse Matariki traditions
Tomorrow the country celebrates the rise of Matariki, but for a good many iwi and hapu, the new year was a couple of weeks ago. Along the west coast and in parts of the far north and the south their… Audio
Maori health experts fearful of long Covid hit
Health experts are worried that a long covid crisis looms for Maori, which could cause many to be unable to work or get the help they need. The experts worry that deep-seated inequities will only… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 5 June 2022
This week our Maori news team look at the barriers preventing Maori from building on their own land; small steps as Wai262 marches forward; concerns about just how Matariki will be marked as a… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 3 June 2022
This week our Maori news team look at the barriers preventing Maori from building on their own land; small steps as Wai262 marches forward; concerns about just how Matariki will be marked as a… Audio
Concerns over fireworks, commercialisation of Matariki holiday
The first Matariki public holiday is less than a month away, and while, for many, excitement is building - some concern has been raised about just how it might be marked.
Matariki holds significant… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 29 May 2022
This week our Maori News team pay tribute to Joe Hawke and Aroha Rereti-Crofts, and take a look at some of the post-budget announcements for Maori. Audio
Māori health workers have high hopes for budget
Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.
Last year's Budget committed $1… Audio
Māori landowners consider legal action over ETS
Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme.
The proposals would see exotic forests no longer eligible for carbon credits.
But… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 17 April 2022
On Te Waonui this week, our Te Manu Korihi team gauge Maori reaction to the traffic light change, look at new funding for matauranga Maori projects, and the quest to reunite the whanau of hundreds of… Audio
Moana Jackson remembered at tangi
Even in death, the renowned Māori scholar Moana Jackson is challenging norms.
Thousands farewelled the man described as one of the country's leading legal minds in Hawke's Bay over the weekend.
The… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 3 April 2022
On te Waonui this week, we farewell two titans of Te Ao Maori who died this week; the teams ask an expert what co-governance is in the wake of politcal debates; and, what's it like to start your… Audio
Tributes pour in for leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson
Tributes are pouring in for the leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson, who has died after a lengthy illness.
He's being remembered as a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and… Audio
Abuse in Care commission challenged to drive genuine change
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission has been challenged by survivors to drive genuine change, not just another rebrand.
Today was the final day of a two-week hearing into Māori experiences of abuse.
… Audio
Iwi join together to welcome back 300-year-old waka
A special ceremony was held in central Wellington in the wee hours of this morning, to mark the return of a very special waka.
Unearthed in the banks of Te Awakairangi or the Hutt River, the waka is… Video, Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care told system created hardened criminals
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission has heard that state care in the 1970s was a system that was supposed to protect children but instead created hardened criminals.
A hearing into Māori experiences… Audio
