Shannon Haunui Thompson

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received a warm welcome at Ratana Pa this week, some Maori are demanding greater clarity about how the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific… Audio

Eight Taranaki iwi are one step closer to having their sacred mountain and ancestor, Taranaki Maunga, become a legal entity, Justice Joe Williams has become the first prominent Maori and first Maori… Audio

Te Manu Korihi news editor Shannon Haunui-Thompson joins us on Nights to look back on 2017 and ahead to 2018 from a Maori perspective. Audio

An archaeologist has made a remarkable discovery at the site of the country's first major battlefield, Ruapekapeka and Maori children who left mainstream schooling say they became far more… Audio

The Court of Appeal has rejected Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's bid to stop land they say is in their rohe being given to another iwi as part of a treaty settlement; Three Gisborne iwi will now have access to… Audio

The mother of a 23 year old man who died after using synthetic drugs says they begged to get him onto a drug rehabilitation programme, but were repeatedly told that there weren't enough beds. An urban… Audio

The new Treaty Negotiations Minister, Andrew Little, has signalled he'll be taking a very different approach from his predecessor when it comes to the contentious Ngapuhi settlement, Organisers of a… Audio

New Minister for Treaty Negotiations, Andrew Little, is trying his hand at securing a Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement.; An Auckland iwi is calling on the Government to place a rahui or ban across the… Audio

Maori Community leaders are rejecting the idea of having foreign police officers recuited to work in their communities, Tuhoe is in the midst of developing a 40 year housing plan for their iwi and a… Audio

Northland has the highest percentage of Maori in the country but somehow have managed to end up with just one Maori face at a council table; The Government has been criticised once again for… Audio

Maori MPs are set to hold 18 ministerial portfolios in the new Labour led government - including a newly created portfolio focusing on the post-treaty settlement period; The country have commemorated… Audio

The parties that make up the new Labour-led government have 18 Maori MPs. Te Manu Korihi reporter Shannon Haunui-Thompson looks at what Maori may gain. Audio

We hear from the head Judge from the 9 year long Te Paparahi O Te Raki Waitangi Tribunal hearings for northern Maori and what do Maori want and expect from the new labour led government who describe… Audio

Today marks the tenth anniversary of raids carrying out by armed police on the Tuhoe settlement of Ruatoki. It will be remembered as a dark moment in Tuhoe's history alongside the arrest of Rua Kenana… Audio

A project that's giving new life to old houses is changing lives and lifting spirits in one of Northland's neediest towns and a garden project created by prisoners at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo is… Audio

Te Manu Korihi news editor Shannon Haunui-Thompson joins us on Nights to talk about the implications of the recent election results for Maori representation in public life in Aotearoa. Audio

How will the Māori Party make its way back into parliament in 2020 after Labour swept all seven of the Māori seats? A garden project created by prisoners at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo is set to… Audio

A new project has found many Maori are embarrassed to speak te reo because they're scared of offending fluent speakers or because they don't look Maori; The death of a young Northland woman sparked a… Audio