Te Ao Māori

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… Audio

There are tight margins, party hopping candidates and the potential for electoral history to be made in the Māori seats.

The seats remain the Maori Party's avenue to Parliament, given it is again… Audio

Māori health services are waiting nervously to see what will happen to the independent Māori Health Authority after the election, with both National and ACT pledging to scrap it if they get into… Audio

A group representing 45 health-related NGOs and 75 individual public health academics and professionals says scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, would pose a grave threat to Māori… Audio

In a public address to the government of Samoa Helen Clark apologised to the people for past injustices. Audio

To engage young people accustomed to visual storytelling, historian Monty Soutar wrote Kāwai: For Such a Time as This as if it were a movie. Audio

Ariana Tikao is a gifted musician, singer, taonga puoro practitioner and New Zealand arts laureate.

Ariana Tikao is joined by host Kara Rickard on this Mixtape. Audio

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… Audio

Māori leaders from the six leading political parties battled it out over race, health, climate change and employment in a debate on Thursday night.  

The Hui's Māori Policy debate hosted by Julian… Audio

To Belfast in Northern Ireland now - where Far North mayor Moko Tepania has been presented with an award naming him one of the world's top young politicians of 2023. Moko's a bit of a legend - he made… Audio

The campaign is heating up across the motu - and the Māori electorates are no exception.

Māori affairs broadcaster and host of RNZ's Māpuna Julian Wilcox says three of the seven races are proving… Audio

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… Audio

Māori leaders have hit back against what they are describing as race-baiting from political parties - saying racism should have no place in elections.

In an open letter, seventeen iwi leaders, marae… Audio

Te Rā - the only known customary Māori sail in existence - has returned to New Zealand for a short time.

The piece is usually stored at the British Museum in London, and is currently at the… Audio

The leader of the Labour party has reiterated its commitment to Maori at an event in Northland's Kawakawa. Speaking at the Ngati Hine Health Trust, Chris Hipkins said they have made advancements for… Audio

One of Ngāpuhi's greatest scholars, Sir Patu Hohepa, has been laid to rest at Waimā in the Far North.

Many hundreds of people gathered during his tangi, which ended on Monday, to remember the man and… Audio

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… Audio

Mohamed Alansari, senior researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research joins Kathryn to talk about how to improve outcomes for growing Te Reo Maori in schools. Which schools are… Audio

Māori researchers are worried this election will be a repeat of the last two after finding polling booths were unprepared to take their votes.

Surveys of Māori voters following the 2017 and 2020… Audio