Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Podcast Critic: Alex Barnes
Today Alex talks to Charlotte about podcasts Ko Papa, Ko Rangi: Up or Down?, Mai i Kurawaka and California Institute of Integral Studies podcast series. Audio
Maori scholarship winner put application in last minute
Last minute work CAN pay off! Just ask Lena Ormsby of Karamu High School. She is one of five Maori high school students who have won the prestigious Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship worth $25,000… Audio
Kia Mau Festival
Wellington is playing host to one of the city's most important arts events this year - the contemporary indigenous arts festival Kia Mau. It's grown from its enthusiastic but smaller-scale beginnings… Audio
Manurewa Marae chair Tunuiarangi McLean and Martin Cooper
Mapuna visits Manurewa Marae in south Auckland which is a thriving hub for social, health and education services in the area. Julian Wilcox talks to Marae chair Tunuiarangi McLean and board trustee… Audio
East Coast iwi awaits details on Government's property buyout
East Coast iwi are waiting for more details on the government's plan to buyout property owners whose land cannot be rebuilt on.
Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson says he expects the details… Audio
Alix Te Kere on being a finalist in Young Maori Grower Awards
For this year's Ahuwhenua Young Maori Grower Award all three finalists are wahine Maori. One of the finalists is Alix Te Kere, who is a health and safety advisor for Rockit Management Services in… Audio
Scholarship-winning teen wants to help repair NZ's mental health system
The Wellington high school student awarded a $25,000 education scholarship hopes to improve the broken mental health system which failed his father. Johnny Bentley-Cribb was just 11 years old when his… Audio
'Maori Millionaire' on her quest to encourage independence
Te Kahukura Boynton is working hard encouraging other young people to find their own financial independence and empowerment. Audio
Willis:housing policy gives flexibility to where councils build
National has withdrawn its support from the bi-partisan housing agreement it helped draw up with Labour, instead opting to come up with its own policy. Instead of three-storey buildings, National… Audio
Champion of Kura Kaupapa & Te Reo Maori, Cathy Dewes
Since the 1970s Cathy Dewes has been a leading advocate of Te Reo Maori and one of the founding members of the Kura Kaupapa Maori schools movement that emerged in the 1980s. This week she again… Audio
Wellington artist wins Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
A Wellington artist who wants to redefine what a portrait should be has won this year's Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award and a $20,000 prize.
Stevei Houkāmau's work is a five-metre-long sculpture… Audio
Kōrero with a tā moko artist
Mokonuiarangi (Moko) Smith is a West Auckland tā moko artist from who works under the moniker Uhi Tapu. (One of Nights host Mark Leishman's favourite interviews of 2023) Audio
Brian Joyce reflects on decades at Papakura Marae
Papakura Marae in south Auckland has been going for more than 40 years providing cultural, health and social services to the local community. Kaumatua Brian Joyce is the chairman and has been at… Audio
"A budget for the rich" - Te Pāti Māori
Te Pāti Māori has given the government a scathing review of it's sixth Wellbeing Budget, claiming that the wellbeing of Maori has never been worse off. Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says it serves… Audio
Huge funding boost has Te Matatini organisers 'jumping up and down'
The biennial national kapa haka festival has received its biggest increase in funding since it first started 50 years ago.
Kapa Haka get massive boost in Budget
Haka was given a financial boost in the budget. The biennial Kapa Haka Festival, Te Matatini received its biggest increase in funding since it first started 50 years ago. It is a part of the… Audio
Budget 2023: What's in it for Māori
The Minister for Māori Development is defending the drop in funding for Māori-specific initiatives, saying these are "very, very tough times".
Budget 2023: Funds for tertiary and schools, early childhood a big winner
Early childhood had the biggest boosts in the education section of today's Budget.
The history of non-Maori leaders speaking Te Reo
Learning Te Reo Maori is becoming more and more popular. However, the number of non-Maori fluent in the language has always been relatively low. Given the importance of Te Reo is our history, how many… Audio
Ngati Porou seeks urgent action over forestry practices
Te Tairawhiti iwi Ngati Porou are demanding urgent action to address the slash left over from forestry operations in the region. The iwi says it can no longer tolerate unsustainable practices that… Audio
