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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

12:10 PM.Mapuna is in Kirikiriroa Hamilton to meet with Sergeant Wayne Panapa QSM, as he reflects on a 50 year career on the frontline of the New Zealand Police Force. Inside the whare Te Ara Pai, where… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The largest collection of First People's art to be presented in Aotearoa opens at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. Two of the artists, Christopher Pease, a descendant of the Minang/Noongar people… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee Mather are award winning Maori journalists who worked extensively in mainstream and Maori media and now run their own media collective. What is the future for… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Mapuna takes a look back at the celebration of the Maori New Year held at Rotorua Skyline. This year the hautapu ceremony included women to lead some incantations. This is a key difference from last… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mapuna is in Kaitaia to meet Ngati Kuri kaumatua Bundy Waitai. Over decades he conducted research into Ngati Kuri's claims before the Waitangi Tribunal. Now he speaks out about the proposed sanctuary… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Nathan Pohio, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, and Ngai Tahu, is the Senior Curator Maori Art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery and is an artist working in video and other photographic media. He says Toi o… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Since 1989 the Commissioner for Children has been a vital advocate for tamariki in Aotearoa but by this time next week the role will be gone, dismantled under government reforms introduced last year… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Maori wardens have been with us since 1860 and this weekend their mahi is being recognized at a public sing-along, or 'Maorioke' in central Wellington. Artist Suzanne Tamaki is a Maori warden and… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Professor Leonie Pihama, along with Linda Tuhiwai Smith, have co-edited a new book about indigenous knowledge and its uses for health and wellbeing. It draws on voices in Aotearoa and across North… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.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… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.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… Read more Audio