Mihingarangi Forbes

The race for Tāmaki Makaurau is tightening up

A new Māori Television-Curia Market Research poll has the current MP, Labour's Peeni Henare, at 35 percent with the Māori Party's John Tamihere just six… Audio

In the week before voting closes, Party People looks at Māori candidates not standing in the seven Māori seats. Of the clever and competent Māori candidates, who will end up with a ticket to Pōneke? Audio

Te Tai Tonga is Aotearoa's biggest electorate. It spans several islands—Te Wai Pounamu, Rēkohu, and Wharekauri—with a side order of Wellington and a chunk of Lower Hutt. Join the party and listen. Audio

While Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins squared off in the leaders' debate last night, other candidates were also arguing about why they deserved voters' support this election.

Candidates for the… Audio

Maori economy is the key to fast tracking the whole country's economy recovery from COVID related recession. Expert on Maori economies, Dr Matt Roskruge, joins The Panel to explain what they can do. Audio

Australian comedian Chris Lilley refuses to apologise over his stereo typing of Tongans and others in his Summer Heights series. Wellington comedian, Jerome Chandrahasen joins the discussion. Audio

Team New Zealand gets rid of two contractors suspected of spying and dismisses any claims of financial impropriety as baseless revenge claims from the pair. Yachting legend Penny Whiting talks about… Audio

Today in music history New Kids on the Block hit, Step by Step, started its run at number one on the US singles chart this day in 1990. Audio

Latest polls on the legalisation of cannabis referendum show little appetite for change. Audio

Driver distraction on phones is the target of a new campaign by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport agency. Their road safety manager, Fabian Marsh talks about ther joint efforts with police and telcos to phones… Audio

Noble prize winning Immunologist, Professor Peter Doherty, talks to the panel about the second outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia's state of Victoria. Audio

Panellists Mihingarangi Forbes and Jock Anderson share what they have been thinking about. Audio

Jaws, The Exorcist, and The Wizard of OZ...Today we look at some of the movies that scared us as children and ponder why they have left such a lasting impression. Audio

A 'one-stop-shop' for Māori news based at Māori Television is proposed in a controversial report on the future of Māori media. Audio

Listen to the Coastwatchers – Operation Pacific podcast about the untold stories of WWII Native Wireless Operators. Audio

Meet the team behind Coastwatchers – Operation Pacific.

Have politicians and commentators got the tone right during this Covid 19 pandemic? Audio