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Mata Season 2 | Episode 15: Pera Paniora on the Kaipara Council and Māori wards
Kaipara District Councillor Pera Paniora speaks about her council’s decision to scrap its Māori ward, and commentators Hinurewa Te Hau and Meka Whaitiri discuss the latest in politics. Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 14: Willow-Jean Prime and Tamatha Paul on Oranga Tamariki, 7AA opposition, and boot camps
Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime discusses the opposition to 7AA and the Ngāpuhi hīkoi to Parliament, and Green MP Tamatha Paul shares her views on military boot camps. Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 13: Jackson on Treaty Principles, Pharmac, and the coalition
Former Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson shares his views on the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill and Seymour's Pharmac Treaty directive. Then we're joined by panelists Hinurewa Te Hau and… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 12: An Extended Interview with Tama Potaka
Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka discusses the big challenges facing Māori and how the coalition government plans to address them. Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 11: Carbon Overload
Green MP Teanau Tuiono on the failure of the latest carbon credits auction and what it means for our climate targets. Then Shane Te Pou and India Logan-Riley discuss the future of the ETS. Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 10: A Cancerous Budget with Dr. Shane Reti
Dr. Shane Reti on the government's failure to fund 13 promised cancer treatments and what the budget means for Maori. Then patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland and health expert Dr. Rawiri… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 9: Te Pāti Māori - Disrupting the Budget
Te Pāti Māori leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi on their nationwide activation to disrupt Budget 2024 and commentators Dr Lara Greaves and Shane Te Pou discuss the latest in politics. Video, Audio
Mata Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land
Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who’s landless. For over a century, her whānau’s whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion… Video
Mata Season 2 | Mata Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land
Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who’s landless. For over a century, her whānau’s whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 7: Tauranga Moana marks 160 years of struggle, the repeal of 7AA, and the Iwi Chairs forum
We speak to Ngāti Pukenga representative Rahera Ohia about the iwi’s Waitangi Tribunal claim over the repeal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. Then panelists Charlie Rahiri and Koro Nicholas… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 6: Nanaia Mahuta on the war in Gaza, Māori wards, and the scrapping of Three Waters
Former MFAT Minister Nanaia Mahuta shares her views on the Government’s position on the war in Gaza, mandatory referendums for Māori wards, and the scrapping of Three Waters. Then we discuss the… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 5: Scott Hamilton on segregation and commentators Tina Wickliffe & Shane Te Pou
Historian Scott Hamilton on Aotearoa’s dark history of segregation, and panelists Tina Wickliffe and Shane Te Pou discuss opposition to affirmative action, the surge in anti-trans protests, the… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 4: Mike Smith on climate change and commentators Khylee Quince & Matt Tukaki
Mike Smith discusses his groundbreaking climate change court case, then commentators Khylee Quince and Matt Tukaki reflect on the first 100 days of the coalition government. Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 3: Jackson on Newshub, Davidson on school lunches
Former Minister of Broadcasting Willie Jackson speaks to Mihingarangi about the state of the media landscape following the demise of Newshub. Then, Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson reacts to the… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 2: Protester Turned Politician, a Waitangi Interview with Shane Jones
In a candid interview on the eve of Waitangi Day, NZ First Minister Shane Jones discusses the recent criticism of his party by Māori, why he thinks it's time to review the Waitangi Tribunal, and… Video, Audio
Mata Season 2 | Episode 1: David Seymour at Waitangi
In a fiery interview recorded at Waitangi, ACT leader David Seymour talks to Mihi about his views on Te Tiriti, Tino Rangatiratanga, and Te Ture Whenua Māori. Video, Audio
Mata Reports: Episode 5 - Trick or Treaty
The fate of the Treaty of Waitangi is teetering on the brink of a popular vote, as the new coalition government pledges to introduce a Treaty Principles Bill, potentially triggering a referendum. Video, Audio
Episode 27: Mata Reports 4: Aorangi Awarua
Launched in 2018, the Māori Carbon Collective was promoted as an indigenous approach to carbon farming, enabling iwi to prosper from the Emissions Trading Scheme while helping to tackle climate… Video, Audio
Episode 26: Mahuta on Gaza, Henare and Halbert on Aotearoa - November 14th - Mata
In her first interview since the election, former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nanaia Mahuta speaks about the latest in Gaza. Then former Labour MP for Northcote Shanan Halbert and former… Video, Audio