Te Ao Maori
Māori wards key to ensuring local iwi represented - Councillor
A Gisborne councillor says Māori wards are key to making sure that local iwi are represented.
A proposed change to the Local Electoral Act would remove any use of public polls to confirm the… Audio
New documentary 'New Zealand Wars: Stories of Tainui' launched about Waikato invasion
A new documentary, New Zealand Wars: Stories of Tainui launched today.
The documentary tells the story of the events leading up to the war, the motivations of the people who fought, and its impact… Audio
New Plymouth council admits it got promotion of Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibit wrong
The New Plymouth council has admitted it got it wrong, failing to fully promote the powerful Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibition at its Govett Brewster Art Gallery and Len Lye Centre.
A gallery insider… Audio
Shilo Kino and Astley Nathan go Back to Kura
Journalist and writer Shilo Kino and broadcaster Astley Nathan are two Māori millennials who are taking time off work to complete a year-long full immersion Te Reo Māori course at Te Wānanga o… Audio
Treaty recognition part of RMA overhaul
Decade-long calls for stronger recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi in planning laws are yet to be realised, but are part of the package as the government prepares for a major overhaul of the RMA.
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Māori organisations collective adivsing govt on RMA
A collective of five prominent Māori organisations is advising the government on how best to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi in the designing of new environmental laws.
Te Wai Māori, the Freshwater… Audio
Labour move to protect Māori wards 'insulting' - Bridges
The National MP Simon Bridges has railed against the Government's move to protect Māori wards, saying it's insulting to him as a Māori man.
Labour has begun rushing through legislation under urgency… Audio
Waititi to wear his 'Māori business attire' back to Parliament
The Speaker of the House has offered an olive branch to Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over his refusal to wear a tie in the debating chamber.
Trevor Mallard's office has confirmed he has… Audio
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei hikoi to High Court protesting overlapping claims
Hundreds of members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held a hīkoi this morning, frustrated at the Crown's overlapping treaty settlement claim process.
They walked along the city's waterfront to… Audio
Auckland councillor wants Tino Rangatiratanga fly on the Harbour Bridge year-round
Auckland councillor Chris Darby has called for the Tino Rangatiratanga flag to fly from the Auckland Harbour Bridge, alongside New Zealand's national flag, year-round.
The red white and black flag… Audio
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei hīkoi headed to Auckland High Court
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is leading a peaceful hīkoi to the Tāmaki Makaurau High Court.
The iwi is upset that the Crown is using land within its rohe to compensate another iwi - Hauraki-Maratūāhu - for… Audio
'One on One' with Reverend Canon Chris Huriwai
Justine Murray is in Gisborne and joins Reverend Canon Chris Huriwai of the Mihinare faith. Audio
The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award - Lisa Reihana
The pulling power of Auckland Art Gallery's current Maori contemporary art exhibition has the judges of New Zealand's first portraiture award for emerging Maori artists hoping it will also be a… Audio
A Very Different World with Ngahiraka Mason
A Very Different World is a new exhibition at Te Tuhi in Auckland promising to offer a much-needed glimmer of hope for the future, while at the same time looking at the unprecedented difficulties we… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 5 February 2021
E haere ake nei - the first Matariki public holiday is announced --- the Waitangi Tribunal's hears how Māori women have been marginalised for too long -- and speaking rights for female political… Audio
Māori not front of queue, but won't be left behind for Covid-19 vaccine - Ardern
Jacinda Ardern has told iwi leaders that Maori won't be left behind in the Government's vaccination strategy, but they're not front of the queue either.
She joined the Iwi Chairs Forum virtually from… Audio
55% of NZers haven't visited Waitangi grounds - survey
More than half of Kiwis have never been to the Waitangi Treaty grounds, a new survey reveals. Audio
Prime Minister fronts Iwi Chairs forum ahead of Waitangi
The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says Kaumatua and Māori won't necessarily be at the front of the queue in the vaccine roll-out, but they will not be left behind.
Ms Ardern made the comments while… Audio
Two hundred person haka opens waka exhibition in Waitangi
More than 200 people took part in a haka at Waitangi yesterday to open an exhibition showcasing waka and all those who have sailed aboard the Māori voyaging canoes.
He Kaupapa Waka was created to… Audio
Waitangi: 'Much to discuss' about speaking rights for female politicians - commentator
Commemorations at Waitangi have been somewhat muted by concerns over Covid-19, but most politicians still travelled north this week to mark the signing of the Treaty in 1840.
A miscommunication meant… Audio
