Te Ao Maori

Kiwi kids are keeping up with learning Te Reo Maori this term through a distance learning TV channel during school hours each day on the Te Reo Channel and online. It's called Mauri Reo Mauri Ora and… Audio

There's been a surge in the rate of Māori being tested for Covid-19, but several districts are still lagging behind.

New Ministry of Health data shows Māori are being tested at a slightly higher rate… Audio

Māori academic Rawiri Taonui says it's a relief to see a surge in the rate of Māori being tested for Covid-19.

Ministry of Health figures show in April, the rate of Māori testing jumped from 16 per… Audio

A Māori technologist says a digital contact tracing system in New Zealand poses the risk of discrimination against Māori. 

PhD candidate Karaitiana Taiuru has just released a paper on indigenous… Audio

Government MPs on the Epidemic Response Committee are blaming Simon Bridges for the lack of Māori voices at the committee meetings. 

The committee whose job it is to challenge the government's… Audio

Concerns have been raised about Māori health issues not being heard at Parliaments Epidemic Response Committee. Audio

We speak to musician Moana Maniapoto, who has posted a tribute to Atareta Poananga. Audio

The leader of the occupation movement at Ihumātao is concerned if legislation is passed to fast track resource consents, significant Māori heritage sites may be destroyed. 

Cabinet has approved a new… Audio

Maori health experts and industry leaders have largely been excluded from parliament's epidemic response committee, leaving many feeling extremely frustrated and left-out. The committee is tasked with… Audio

The government plans to fast-track consents for 'shovel ready', large scale building projects, sidestepping mechanisms for the community to have a stay.

The temporary changes will speed up the… Audio

Grieving communities are feeling the strain over having to ensure funerals and tangi are restricted to 10 people only.

More than 100 people turned up to a tangi near Christchurch this week, despite… Audio

Māori communities in isolated areas are turning up in droves to be tested for Covid-19.

New mobile testing units are being deployed to rural areas and to whānau homes, and clinics are being set up at… Audio

An iwi roadblock north of Whangārei remains in place under level three, with volunteers reporting huge increases in traffic.

As questions remain over the legality of such checkpoints, some drivers… Video, Audio

The Kōhanga Reo National trust is reassuring parents their tamariki aren't missing out, after parents complained that kōhanga reo students received fewer resources for home learning than children at… Audio

Māori health services are concerned that the number of Māori with chronic health conditions contacting their GPs has dropped off since the lockdown. 

They say mixed messaging about whether patients… Audio

Former broadcaster, author and educator Dr Haare Williams provides an insight into the practices of Māori culture, he argues that women should take up speaking rites on the marae, normally reserved… Audio

Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf was killed in action in Crete 1941, two of his descendants talk about his extraordinary service in both World War I and World War II. Dr Monty Soutar's book about the… Audio, Gallery

Taranaki iwi are worried that going into Level 3 could be devastating for local Maori and it's going to set up checkpoints around the region.

Iwi leaders say not enough Maori have been tested for… Audio