Te Ao Maori

Fewer than a third of the country's prisons provide intensive Māori focused rehabilitation. That's despite Māori making up more than half of the country's prison population. But former prisoners told… Audio

Historian Rachel Buchanan and Māori leader Mahara Okeroa talk with Maria Bargh about the 1881 invasion of Parihaka and the implications of Taranaki land confiscations today. Audio

Gabrielle Baker is a Maori health expert and advocate for a pro-equity, anti-racist health system. She is a former public servant who now works as a consultant with a range of health sector agencies… Audio

Wellington hip-hop pioneers Upper Hutt Posse have just been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Members Darryl Thomson aka, DLT and Bennett Pomana, aka MC B-Ware, joined us to reminisce and select songs… Video, Audio

A Serco prison officer is being labelled rude and anti-Maori for refusing to take his shoes off when he escorted an inmate on to an Auckland marae for the tangi of Herbs musician Tama Renata. The… Audio

A spokesperson for survivors of abuse in faith-based institutions says extending the inquiry scope will strengthen voices not diminish them. Some Māori abused in state care say they will be silenced… Audio

Māori abused in state care say they will be silenced in the government inquiry now it's to include abuse by the churches. The Royal Commission will be expanded to include faith-based institutions as… Audio

RNZ Music is proud to premiere the video for 'He Iti', from one of Aotearoa's brightest young Māori singers, Kaaterama. 'He Iti' is the first single from Kaaterama's debut EP Shine Your Light, which… Video

A youth employment programme in Auckland which uses Māori and Pasifika values to build future leaders has produced its latest batch of graduates. Fletcher Buildings Connect programme aims to give… Audio

Thousands of Morehu (Rātana followers) descended upon Rātana Pa on November 8th, to commemorate one hundred years of the Maramatanga – when, in 1918, Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana received the divine… Video, Audio

Shine Your Light is the literal translation of Kia Kaaterama Pou’s name. It’s also the title of her debut EP, which is out today to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Rātana movement. Video, Audio

Kīwaha/Give it a go! A chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Maori that you can use in your everyday conversations. Produced by Shannon Haunui-Thompson and Guyon Espiner. Audio

The Māori religion Rātana has flourished for the last century, and has over 40,000 followers. Now, its adherents are looking at how they can keep the faith growing. Meriana Johnsen was at Rātana to… Audio

Iwi leaders, politicians and thousands of Ratana church followers have arrived at the pa near Whanganui to celebrate 100 years of the faith. RNZ Maori News Correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan… Video, Audio

The story of Horatio Robley continues... How did a man once dubbed a "predator of culture" for his collection of Maori heads become better known as a "friend of the Maori"? Audio

One hundred and thirty-seven years ago, on 5 November 1881, a Māori settlement in the small Taranaki township of Parihaka was ransacked by colonial troops. Dr Rachel Buchanan says the writing of her… Audio

In her 2017 essay We’re All Māori Now, writer Emma Espiner explored why Pākehā need to understand and embrace tikanga Māori (Māori customs). She joins fellow writers Māmari Stephens and Morgan Godfery… Audio

A major review of Māori broadcasting has been announced by the government against a backdrop of growing problems. Jobs are set to go at Māori Television in what’s been billed as a “strategic refresh”… Video, Audio