Te Ao Maori

The Wellington iwi leader Sir Ngātata Love has died, aged 81. He lead Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, and was an Emeritus Professor at both Massey University and Victoria University… Audio

Kiwaha/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

For the last three decades Upper Hutt Possehave been using their music to challenge the status quo and fight for social justice. They first made waves in 1988 when they released Aotearoa's first real… Video, Audio

Lisa Matisoo-Smith, from the University of Otago, has won the 2018 Mason Durie Medal for her work using DNA to understand the migration of people to Aotearoa. Audio

Twenty years on from the release of his debut album 2b S.Pacific, we speak to Che Fu about how getting kicked out of Supergroove lit a fire that helped him create his landmark album and become the… Audio

The winner of the annual science awards's Early Career Research Excellence Award for Humanities says he'd like to see Tikanga Māori recognised as a system of law itself. Victoria University's Dr… Audio

In 1988 Upper Hutt Posse released 'E Tū'. It was Aotearoa's first rap record. Te Kupu, the voice behind the Posse, and key members of Aotearoa's hip-hop community talk about the impact of the… Video, Audio

Māori media could be in for a major shake-up, with the government undertaking its first review in 20 years. Those at the forefront, including Māori Television and the Māori Radio Network are… Audio

Mana motuhake or self-determination for Māori health services is at the centre of a Waitangi Tribunal health inquiry which began on Monday. The Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes inquiry kicked off… Audio

A Māori Language lecturer at Victoria University has complained to police after receiving what he calls a string of racist emails. One sender told Vini Olsen-Reeder te reo Māori was an ugly language… Audio

The Treaty Negotiations Minister acknowledges there are still plenty of hapū in the Far North who are yet to be convinced that the new proposed mandate for settling a treaty claim with Ngāpuhi is the… Audio

Nearly a third of former prisoners go back to jail within their first year after release. Leigh-Marama McLachlan explores why so many Māori prisoners end up back inside. Video, Audio

Moa went extinct about 500 years ago, but researchers think there’s plenty we can still learn from it and the whakataukī - proverbs or sayings - Māori had about them. Looking to better understand how… Audio

An indigenous free-trade agreement is one of the key ideas up for discussion at the World Indigenous Business Forum in Rotorua this week. Indigenous business leaders from around the world are looking… Audio