Te Ao Maori

Te Pāti Māori has given the government a scathing review of it's sixth Wellbeing Budget, claiming that the wellbeing of Maori has never been worse off. Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says it serves… Audio

Haka was given a financial boost in the budget. The biennial Kapa Haka Festival, Te Matatini received its biggest increase in funding since it first started 50 years ago. It is a part of the… Audio

Te Tairawhiti iwi Ngati Porou are demanding urgent action to address the slash left over from forestry operations in the region. The iwi says it can no longer tolerate unsustainable practices that… Audio

Rāhui Pōkeka is the original name of Huntly and it's based on the story of a rangatira who placed a rāhui on the rivers in order to replenish the tuna. Audio

Te Pāti Māori has risen in popularity in new political polling, suggesting they could play kingmaker this election.

The party has almost doubled in points from 1.8 percent to 3.5 percent in the… Audio

Māori academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith tells Kathryn Ryan she often cried while writing her new series of therapeutic storybooks for kids. Audio

A new report has found 50,000 women had their mammograms delayed by Covid and that the system fails Māori and Pacific women.

Breast Cancer Foundation chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner says the findings… Audio

A new report has found 50,000 women nationwide have had their breast screening delayed.

And it says the system is racist because of the worse rates for Maori and Pacific women.

It makes 26… Audio

Timaru is a small town in South Canterbury which has two lesser-known names - Te Maru and Te Tihi o Maru. Justine Murray finds out more.  Audio

Today, May 10, is the last day for kura kaupapa Māori to lay out their grievances before the Waitangi Tribunal.

The second week of hearings into alleged inequities in the education system has been… Audio

Later today 25 kiwi will be released into the wild on the outskirts of Wellington as part of a conservation campaign by Capital Kiwi Project and Save the Kiwi.

Earlier this morning they were welcomed… Audio

Tuariki Delamere was a cabinet minister in the New Zealand First-National coalition government in 1998 when he resigned from New Zealand First. What's his view of Meka Whaitiri's defection from Labour… Audio

Te Pati Māori is questioning whether the High Commissioner to the UK's lack of recognition for the Kiingitanga was a simple faux pas.

The High Commissioner to the UK, Phil Goff, offended Kiingi… Audio

Badly paid kaiako at kōhanga reo say their 35 percent wage hike is long overdue but the sector is still not getting the support it needs. The average pay for a teacher fluent in Te Reo Māori will rise… Audio