Te Ao Maori
Koanga/Spring: birds, fish mark the changing of the seasons
Today the 23rd of September is officially the first day of Spring. In te reo, spring is Koanga The Koanga Festival which runs from today until the 8th of October celebrates the change of season and… Audio
Crown and Ngāti Maniapoto reach $177m settlement
Cheers roared through both Parliament and Pipitea Marae in Wellington today, as the Crown and Ngāti Maniapoto reached settlement. The King Country iwi is one of the largest remaining treaty… Audio
Ngāti Maniapoto treaty settlement more than 30 years in the making
Ngāti Maniapoto members have been at Parliament this morning to witness the successful passage of a Treaty Settlement Bill more than 30 years in the making.
The King Country iwi has settled with the… Audio
Maori King pays respects to Queen
Throughout her reign, Queen Elizabeth had many meetings with Maori leaders, visiting marae and communities across the country. Among New Zealand's representatives at her funeral was the Maori King… Audio
Northland waka ama competitors sprint to success in England
Northland's Ngatiwai iwi has a proud tradition of paddling, and this pride translated into success at last month's World Sprint Championships in England. On Friday, the iwi hosted a celebration in… Audio
The Week in Detail: Pakistan, prime ministers and pepeha
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Mixtape: Hohepa 'The Hori' Thompson
Māori artist Hohepa 'The Hori' Thompson chats to Charlotte Ryan and shares six of his favourite songs. Video, Audio
Research on St Joseph's unearths diaries dating back to 1901
The launch of Malcolm Mulholland's book was held in St Joseph's school hall with students performing several waiata. A tribute was also paid to 90-year old Sister Sarah Greenlees who helped uncover… Audio
Dame Georgina Kingi
Today Mapuna features St Joseph's Maori Girls College in the Hawkes Bay which is the subject of a comprehensive new book by Malcolm Mulholland. But no story about St Joseph's can be told without… Audio
Māwai Hākona kapa haka group reflect on te reo Māori journey
A kapa haka group's remaining members are reflecting on how far te ao Māori has come - 50 years on from its time in the spotlight.
Māwai Hākona won the second ever kapa haka competition in the… Video, Audio
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei wants Auckland anniversary moved
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is calling for Aucklanders to recognise the 18th of September 1840 as the city's true founding day.
Chief Apihai Te Kawau allocated land to the Crown to establish the city 183… Audio
‘The energy colonisation put in to remove te reo from us, needs to be put back in to make it accessible to Māori’ – Dr Kiri Dell
Dr Kiri Dell from Auckland University's Business School explores what Maori and Pakeha need to consider for the journey towards revitalisation of te reo Maori to become a reality. A highlight of the… Audio
TVNZ children's show broadcasting entirely in te Reo
To acknowlege Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, Maori Langage Week, this week Brain Busters is being presented entirely in te Reo. Series producer Reuben Davidson talks to Jesse. Audio
Te wiki o te reo Maori - SciFi essentials
The reo Māori force is strong this week, during te wiki o te reo Māori.
Self-confessed nerd and sci-fi lover Green MP Te Anau Tuiono has been taking to social media to share some not so common… Audio
Tech partnership aims to translate news into te reo Maori at scale
A new partnership between a local translation software company and Microsoft aims to bring vastly more daily news in te reo Maori in print and online. Straker Translations is based in Tamaki Makaurau… Audio
Musical Chairs: Tuini Ngawai
The Ngati Porou composer Tuini Ngāwai (1910-1965) is not well-known outside the Maori world, even though many of the 300-plus songs she composed are still sung all over Aotearoa-New Zealand. The… Video, Audio
Nau Mai Town - Episode 1: Kurow
If you say it out loud, the word Kurow sounds a lot like Te Kohurau. That's because the latter is the original name of a small South Canterbury town named after a tupuna (ancestor). Audio
With or without you, we will sail in both worlds: 50 years on from Māori Language petition
It has been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered the Māori Language petition exactly 50 years ago.
Celebration, reflection on 50-year anniversary of reo Māori petition
It's been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered the Māori Language petition on this day 50 years ago.
Now, they along with others who are still fighting for the language say the… Video, Audio
The Panel with Verity Johnson and Sam Johnsons (Part Two)
Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Verity Johnson and Sam Johnson talk about encouraging more parents to do the school run by bike. They also speak to the PPTA about the Government's… Audio
