Te Ao Maori

A multi-million dollar marae makeover is breathing new life into one of Taranaki's most celebrated pā sites.

Two whare - one of them more than 100 years old - have been lovingly restored in phase one… Audio

A huge slip along the mothballed rail line between Gisborne and Wairoa has destroyed sacred Māori whenua and dashed hopes of the railway being reinstated.

The slip has come after recent flooding, and… Audio

Māori Radio - The Set Up is episode two of a four-part series that celebrates Aotearoa On Air - 100 Years of Radio.
Hemana Waaka seized an opportunity to assist iwi radio during the mid 1980's, Cyril… Audio

Jonny Love - local legend in the small community of Whāngārā - tells us about his change of heart to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Audio

Justine Murray explores the history of Māori radio in the four-part series Aotearoa On Air. In episode one, we hear about the pioneering radio station Te Upoko o Te Ika, which played an integral role… Audio

The names of soldiers in the Māori Battalion from Tairawhiti will be flown across their skies this Saturday as part of a vaccination drive.

Organisers are asking the community to do their bit in the… Audio

Māori leaders are calling for an investigation into the government's pandemic response, which they say, is prejudiced against tangata whenua.

The Māori Council and other senior leaders have filed an… Audio

Te Pāti Māori has taken issue with the way the government is approaching vaccine mandates.

Its Covid-19 response policy calls for the government mandates to be scrapped for everyone except frontline… Audio

An Auckland Maori health provider is being run off its feet due to the number of Covid-19 patients and their contacts who are isolating at home. 50 people a day are currently testing positive at… Audio

The National Party wants the Health Minister to intervene to allow the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency access to information about unvaccinated Māori.

The agency is going back to court to get data… Audio

'Aunty power' is about to be deployed in Kawerau, as the town looks to drive up vaccination rates.

Only 53 percent of the Bay of Plenty town is fully vaccinated. And after what's been described as a… Video, Audio

Whānau Ora wants the High Court to decide who wins in the battle with the Ministry of Health over information about unvaccinated Māori.

It has filed fresh legal papers after the Director General of… Video, Audio

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is going back to court to try to get the Health Ministry to share data about unvaccinated Māori.

The Commissioning Agency has had its request for the information… Audio

A Northland Iwi leader says people are fed up with the region being targetted by anti-vax protesters, who yesterday disrupted the flow of freight and the vaccination effort. A police officer was… Audio

While the Ministry of Education works on a new curriculum to teach Aotearoa's history in schools, the fight is on for what that taught history should be. Dr Richard Shaw is a Professor of Politics at… Audio, Gallery

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency isn't ruling out further legal action in its bid to get hold of individual Māori vaccine data.

It's again had its request rejected by the health ministry, a… Audio