Te Ao Maori
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 11 December 2020
Ngati Awa are helping the community heal a year on from the Whakaari eruption, a Human Rights Commission report finds wahine Maori make up the overwhelming majority of those being put in segregation… Audio
Meet the new MPs: Te Pāti Māori
There are 42 new MPs in Parliament. They each give an introductory speech. We’re collecting them for you. Here are the new MPs from Te Pāti Māori. Video
Whakaari: Song composed for anniversary
Whakatane-based singer Maisey Rika came in to RNZ with singers, Te Rina and Erica Ransfield to perform and talk about the song, Te Puketapu ki Paepaeaotea, which she composed at the time of the… Audio
A Place Where I Feel My Most Authentic Self
June Northcroft Grant talks about her career as an artist inspired by her ancestor Makareti Papakura in this sit down chat with Te Ahi Kaa. Audio
Te reo poetry film wins a major Irish award
A te reo Maori poetry film has won top prize at an international competition in Ireland. "Noho Mai" was a collaborative effort by the co-directors, writer Peta-Maria Tunui and audiovisual creative… Audio, Gallery
Major exhibition of contemporary Maori art
It's almost 20 years since the last significant survey show of contemporary Maori art. But Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki has taken up the challenge to represent 70 years of work from the 1950s… Audio, Gallery
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 4 December 2020
News company Stuff makes an historic apology for how it has portrayed MÄori over the last 160 years... Research finds Māori and Pasifika female academics are paid nearly 8000 less a year than… Audio
Māori All Blacks, Moana Pasifika prepare for one-off match
The Māori All Blacks play their only game of the year tomorrow night, when they play a Moana Pasifika 15 in Kirikiriroa.
The one-off match is set to be a celebration of the cultures and connections… Audio
New AK Art Gallery Maori Art exhibition features 300 artworks
Tomorrow the Auckland Art Gallery opens its Biggest Art Exhibition in its 132 year history. The exhibition will feature over 300 artworks by 120 Maori Artists spanning 70 years of work throughout the… Audio
Rugby: Māori All Blacks, Moana Pasifika meet for Pōwhiri
The Māori All Blacks and Moana Pasifika team have left their training boots on the bus this afternoon for a Pōwhiri at the Tūrangawaewae Marae in Northern Waikato.
The two teams are in town ahead of… Audio
Wero and waiata in Māori Party maiden speeches at Parliament
The Māori Party is back and louder than ever. The co-leaders, supported by hundreds who travelled the length of the island to be at Parliament today, made their maiden speeches in the House this… Audio
Iwi Chairs Forum welcomes climate emergency declaration
The Iwi Chairs Forum is welcoming the announcement of a national climate emergency, but is warning it should not mask the complexity of the issue when it comes to our oceans.
Parliament yesterday… Audio
Shilo Kino, The Pōrangi Boy
Shilo Kino has written a novel for young adults, which, she hopes, their parents will read too. Journalist with TVNZ current affairs show Marae, Shilo's first book is The Pōrangi Boy, about Northland… Audio
University glass ceiling: Māori and Pacific promotions and pay
New research shows not only are MÄori and Pasifika under-represented in the New Zealand university workforce - they're also likely to be paid less and less likely to be promoted. Using New Zealand's… Audio
Maori/Pacific academics paid less, lower chances of promotion
New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Audio
The exploding health issue where treatment is lagging behind
Diabetes is a massive health issue for New Zealand and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika. So why are we so far behind when it comes to using new drugs that improve treatment? Audio
Stuff apologises for historical racist treatment of Māori
Some Māori academics are skeptical about whether one of the country's oldest media organisations - which has owned up to perpetuating racist narratives about tangata whenua - can change.
Stuff has… Audio
Stuff apologises for Māori portrayal in news
News media company Stuff is this morning making a very public apology for the way it has portrayed Māori over many years.
Through an internal investigation - Tā Mātou Pono, Our Truth - the… Audio
He Waharoa - A Māori kaupapa approach to mental health.
He Waharoa uses a Mātauranga Māori approach (understanding and knowledge) as part of their health services in Gisborne. Justine Murray joins Nick Tupara who talks about how the practice of art can… Audio
Live: Whānau Voices of Aotearoa, far from home
RNZ Concert is proud to present Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa, far from home, a beautiful performance of New Zealand Māori and Pacific songs by some of our best opera singers, live in the Royal Albert… Video, Audio