Te Ao Māori

Two refugees from Afghanistan have taken out the top spots at the annual showcase of Māori artwork with their mahi whakairo - or carvings.

Mahdi, 18, and 17-year-old Ali Abed Hussaini moved here in… Audio

Businesess that want to tap into Māori culture are being told to consult with iwi advisors first.

This after Firth Concrete, a Fletcher Building company, commissioned a Māori and Pasifika design for… Audio

A New Plymouth nurse who made several public posts on social media calling Māori nurses "fat and lazy" has had her registration cancelled for the next two years.

A disciplinary tribunal considered… Audio

The Ministry of Education is confident there are enough reo and tikanga experts to start rolling out a programme to train teachers in the language, so that they can teach it to children.

Te Ahu o te… Audio

The National Urban Māori Authority is calling for a 'Mokopuna Authority' to replace Oranga Tamariki.

They say the government needs to relinquish power and allow Māori to do what it knows works for… Audio

The Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi - donning his cowboy hat and a giant pounamu necklace - touched down at parliament today for the first time since winning the Waiariki electorate.

He narrowly beat… Audio

Tūwharetoa has officially taken over all water quality monitoring in the Taupō catchment from the Waikato Regional Council.

It marks the first time a local government has handed some function to… Audio

Iwi and hapū in Hawke's Bay fear a new plan to sort out water flowing through the region's rivers will do nothing to address what they say is the abuse, neglect and greed of the region's water… Audio

Ngāpuhi protestors occupying private land in the Bay of Islands town of Opua say they're prepared to stand in front of bulldozers to stop a housing development. 

A group of 20 people have been… Audio

Luke Moss is a clothing designer from Te Kuiti who makes clothes centred around Māori identity. He grew up hating being Māori, but connected with his culture after learning te reo. Video

Jessie Smith is the world junior BMX champion based in Cambridge, Waikato.  She aims to become the fastest Māori on a bike, a goal she is not that far from achieving.  Video

Saturday's election saw a big jump in the number of Maori MPs who will enter Parliament this term. And in the Waiariki electorate, Rawiri Waititi looks on track to secure the seat for the Maori Party… Audio

Do you choose to use an English name instead of putting up with mispronunciation of your Māori name? On episode four of the talk series Urupounamu the hosts find out that quite a few people do just… Audio

Shane Te Pou and Tau Henare, join Mihi Forbes to give us some great Māori political insights in the run-up to the election. Finally, we're here! What are their final predictions? Audio

It's been a slow and fraught process, dragged out over 30 years, but the Maori community in the Auckland suburb of Te Atatu are one step closer to having a marae in their neighbourhood.

For decades… Audio

Is there a magic number to suggest that a young person is mature enough to vote? In this week's kōrero session the hosts talk about the issue to lower the voting age to 16. Some students from a local… Audio

In the week before voting closes, Party People looks at Māori candidates not standing in the seven Māori seats. Of the clever and competent Māori candidates, who will end up with a ticket to Pōneke? Audio

Justice advocates fear changes to help reduce Māori incarceration rates have lost momentum.

Currently Māori make up more than half of the prison population - and nearly half of those released from… Audio

The first Assistant Māori Commissioner for Children has been appointed.

Glenis Philip-Barbara, no Ngāti Porou me Ngati Uepōhatu, says the role acknowledges Te Tiriti in practice and is committed to… Audio

Aotearoa’s godfather of hip hop Darryl Thomson, aka DLT, and long-time Māori composer, the late Te Taite Cooper will receive the Iconic Award, which recognise those who’ve made a significant… Video