Te Ao Māori

Te Reo warrior Sonny Ngatai talks to The Panel about the most mispronounced Māori place names in Aotearoa and his mission to make sure it stops. Audio

Journalist Aaron Smale is calling for government departments to "stop colonising the Māori language".  Audio

Community leaders in Te Tai Tokerau say the majority of people in the region are taking Covid-19 seriously, despite a tide of conspiracy theories, including rumours that the virus is about as harmful… Audio

A Far North District Councillor plans to speak only in Te Reo Māori at this month's council meeting.

It's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori at the moment, and also Mahuru Maori - Maori language month.

Moko… Audio

More than a million New Zealanders took up the challenge of using te reo Māori for the first ever national Māori language moment.

With Covid-19 restrictions putting a stop to the annual Māori… Audio

Jesse speaks to RNZ's Shannon Haunui-Thompson about Te Wiki o te reo Māori and 'Māori Language Moment'. Audio

E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona tangata e korero ana, e waiata ana, e whakanui ana hoki i te reo - i te wa kotahi, i tetahi wa tuku reo Maori kaore ano kia kite - i te… Audio

Māori Language Week organisers are hoping they can get a million New Zealanders speaking te reo Māori at midday today. 

In light of restrictions to limit the spread of Mate Korona, there'll be no… Audio

Otago University bosses are accused of misleading critics of its proposal to cap medical school admissions through preferential pathways for Māori and other priority groups.

A University staffer says… Audio

On this day in 1972, 30-thousand signatures were delivered to Parliament by the group Nga Tamatoa calling for te reo Maori to be taught in schools. It was a defining moment for Aotearoa and it sparked… Audio

Trainee Doctor Emma Espiner recalls the work she and her colleagues undertook during the first Covid-19 lock down in March this year. Te Ahi Kaa features the final episode of the podcast  'Getting… Audio

It's been called the Covid election—delayed, with the country making radical changes and adjusting our tikanga on the fly to keep our whānau safe—so how will the pandemic impact the vote? Audio

The Alexander Turnbull Library's 100th birthday celebrations may have been scuttled by Covid-19, but the treasure trove of New Zealand archives still gets to mark this milestone. An exhibition of… Audio, Gallery

A missing father, a mysterious cassette tape and a clutch of memories inspired Troy Kingi’s new album The Ghost of Freddie Cesar, which tries to make sense of his Dad's disappearance. Video, Audio

A prominent medical organisation has called a proposal by Otago University to impose caps on special medical school admissions for Māori and Pasifika "deeply disturbing".

The Royal Australasian… Audio

Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Audio

Political battle lines have been drawn. Former MP Tau Henare and political commentator Shane Te Pou have dug in for the campaign. Listen to the trailer and subscribe now! Audio

Where does all that treaty settlement money go? We look at how one iwi is using it to lift the health and welfare of its people.  Audio