Te Ao Māori

Ko Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori - it's Māori language week, and while many people are being encouraged to give te reo Māori a go for the first time, the language is just a normal part of life in one Kapiti… Audio

The double hulled waka or voyaging canoe Tairawhiti is described by its builder as a 'floating classroom'. Te Aturangi Nepia Clamp is determined to teach students and visitors about the history of… Audio

Māori leaders say the government's latest freshwater plans don't go far enough and fail to deal with the pressing issue of Māori water rights. The Action Plan for Healthy Waterways aims to restore… Audio

An angry whanau says a contestant on The Block defaced a portrait of their kuia and they're calling for a formal apology. Turangi couple Mikaere and Sophia Gardiner, who have been renovating the… Audio

A Māori man has been turned away from a Melbourne restaurant because of his full-faced moko.

Touch rugby coach Gary Harding, from Ngāti Porou, booked a table at Village Belle for a thank you dinner… Audio

Māori midwives say a workforce strategy is desperately needed as the number of midwives fails to keep up with rising Māori birth rates. There has been no Māori midwifery recruitment strategy for the… Audio

With the World Cup in Japan fast approaching, the New Zealand Rugby Union has sent a clear message to its sponsors to treat the haka Ka Mate with respect and acknowledge the iwi who created it. In… Audio

Māori who work to protect freshwater are hoping the government's new policy statement on freshwater - due out today - will endorse Māori having authority as kaitiaki. They've been meeting in Whangarei… Audio

Over the past 20 years nearly two and a half billion dollars ($2.5b) has been paid by the Crown to settle historical claims under the Treaty of Waitangi.

The claims by Maori mainly centre on… Audio

James Nokise invites broadcasters Stacey and Scotty Morrison, comedian Courtney Dawson, psychologist Logan Hamley and actor Scotty Cotter for a korero about mental health and te ao Māori. Produced by… Audio

Dr Mere Whaanga is the first Māori writer to be awarded the prestigious Michael King Writer's Fellowship. The two year award provides the writer a grant of $100,000 to enable the research for their… Audio

Nearly 30 years after Maori lodged a bid for legal protection for their intellectual and cultural property rights, the Government has finally issued a formal response. Their claim to the Waitangi… Audio

'An honest politician and the most civil of servants'. That was just one of the tributes paid to Ngāti Hine elder and Waitangi organiser, Pita Paraone, who died earlier this week.

The three-term New… Video, Audio

The countdown is on for Paraone Gloyne speaking only Te Reo Māori for the month of September. The Māori language advocate started the Mahuru Māori movement five years ago to normalise the language. Audio

An iwi leaders group says Māori are tired of being told by the government that "no one owns water" or that "everyone owns water". In the wake of a new Waitangi Tribunal report, the Freshwater Iwi… Audio

Ngai Tahu says the government needs to work closely with iwi to resolve the long-standing question of who should own or control fresh water. The Waitangi Tribunal has found Maori should have greater… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is slamming the Crown for letting our rivers and lakes get so polluted and for essentially blocking Māori from helping to fix the problem.

It has just released a landmark report… Audio