Te Ao Māori
News and perspectives for and about tangata whenua in Aotearoa
Eyes on targeted Māori funding in Wellbeing Budget
Maori communities are calling for targeted funding to improve their lives and for more support for the flagship Maori policy Whanau Ora. The government has signalled this week's Budget aims to lift… Audio
Māori Farming - a part of whanau life
The next time you eat at McDonald's, your burger meat may have come from Whangara Farms. As a supplier of the fast food restaurant, Chairperson of Whangara Farms, Ingrid Collins says it was a big coup… Audio
Te waonui for week ending Friday 24 May 2019
An urgent inquiry into the right for prisoners to vote, a new Maori judge for the district and family courts and new funding to help whanau Maori develop their freehold land. Audio
Mana of Moana returned back to Ngāti Porou hapū
It was a moment in Parliament 16 years in the making...
The waiata celebrated the passage into law of a landmark bill that gives Ngāti Porou greater rights to marine and coastal resources.
It is the… Audio
'It impacts on Maori far more than other inmates'
The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the ban on prisoners voting is underpinned by racism and disproportionately impacts on Maori. Audio
Influence: Sir Hekenukumai Busby
Hundreds farewelled Sir Hekenukumai Busby at his tangihanga (funeral) held on his marae in Pukepoto. Known to many as Hek - he was instrumental in the resurgence of wayfinding. He built waka hourua or… Audio
Ignorance about te ao Māori is regrettable, but wilful ignorance is much worse – Dame Anne Salmond
At the 2018 Word Christchurch writers' festival, Dame Anne Salmond discusses with Eruera Tarena how her life has led to her most recent book Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds. Audio
Te Waonui for week ending 17 May 2019
Coming up on Te Waonui - Te Ao Māori loses another great leader, a review finds Māori media get less money than mainstream and a campaign to end family violence is launched. Audio
Council backs iwi to hand-pick candidates
Otago Regional Council is backing a controversial measure which will allow Ngai Tahu to hand-pick two candidates to sit on the council's policy committee. Video, Audio
Sir Hekenukumai Busby laid to rest
Thousands of people have gathered in the Far North to farewell master waka builder and navigator Sir Hekenukumai Busby. Video, Audio
Sir Hekenukumai Busby farewelled by thousands
More than two thousand people are expected to arrive in the small settlement of Pukepoto for the final farewell to master navigator and carver Sir Hekenukumai Busby. He died on Saturday at the age of… Audio
Influence: Te Wharehuia Milroy
Te Ahi Kaa pays tribute to Maori language exemplar, Te Wharehuia Milroy who passed away earlier this week. Milroy was professor of Maori at the University of Waikato, a trustee of the Kohanga Reo… Audio
Indigenous rights activists boycott Captain Cook commemoration
Indigenous Rights advocates are describing Captain Cook as a white supremacist who invaded Aotearoa and they're calling for a boycott of 250th commemorations this year. RNZ Maori News correspondent… Audio
Te Ara Whatu responds to Zero Carbon Bill announcement
Te Ara Whatu is a group of young Maori and Pasifika who attended the UN Climate Change Summit in Poland last year and continue to push the kaupapa. Its convener, India Logan-Riley, spoke to our… Audio
Judges ordered publicly-funded cultural reports 'in error'
District and High Court judges ordered special reports on the backgrounds of mainly Maori and Pacifica offenders apparently unaware the law didn't allow them to. Information obtained by RNZ under the… Audio
Influence: Dr Sandy Adsett
Dr Sandy Adsett has spent fifty years working in Māori visual Arts, he began his career as an arts advisor in the 1960's where he visited regions implementing the 'Māori Arts in Schools" programme. In… Audio
Te Waonui for Friday 3 May 2019
The first Māori Supreme Court Judge has been appointed, politicians' Maori identy is called into question and a northland hapu want their own treaty settlement. Audio
Controversial statue of Captain Cook to be moved
A controversial statue of Captain James Cook in Gisborne is being moved to the local museum.
Being Māori enough
A spat has broken out between the Labour MP Willie Jackson and National's Paula Bennett. In Parliament, Mr Jackson pretty much said that Mrs Bennett isn't Māori enough. He said she doesn't know if… Audio
Guyon Espiner's poroporoaki - a farewell
After five years, Guyon Espiner says mā te wā to Morning Report. Audio
