Jamie Tahana
Te Waonui a TMK for 3 June 2022
This week our Maori news team look at the barriers preventing Maori from building on their own land; small steps as Wai262 marches forward; concerns about just how Matariki will be marked as a… Audio
Concerns over fireworks, commercialisation of Matariki holiday
The first Matariki public holiday is less than a month away, and while, for many, excitement is building - some concern has been raised about just how it might be marked.
Matariki holds significant… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 29 May 2022
This week our Maori News team pay tribute to Joe Hawke and Aroha Rereti-Crofts, and take a look at some of the post-budget announcements for Maori. Audio
Māori health workers have high hopes for budget
Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.
Last year's Budget committed $1… Audio
Māori landowners consider legal action over ETS
Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme.
The proposals would see exotic forests no longer eligible for carbon credits.
But… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 17 April 2022
On Te Waonui this week, our Te Manu Korihi team gauge Maori reaction to the traffic light change, look at new funding for matauranga Maori projects, and the quest to reunite the whanau of hundreds of… Audio
Moana Jackson remembered at tangi
Even in death, the renowned Māori scholar Moana Jackson is challenging norms.
Thousands farewelled the man described as one of the country's leading legal minds in Hawke's Bay over the weekend.
The… Audio
Te Waonui a TMK for 3 April 2022
On te Waonui this week, we farewell two titans of Te Ao Maori who died this week; the teams ask an expert what co-governance is in the wake of politcal debates; and, what's it like to start your… Audio
Tributes pour in for leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson
Tributes are pouring in for the leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson, who has died after a lengthy illness.
He's being remembered as a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and… Audio
Abuse in Care commission challenged to drive genuine change
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission has been challenged by survivors to drive genuine change, not just another rebrand.
Today was the final day of a two-week hearing into Māori experiences of abuse.
… Audio
Iwi join together to welcome back 300-year-old waka
A special ceremony was held in central Wellington in the wee hours of this morning, to mark the return of a very special waka.
Unearthed in the banks of Te Awakairangi or the Hutt River, the waka is… Video, Audio
Royal Commission into Abuse in Care told system created hardened criminals
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission has heard that state care in the 1970s was a system that was supposed to protect children but instead created hardened criminals.
A hearing into Māori experiences… Audio
Social workers' racism amplified abuse of rangatahi in care
A royal commission has been told that racism and dismissive attitudes by social workers exacerbated the abuse experienced by tamariki Māori.
The Abuse in Care Royal Commission is holding a special… Audio
Maori in state care used as slave labour unable to go to school
Children who were in state care have described being used as slave labour instead of going to school.
Yesterday was the second day of a hearing of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry into… Audio
Royal Commission into Māori survivors of abuse in state care starts
A two-week hearing into the experiences of Māori survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care has opened in Auckland.
The hearing is part of the long-running Abuse in Care Royal Commission of… Audio
Māori education overhaul plans hit snag
Plans to overhaul Māori education have hit a significant hurdle, with full immersion schools refusing to take part.
The government is taking another step towards a revamp, which it hopes will… Audio
Waitangi day over 183 years
The way we as a nation mark Waitangi Day has itself gone through quite the transformation. Today, of course, the grounds are largely silent. But over generations, it's been a scene of carnivals and… Audio
Covid-19: Vaccine gap a problem for Māori
Māori health leaders say something needs to be done to close the vaccine gap for Māori.
Many Māori are ineligible for boosters until March - which is when the Omicron outbreak is forecast to peak.
… Audio
Rātana and Waitangi Day events cancelled
The red light setting has forced the cancellation of some of the biggest events on the Māori calendar.
The Treaty Grounds will be closed on Waitangi Day, while Rātana commemorations kicked off this… Audio
Māori health providers braced for child vaccination rollout
Māori health providers are getting ready to hit the ground running with child vaccinations, which start today.
At the end of last year, Māori were fast becoming the most affected by Delta, though… Audio
