Pita Tipene
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 7 February 2025
On today's episode, Waitangi National Trust chairperson Pita Tipene spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss, Winston Peters spoke with Corin regarding concerns about the Island nation's transparency as an agreement… Audio
Waitangi Trust chair on this year’s celebration
Waitangi National Trust chairperson Pita Tipene spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss, Audio
Pita Tipene
The Waitangi National Trust Board chair Pita Tipene speaks at Waitangi. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Monday 3 February 2025
On today's episode, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States - a move which marks the beginning of a trade war between the neighbouring… Audio
Waitangi National Trust Chair on Waitangi Day preparations
Preparations are well underway for Waitangi Day celebrations. Hundreds of people made their way to the iconic Te Tii Marae on Monday morning for a dawn ceremony unveiling a refurbished wharenui… Audio
Waitangi snub
The Prime Minister won't be attending the events at Waitangi on Waitangi Day. Pita Tipene, the chair of the Waitangi National Trust speaks to Mihi about the snub. Audio
Waitangi National Trust on Luxon not attending Waitangi Day
The Waitangi National Trust chair says the government is missing an opportunity to build nationhood after the prime minister said he won't be attending Waitangi commemorations next year. Waitangi… Audio
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith to meet with Ngāpuhi for first time
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith is set to meet formally with Ngāpuhi hapū for the first time, amid ongoing work to find a mutually acceptable configuration of the hapū for Treaty… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 16 August 2024
On today's episode, the consumer watchdog says the grocery commissioner has failed to address supermarkets' pricing discrepancies, instead leaving it up to shoppers to police, the Disability Rights… Audio
Waitangi Tribunal says govt should abandon Treaty Prin Bill
The Tribunal released its interim report on Friday on the Bill and a proposed review of Treaty Clauses put forward by New Zealand First. Iwi leader and is a claimant on this kaupapa Pita Tipene spoke… Audio
The crowds, politics and culture of Waitangi Day
Mapuna takes a look back at this year's Waitangi Day commemorations as tens of thousands of people packed into the treaty grounds. Julian Wilcox and the rest of the RNZ team were there every step of… Audio
Pita Tipene on annual Waitangi commemorations
Māori leaders are promising a united front as they prepare to greet members of the coalition government at Waitangi Monday morning.
National, ACT and New Zealand First are set to arrive at the Treaty… Audio
Seymour anticipates Waitangi events will be 'more tense' this year
ACT leader David Seymour says Waitangi commemorations will be "more tense" than usual this year.
Seymour is the architect of the Treaty Principles Bill that proposes to rewrite the treaty principles… Audio
Protests raise questions about next year's Waitangi day
If today's protests over the new government's policies on co-governance and the Treaty are anything to go by, next year's Waitangi Day celebrations could be a heated affair. Prime Minister Christopher… Video, Audio
Leaders on Waitangi commemorations
Chair of the Waitangi national trust, Pita Tipene, and the chair of Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngati Kahu, Dr Margaret Mutu, spoke to Corin Dann about this year's commemorations. Audio
Northland preparing for Waitangi commemorations after weather disruptions
As things start ramping up in the North with Waitangi commemorations soon underway - dozens gathered at a significant, but nationally less known site to remember a key battle in the New Zealand wars.
…Respects paid for Queen on Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Well-wishers on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi have been paying their respects to the Queen in the shadow of the same Pohutukawa tree Elizabeth planted on site almost 70 years ago. Hundreds of… Audio
Pita Tipene reflects on the Queen's relationship with Waitangi
Over the years Queen Elizabeth's relationship with Māori has been both a focus of debate and protest, but also celebration and reflection. The Queen heard the call of the karanga - and haka pohiri in… Audio
Resources for claimants to the Waitangi Tribunal
How bad is the resourcing gap between the Crown and claimants before the Waitangi Tribunal? This week some of the Tribunal's hearings focused on the organisation itself and the difficulties some Maori… Audio
Waitangi day, but not as we know it
The covid pandemic has seen significant events around the world rescheduled or cancelled. Here in Aotearoa has been no different. Covid has effected one of the most important days in our nation's… Audio
