Te Aniwa Hurihanganui
Dawn service opens new museum at Waitangi
With karakia and crying a new museum commemorating Maori commitment to New Zealand in times of war has opened at Waitangi.
Built with money from the Provincial Growth Fund, its starting point dates… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 31 January 2020
Shane Jones is criticised for calling Ihumatao Protest leader a young putiputi - meaning young flower, Ngati Porou call on the government to help stop its descendants from going into state care, and… Audio
Māori babies more likely to end up in state care - report
A man whose mokopuna was taken by Oranga Tamariki in 2017 says new figures showing the continued disparity of Māori taken into state care is the last straw, and the ministry must go.
The Children's… Audio
Students loving wananga set up to protect Ngapuhi dialect
A week-long wananga aiming to protect the unique Ngapuhi mita or dialect will come to an end today. Te Taumata Wananga reo, which began on Sunday, has seen some of Te Tai Tokerau's most reknown te reo… Audio
Insight Summer Highlights 2019
Insight - Summer listening. A few of your favourite Insight programmes from 2019 including; the loss of identity suffered by Maori adopted into Pakeha families, the flogging-off of race tracks to save… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 20 December 2019
The Crown pardons Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana one hundred years after his unlawful conviction --- the government allocates radio spectrum to Maori --- and the Waitangi Tribunal releases a scathing report… Audio
Waitangi Tribunal's scathing report on Crown's Pare Hauraki deal
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing report on how the Crown dealt with iwi opposed to the Pare Hauraki treaty settlement, saying it not only trampled on their mana but created fresh… Video, Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 13 December 2019
Coming up on Te Waonui - The tragedy at Te Puia o Whakaari grips the nation - how iwi played a key role as the event unfolded -- The government is urged to allow Maori to find their own solutions to… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 6 December 2019
Ngāpuhi leaders are doubtful the Crown's renewed effort to get its treaty settlement back on track will work, A Māori-led protest group in Kaikōura is threatening to occupy land to stop a walking and… Audio
Ngāpuhi leaders furious at few days' notice before Crown hui
Many Ngāpuhi leaders are doubtful the Crown's renewed effort to get its Treaty settlement back on track will work, and are furious they've been given just days notice before an open hui about a way… Video, Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 29 November 2019
The dispute over the felling of trees on Owairaka Maunga reaches boiling point at a public hui in Auckland, a special character school in Christchurch is backing its unique kaupapa-Maori learning… Audio
Waitangi Tribunal urged to widen Oranga Tamariki inquiry
The Waitangi Tribunal has been urged to broaden the scope of its urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki to also look into the practices of DHBs and the police.
It is the fifth inquiry to arise following… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 22 November 2019
Sources tell RNZ the Crown is considering loaning money to Auckland Council to buy the disputed land at Ihumatao, Far north iwi welcome royalty to Waitangi, and tributes flow for actress Nancy… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 15 November 2019
Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending, Māori education leaders are disappointed there won't be mandatory mana whenua… Audio
Police strategy aims to reduce Māori re-offending by 25 percent
The Police have set an ambitious new goal to reduce the rate of re-offending among Māori by 25 percent in the next five years.
It's one of many targets set out in their new Māori strategy - Te… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 1 November 2019
The Royal Commission hears from a former child of the state, who details his whanau's forced separation from Maori culture over generations, the head of the Maori-led inquiry into Oranga Tamariki says… Audio
Little support for Māori entering health workforce - nurse
Whangarei mental health nurse, Philippa Burton, has won a $127,000 Health Research Council Scholarship, to improve Māori recruitment and retention into nursing.
In 40 years the Māori nursing… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 25 October 2019
Coming up on Te Waonui - A landmark bill to reconcile the relationship between the crown and Parihaka reaches its final reading ---- a spate of violent deaths of Maori women sparks outrage in… Audio
Ihumātao occupiers shut out of talks, no word from govt
Occupiers of the disputed land at Ihumātao have been shut out of talks with the government about finding a resolution, saying they haven't had any direct contact with ministers in over a month.
The… Video, Audio
Ngapuhi looks for new leader after Tau resignation
People in the Far North are now looking for a new face to lead the country's biggest iwi Ngapuhi, after the unexpected resignation of the runanga chair, Sonny Tau. While the details of his departure… Audio
