Taonga
The places where bilingual is the norm
While New Zealand debates the merits of bilingual signage, Wales and Ireland have been using it for decades. Audio
The places where bilingual is the norm
While New Zealand debates the merits of bilingual signage, Wales and Ireland have been using it for decades.
AudioThe Week in Detail: India, mānuka and 'greedflation'
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: India, mānuka and 'greedflation'
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioMānuka: The buzz that a word makes
The Australians have beaten us again - this time, in the long-running fight over mānuka honey. Audio
Mānuka: The buzz that a word makes
The Australians have beaten us again - this time, in the long-running fight over mānuka honey.
AudioThe tale of the Motunui epa
In the 1970s striking carved panels were found in Taranaki while ditches were being dug. They disappeared from the area, and were discovered when art collector George Ortiz in Geneva decided to sell… Audio
Chief's cloak repatriated from the UK after 130 years
A cloak believed to have belonged to the celebrated chief Rewi Maniapoto is back in Aotearoa, after 130 years. Audio
Dame Anne Salmond: artefacts at the heart of history
Presented by Dame Professor Anne Salmond, TV series Artefact focuses on objects and taonga at the heart of historical dramas. These treasures range from physical items to places or living things. And… Audio
Is enough being done to protect our fresh water taonga?
They're the clearest springs in the country, but could protections for them be undermined by a proposed freshwater plan change? Lynn Freeman examines what the Tasman District has in mind, and what it… Audio
Taonga returns to te Tairāwhiti after 250 years
After a 10-year long battle, a collection of taonga left on board Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour will be returned, on loan, to the Tairāwhiti region after 250 years.
The taonga, which include… Video, Audio
Maori taonga around the world
The producers of the new Dame Anne Salmond hosted Maori TV series Artefact were offered unprecedented access to collections and taonga here and overseas. Audio
Museum staff in Niue are working to restore its treasures
Museum staff in Niue are working to restore the island's treasures before parts of Niue history and knowledge are lost. Audio
Significant bronze Maori storehouse destined for UN
The gift of a massive bronze Maori storehouse from New Zealand to the United Nations is one step closer after being unveiled at Te Puia earlier this week. At almost four metres high and weighing… Audio, Gallery
Whanau wants 65 stolen taonga back
A Hawke's Bay whanau that had 65 of its taonga stolen while they were supposedly safe in a bank vault wants answers. Audio
London Māori called to identify Captain Cook's souvenirs
A British museum hopes a group of London-based Māori can resolve a mystery around artefacts brought back to England by Captain James Cook.
Cultural trust broadens scope
A trust fund set up to provide Māori with the skills to look after taonga has widened its scope due to a growing interest in Te Māori Exhibition and taonga.
Question raised over Hundertwasser's nose bone flute
Austrian artist Friedrich Hundertwasser who made his home in Northland is best remembered in this country for his koru flag and the colourful public toilet block in Kawakawa. Audio
Precious taonga on display for the first time
To coincide with the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, taonga steeped in the history of the agreement have been put on public display at Te Papa for the first time. Audio
I am the river, the river is me
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio
