Te Ao Māori

RNZ's Te Manu Korihi team looks back at the moments that shook te ao Māori in 2024.

RNZ's Te Manu Korihi team looks back at the moments that shook te ao Māori in 2024.

A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom.

In Christmas messages, three archbishops for Aotearoa and Polynesia say people find hope in standing up for justice and what is right, while leaders in other denominations have also shared thoughts.

The pou whenua - carved posts marking out boundaries or places of significance to Māori - were at Medlands Beach, close to Bark Bay, and at Marahau.

A Whangārei hapū is describing an Environment Court decision to quash consents for a housing development on significant land as "the best Christmas present ever".

"This is not about ticking a box per se, this is about a bigger sort of commitment that we have to te reo Māori."

Sessions to help Taranaki whānau have their say on the Treaty bill moving through Parliament are being fine-tuned to help address future legislation affecting Māori rights and interests.

The placards seen at the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti conveyed "huge kōrero with immediacy", expert says: "People know the power of the word."

Support from the community will see 20 loaves of Vonz Kaukau's bread added to an Upper Hutt foodbank ahead of Christmas.

"As heated as it may get, we have to keep up those conversations and not stop talking with each other," Pita Tipene told Morning Report. Audio

"There's no point in speaking to ears that will not listen to, minds that will not change," Eru Kapa-Kingi says.

Chris Penk has said no to the change after it received backing from the council and local iwi.

Students off to study next year are advised to get vaccinated against meningococcal disease.

The sale marks a "momentous moment" for West Coast hapū Ngāti Māhaki.

The Waitangi National Trust chair hopes Christopher Luxon makes his way to the Treaty grounds for the annual commemorations.