Te Ao Maori
Tāme Iti - MANA
What is mana? Are you born with it, can you earn it and can you have it taken away? Rights activist Tāme Iti explores what mana really means in his memoir. Audio
Te Pāti Māori on their plan to change the govt and steady their waka
In an extended interview, co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discuss their plan to change the government, their priority policies, and how they will steady their waka after one of the… Video, Audio
Rāwena Recipe - Bug, Bread, Beef Stew
The team translate a recipe that's close to many Māori kitchens: how to grow a rēwena bug, bake the bread, and top if off with a simple, hearty beef stew. Audio
Northland playground designed in accordance with Māori principles
Kerikeri kids have a new place to play -- but this playground in Northland has some special extra features. It's a māra hūpara, which is a playground designed in accordance with Māori principles - and… Audio
WoW - World of Wearable Art
Tukua attends the preview night of WOW, the World of Wearable Art at its 20th year in Wellington. The theme of this year's show is Rise, and they also have an inaugural prize for the best entry… Audio
Huia Hamon on Kawakawa
The new album fuses te reo, world sounds, and electronic music, and is named after a plant known for its healing properties. Audio
Professor Atholl Anderson; history & archaeology 'chose me'.
For decades Ngai Tahu archaeologist and historian, Professor Atholl Anderson, has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific, the first arrivals of Māori in Aotearoa and… Audio
Fronting up: Te Pāti Māori
Te Pāti Māori is trying to reset - hoping to lay to rest the fractures that have recently emerged. Audio
Waitangi Tribunal turns 50
The Waitangi Tribunal turns fifty today and judges, lawyers and claimants from across the half century Tribunal history gathered in Wellington for a two day conference to reminisce on its past and… Audio
The twists and turns of Maori politics
Amid celebrations that their youngest MP made the cover of time, ructions threaten to blow Maori politics apart. Audio
David Attenborough Narration
In this episode of Whakamāori, the team take on the legendary voice of nature, Sir David Attenborough, and translate some of his most iconic narrations into te reo Māori. Audio
Te Kahureremoa Taumata on new series Tukanga
Te Kahureremoa Taumata is an artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, her work spans music, storytelling, visual art and education. She is part of a new series on Whakaata Māori called Tukanga which… Audio
Te Arawa at Oxford University for Makereti Papakura's posthumous degree
Jamie Tahana is at Oxford University to talk with members of a Te Arawa roopu who travelled there recently for the awarding of a posthumous degree to their tupuna, Makereti Papakura. She's believed to… Audio
Toitu Te Tiriti’s split with Te Pati Maori
A leader of the Toitu Te Tiriti movement, Eru Kapa-Kingi announced it was severing its ties with Te Pāti Māori. Audio
Te Pāti Māori trying to contain ructions after Toitū Te Tiriti cuts ties
Te Pāti Māori is trying to contain internal ructions - after a key ally and protest group severed ties - and critics from in-and-outside the party pile on.The leadership is rejecting the claims - but… Audio
Mata Reports - Not Her Destiny
For years, Destiny Church shaped every part of Lynia Morseu-Tol's life: her faith, her family and her identity. As a takatapui wahine Maori, its teachings left her feeling ashamed, conflicted and… Video, Audio
Tā moko artists study ancestral heads at Te Papa
Over the past year a group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads at Te Papa with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home. Māori News… Audio
Bookmarks with actor Rutene Spooner.
Time for bookmarks -that section of the show where we ask one interesting person to share some of their favourite things with us. Be they music, films, TV, Podcasts, books, hopefully you'll leave with… Audio
Wedding Vows
Join our trio of translators breathe new life into the heartfelt promises of Monica & Chandler (Friends), the tragic poetry of Romeo and Juliet, and the awkward brilliance of Amy & Sheldon (The Big… Video, Audio
Re-imagining life in Taranaki in the 1940s
Get used to seeing Airana Ngarewa's face, he's got a new novel out and over the next few weeks he'll be up and down the country appearing at book shops and writers' festivals. The book is 'The Last… Audio
