Te Ao Maori

Locals are heartbroken and angry after the theives stole sacred items from Otakeho in Taranaki. Tapu Sperm whale bones and teeth were stolen this month from a shed that belongs to the Ngati Haua hapu… Audio

Demand for intensive week-long full immersion Reo courses has soared, with a record number held in the last year.

Thousands of students attend these Kura Reo, but as the Government cuts budgets and… Audio

Deidre Brown, a professor at Auckland University's School of architecture, went on an 8 year hunt for the lost whakairo rakau. The missing whakairo rakau were first acquired by the Christchurch… Audio

This week on Mapuna we speak with Ngati Hau, Ngati Kaharau kaikorero Dallas King of Omanaia. She discusses the story of the Omanaia River, a story that she presented at the commemorations at Mangungu… Audio

The epic Te Arawa legend of Hatupatu and the bird woman Kurungaituku is centre stage at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Audio

This weekend at Auckland Museum there is a rare overnight wananga to share matauranga Māori knowledge around an extraordinary object: Te Rā, the only customary Maori sail in existence. It has returned… Audio

For over thirty years Rangahau Aotearoa Research New Zealand has helped dozens of government and not-for-profit organisations understand what Aotearoans are thinking across a range of social issues… Audio

The Prime Minister says a second election would've been needed if he didn't agree to support ACT's Treaty Principles Bill to Select Committee. That's where National and New Zealand First's support… Audio

Iwi leader Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big emitters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered Wednesday morning.

The climate activist, of Ngāpuhi and… Audio

A Tai Tokerau kaumātua has praised ACT Party leader David Seymour for doing what few have been able to do, unite all Māori. 

Earlier this year, at the hui hosted by the Kiingitanga at Tūrangawaewae… Audio

Activist and former MP Hone Harawira has told the Government it will not succeed if it tries to pass laws to strip the Treaty of its mana, or to belittle te reo Māori. 

Harawira, who spoke at… Audio

Māori leaders are promising to carry the message from Waitangi on through the year, to ensure the protection of Te Tiriti. 

Thousands travelled to the Treaty Grounds for the annual commemorations and… Audio

Tensions were high at the pōwhiri for the Government at Waitangi.

At one point there was even a suggestion that prime minister Christopher Luxon might not be able to speak, because of vocal… Audio

A Māori rights activist says protest action against the government's policies is far from over.

The coalition was received at this year's Waitangi commemorations with anger about its contentious… Audio

More than one thousand people took part in one Waitangi tradition, the hīkoi onto the treaty grounds.

The march began five days ago at Cape Reinga with numbers growing along the way.

Hikoi leader… Audio

Waitangi commemorations have many traditions, one being a hīkoi. 

This year over a thousand people were part of the march onto the treaty grounds.

They echoed a call that has gone out again and… Audio