Te Ao Maori

To Belfast in Northern Ireland now - where Far North mayor Moko Tepania has been presented with an award naming him one of the world's top young politicians of 2023. Moko's a bit of a legend - he made… Audio

The campaign is heating up across the motu - and the Māori electorates are no exception.

Māori affairs broadcaster and host of RNZ's Māpuna Julian Wilcox says three of the seven races are proving… Audio

Our guest on Māpuna this week is Wellington based singer songwriter Kirsten Te Rito. Who is one of only two artists who have been commissioned to perform at the Wellington Jazz Festival which runs in… Audio

Māori leaders have hit back against what they are describing as race-baiting from political parties - saying racism should have no place in elections.

In an open letter, seventeen iwi leaders, marae… Audio

Te Rā - the only known customary Māori sail in existence - has returned to New Zealand for a short time.

The piece is usually stored at the British Museum in London, and is currently at the… Audio

The leader of the Labour party has reiterated its commitment to Maori at an event in Northland's Kawakawa. Speaking at the Ngati Hine Health Trust, Chris Hipkins said they have made advancements for… Audio

One of Ngāpuhi's greatest scholars, Sir Patu Hohepa, has been laid to rest at Waimā in the Far North.

Many hundreds of people gathered during his tangi, which ended on Monday, to remember the man and… Audio

This week on Māpuna we are talking tikanga and ture, the place of tikanga in the law. Justice Christian Whata and Amokura Kawharu the President of the Law Comission join the show to discuss the… Audio

Mohamed Alansari, senior researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research joins Kathryn to talk about how to improve outcomes for growing Te Reo Maori in schools. Which schools are… Audio

Māori researchers are worried this election will be a repeat of the last two after finding polling booths were unprepared to take their votes.

Surveys of Māori voters following the 2017 and 2020… Audio

Our guest on the Mixtape this week is Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes. He is a journalist, a radio host, a voice actor and also a licensed translator of Te Reo certified by The Maori Language Commission. Video, Audio

In this special interview entirely in te reo Maori, Mapuna is in Kaitaia at the home of one of the acknowledged kaumatua of the Far North, Graeme Neho. Matua Kerema Neho regales us with some of the… Audio

Mahuru Maori, the month long kaupapa aiming to normalise te reo in everyday situations is back for 2023. Mahuru Maori challenges participants to consciously use as much te reo Maori as they can during… Audio

Te wiki o te reo Māori - Māori language week is starting to wrap up for the year. 

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori - making the language stronger has been the focus for the year. 

Someone who works to make it… Audio

The head of the Māori Language Commission is aiming for a million speakers of Te Reo Māori long before the target date set by the Government. 

But while demand for courses is huge, teachers and… Audio

It’s the end of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week. But today we're talking about how te reo Māori isn't the only way to understand the Māori world-view - Te Ao Māori. This has been the… Audio

Aotearoa isn't the only place celebrating and embracing Māori language this te wiki o te reo Māori. 

With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo, whānau living overseas are doing their… Audio

Heartfelt words from a soldier to his mother separated by ten thousand miles, the panel translate a letter written by Ben Rata in 1942. Audio

A local iwi in the Horowhenua says burying the remains of a dead whale was a sad occasion, but a useful lesson for their young people.

A large New Zealand pygmy blue whale was found dead on the sands… Audio

Time now to check in on Taranaki with our local democracy reporting part of the programme. Joining Nathan Rarere is Craig Ashworth. Audio