Podcasts about te ao maori

One of people who had a hand in deciding when we mark Matariki is Māori astronomer Victoria Campbell and she's had a busy year from partnering with Minecraft to creating unique stamps with NZ Post. 

A group of kapa haka novices are planning to celebrate Matariki this weekend with their first public show. Northland reporter Peter de Graaf has more.

Morris Pita is the co-chair of Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust and speaks to Jesse about the honour.

Money makes the world go round, but what happens when you have none? Te Kahukura Boynton - founder of Māori Millionaire.

Maori lawyers and constitutional experts are warning the Regulatory Standards Bill could wipe out decades of hard-won treaty protections. Ella Stewart reports.

Legendary author Witi Ihimaera is the man behind Whale Rider and Pounamu Pounamu. Already a celebrated master of the pen, at the age of 80 he felt a yearning to master something new and learn te reo Māori.

This week marks Men's Mental Health Week in Aotearoa – a time to kōrero about the challenges that many men face, and to break down the stigma that still surrounds emotional well-being. For a long time, the phrase ‘harden up' has shaped the way men think about vulnerability, and in turn, often pushes men to bottle up emotions, instead of reaching out for help. ‘Soften Up Bro' is a kaupapa grounded in Te Ao Maori values, encouraging men to embrace softness, honesty and connection. To talk about men's mental health in Aotearoa and this movement, I spoke to co-founder of ‘Soften Up Bro', Heemi Kapa-Kingi.

This week marks Men's Mental Health Week in Aotearoa – a time to kōrero about the challenges that many men face, and to break down the stigma that still surrounds emotional well-being. For a long time, the phrase ‘harden up' has shaped the way men think about vulnerability, and in turn, often pushes men to bottle up emotions, instead of reaching out for help. ‘Soften Up Bro' is a kaupapa grounded in Te Ao Maori values, encouraging men to embrace softness, honesty and connection. To talk about men's mental health in Aotearoa and this movement, I spoke to co-founder of ‘Soften Up Bro', Heemi Kapa-Kingi.

This week parliament took the unprecedented step of suspending both Te Pati Maori leaders, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Rawiri Waititi for a record-setting 21 days. 

Parliament has been debating the proposed punishment for Te Pati Maori MPs who stood in front of ACT MPs and performed a haka in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill during its first reading. The proposed suspension is 21 days for the co-leaders, and 7 days for Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Last month's debate was cut short and delayed when Chris Bishop moved to postpone it until after the Budget. Political reporter Lillian Hanly spoke to Lisa Owen.

More than 360 pieces of stolen pounamu will be returned to West Coast hapū, in what has been described as a small win against the greenstone black market. Police haven't laid any charges after a tip-off from the public led them the remote Jackson River in South Westland, and are instead seeking what they call an alternative resolution with two men in their 30s. Katie Todd reports.

In today's episode, Te Pati Maori co-leaders and one of its MPs are beginning their suspension from Parliament after unprecedented punishments against them were confirmed, we cross the Tasman for the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh, and Nathan Rarere previews the weekend's Super Rugby and NBA finals.

More than half of voters consider the proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori co-leaders to be either appropriate or too lenient - according to the latest RNZ Reid Research poll. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports.

Sarah Nolan's Te Mana o te Wai advocacy, and her leadership in kaupapa Maori all impressed the judges. 

The poor health of Hawkes Bay Maori is costing lives and the region more than $120 million a year in lost productivity. That is according to a new study that investigates the link between health and work. It found the majority of lost productivity was due to Maori in the region dying prematurely due in many cases to mental illness, heart disease and diabetes. Lewis Ratapu, the co-chair of Tihei Taki-timu Iwi Maori Partnership Board spoke to Lisa Owen.

The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the health system is failing Māori with one woman detailing how her son has been let down multiple times. Māori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira is covering the hearings.

In today's episode, it's a big week at Parliament this week, with the house poised to debate the Privileges Committee punishment of Te Pāti Māori and, of course, the annual Budget announcement timed for Thursday, a high-stakes phone call has just ended between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine, some brain doctors are concerned about the danger of a new popular collision sport Run It Straight, we look into where the cheapest petrol in New Zealand is, and a nearly 10-metre tall sculpture of a dinosaur sitting atop a large geometric rock is the latest attraction in Taupo.

Award-winning author Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) joined Emile Donovan to discuss her writing, upbringing and share her whakataukī this week.

The Māori queen Te Arikinui made her first official visit to Nelson at the weekend. Samantha Gee was there.

In today's episode, the Parliamentary debate of unprecedented suspensions handed down to three Te Pāti Māori MPs has the potential to bring the House to a grinding halt ahead of Thursday's Budget, over the next four years $164 million will go towards setting up urgent care clinics in Counties Manukau, Whangārei, Palmerston North, Tauranga and Dunedin, children as young as six, are being adopted from overseas and forced into domestic slavery, being beaten, threatened, raped and abused, Auckland FC have taken a significant step towards a dream Grand Final appearance in their debut A-League season, beating Melbourne Victory 1-nil in a tense semi-final first leg at AAMI Park, and we have the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh in Australia.

Claimants in an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing say the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is a more aggressive and stealthier version of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their lawyers presented evidence to the Tribunal on Wednesday in a tight, online-only, hearing that had to be pushed forward by 3 weeks. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira filed this report.

Critics have told the Waitangi Tribunal that the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is, in fact, an anti-Treaty Bill. Māori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports.

In today's episode, the co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori face a three-week suspension from Parliament after the Privileges Committee deemed a haka performed in the house could have been intimidating to members, Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says she used the c-word in the House on Wednesday as a way of sticking up for herself and other ministers, and Wellington author Damien Wilkins has taken out the main fiction prize at this year's Ockham Book Awards.

The government says it will launch a review into the Waitangi Tribunal to refocus the "scope, purpose and nature" of the Tribunal's inquiries back to its "original intent". 

The government plans to remove the legal requirement for the early learning sector to acknowledge Maori as tangata whenua, support children's cultural confidence, and teach about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In-Depth te ao Maori Journalist Ella Stewart reports.

Chef Joe McLeod (Ngāi Tūhoe)  joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī-a Māori proverb-that's meaningful to him.

The Tibble family are in Faenza, Italy commemorating their ancestor Te Rauwhiro Tibble, who received a Military Cross for bravery with his platoon of men from Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga a Mahaki. He took a single shot to his body to stop a tiger tank and get his men to safety across the river. Thirteen members of his family over five generations are there for Anzac Day, including Paora Tibble, who speaks with Mihi.

In today's episode, the Green party responds to New Zealand First's proposed new legislation to define the term "woman" in law as "an adult human biological female", Te Pati Maori MPs have again refused to attend a privileges hearing over their haka protest in Parliament, during the first reading of the Treaty Principles bill, the inquest into the death of Olivia Podmore came to an emotional conclusion on Wednesday when Podmore's family addressed the court, residents in Wellington's southern suburbs say they've been inundated by an explosion of millipedes invading their streets and houses, and we cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.

The Hawke's Bay Indian Cultural Centre is celebrating their 10th birthday with a brand-new show, 'Wairua Paani'.

In today's episode, New Zealand First has proposed new legislation to define the term "woman" in law as "an adult human biological female", the Catholic Diocese of Auckland Vicar for Māori says Pope Francis will be remembered as a strong voice for Indigenous rights, and a new bilingual waiata has been released to mark the first ANZAC day without the any living members of the 28th Māori Battalion after Sir Robert Bom Gillies died last year.

Ahi Wananga is a new six-part documentary series that explores connections between Aotearoa's Māori and Muslim communities.

The issue of whether Maori wards should stay, is looming large, with local body elections just six months away. Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai spoke with some of the affected councillors.

New Zealand's indie darling, singer-songwriter Marlon Williams is back with a brand new album. The Lyttelton local is known for his crooning vocals, taking home many awards over his career, which started when he was just 17 and includes credits in a few Hollywood blockbusters. Now in his 30s, his new album Te Whare Tiwekaweka is his first Maori language album. And it's been a long time coming. A documentary about the making of the album, Marlon Williams: Nga Ao E Rua - Two Worlds is an intimate look behind the scenes, following Marlon over his five year journey to reconnect with his lost ancestral language in order to make this album. The documentary's set to be released nationwide on May 1st. And the album's out now.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is trying to reframe how health can be managed by offering free universal health insurance to its members. 

Three MPs from Te Pati Maori say they will refuse to attend a hearing with Parliament's Privileges Committee tomorrow because their - quote fundamental rights - are being ignored. Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer plus Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke were summoned to face the committee over their peformance of a haka at the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year. Maori News Journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira spoke to Lisa Owen.

In several places in Aotearoa the land tells the story of conflicts which have shaped NZ on a cultural and political level. 

In just a few generations, many New Zealanders have become disconnected from growing kai in their backyards, these days being completely reliant on big corporations who control the flow of food. The good news is there are communities trying to change the narrative and the practice. Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith have co-authored a new book Pataka Kai highlighting the work small scale indigenous food growers across New Zealand and the Pacific are doing to create a sustainable food ecosystem and take back control. Mihi speaks with Jessica Hutchings.

The Resources and Regional Development Minister will be trying to convince iwi of the benefits of tapping geothermal energy under Māori-owned land, when he meets with around 40 iwi groups at a hui in Rotorua on Friday. Māori News journalist Pokere Paewai has this report.

Māori educators are deeply concerned by a government proposal to reinvest funding for resource teachers into other - as yet unknown - frontline support. The Ministry of Education has asked all schools for feedback on the proposal - which could see more than 170 roles axed. Māori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports.

Visitors to the Womad international arts festival in New Plymouth this weekend are being offered the opportunity to try their hand at the ancient Māori martial art of mau rākau. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.

If you visit a museum throughout Aotearoa it won't take long to come across a traditional Maori waka But if you head to Toitu, the Settlers Museum in Dunedin, you'll see something slightly different. Toitu is home to an impressive display of mokihi, which are waka made of reeds. They were easily constructed, very buoyant, and traditionally used for travelling down braided rivers to harvest kai further afield. Jesse talks to Sean Brosnahan, a curator at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. [picture id="4TWZ085_Reed_waka_JPG" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

A waka discovered on Rekohu / Chatham Islands has been described by one expert as the most important discovery in New Zealand, possibly Polynesian archeology. 

From Polynesian navigators to contemporary business, Mana Moana documents the remarkable story of Maori fishing. 

Sacrificing Peter to pay Paul, institutional racism, disappointing, light on detail. These are some of the reactions to Health Minister Simeon Brown's announcement that the bowel screening age in New Zealand will fall from 60 to 58. To pay for it, the government's using money that was previously slated to go towards dropping the screening age for Maori and Pasifika people down to 50. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

Richard Prebble has resigned from the Waitangi Tribunal less than five months after his controversial appointment. The former Labour Minister, who later joined ACT, said the Tribunal's interpretation that the Treaty provides equal rights turns the document into a - quote - 'socialist manifesto.' The Tribunal itself seems unimpressed, and the opposition's calling his appointment a shameful stunt. Political reporter Russell Palmer has more.

Julian Wilcox and Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira join us from finals day at Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga, from the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth.

In the coming hours, the top 12 kapa haka groups at Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga will be announced - before they battle out to be the best for the final day tomorrow. Saturday will bring an end to the event and see the top group crowned champions. There's been no shortage of issues showcased - with performers tackling topics like meth addiction and our natural ecology. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira reports from New Plymouth.

The first day of Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga has set a high benchmark with thousands gathering under the shadow of Taranaki Maunga to watch the their favourite kapa haka groups take the stage. People were so eager to watch, many of them lined up two hours before the performances got underway this morning. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira filed this report.

Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth today with a powhiri - welcoming the more than 50 groups who will be performing and competing at the festival throughout the week. It was a welcome that highlighted the history of the local iwi and showcased their special connection to the poi. Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai was at Yarrow Stadium and filed this report.

For some, the relationship between Christianity and Maori atua (gods) is very complex. But Te Hira Paenga sees the two as complementary.