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12:45 PM.The launch of Malcolm Mulholland's book was held in St Joseph's school hall with students performing several waiata. A tribute was also paid to 90-year old Sister Sarah Greenlees who helped uncover… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Today Mapuna features St Joseph's Maori Girls College in the Hawkes Bay which is the subject of a comprehensive new book by Malcolm Mulholland. But no story about St Joseph's can be told without… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Tim Tipene has written children's books around two characters called Pipi and Pou. Tipene was adopted into the Waitai-Tipene whanau as a toddler. His immediate family were abusive and violent and his… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Tearepa Kahi's previous films include Taua, Mt Zion and Poi E. He says some of the inspiration behind his new film Muru, about the police raids on the people of Tuhoe in 2007, was learnt from Maori… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The Gut Cancer Foundation is calling for specific research to pinpoint and address the factors behind stubbornly high rates of stomach cancer in in Maori and Pasifika communities. The Cancer Control… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Haare Williams was a teacher by trade who then became a recognizable voice in the days of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He was trained by one of the doyens of Maori broadcasting, Wiremu… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.RNZ's Maori news editor, Jamie Tahana, was at Turangawaewae Marae this morning as the Prime Minister, and the leaders from the political parties were welcomed on. Audio

12:35 PM.The resumption of in-person Koroneihana celebrations also sees the return of some unique kai. With thousands of people from around the motu travelling to Turangawaewae Marae it's also seen the return… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mapuna is at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia for the first in-person Koroneihana, or coronation, celebrations since 2019. After two years of being online because of Covid-19 the annual celebration… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Next month marks the 50th Anniversary of the presentation to Parliament of the Maori Language petition that called for the revitalisation of Te Reo Maori. Mere Boynton is the Director of Nga Toi Maori… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.On August 15 last year the Afghan capital, Kabul, again fell under Taliban control after the group's lightning fast campaign across the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Former… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Next month marks the 50th Anniversary of the presentation to Parliament of the Maori Language petition that called for the revitalisation of Te Reo Maori. Mere Boynton is the Director of Nga Toi Maori… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.On August 15 last year the Afghan capital, Kabul, again fell under Taliban control after the group's lightning fast campaign across the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Former… Read more Audio

12:39 PM.The pressure on the All Blacks leading into Sunday morning's test match in South Africa is well known but what's the atmosphere like among the Springboks and their supporters? Sports writer Simnikiwe… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.A new online tool, Ahau, has been developed to enable Maori to store information about their ancestry. Kaye-Maree Dunn is the founding director of Ahau and says information about whakapapa is tapu and… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Reni Wereta-Gargiulo has won the Supreme Award at the Maori Businesswoman Awards with her business KiwiKai Nelson. Inspired by whanau recipes around kai moana she tells the story behind its success. Audio

12:40 PM.Internationally acclaimed architect Anthony Hoete is helping to revive ancient Māori construction methods with the aim of rebuilding a historic wharenui destroyed in the Napier earthquake of 1931… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.What will the future of the work look like for Māori, and the shifts and skills required to give Māori greater access and opportunity in the future workforce. Dr Eruera Tarena is Executive Director of… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.If you're keen to experience Maori theatre but can't get to one, then don't worry because some Auckland based performers are about to launch a new digital theatre than can be accessed across the motu… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.A major study which looks at making blood donations fairer for gay, bisexual, takatapui men is almost finished. Led by the University of Auckland in partnership with Otago University, researchers want… Read more Audio

12:08 PM.How bad is the resourcing gap between the Crown and claimants before the Waitangi Tribunal? This week some of the Tribunal's hearings focused on the organisation itself and the difficulties some Maori… Read more Audio

12:56 PM.We end today's programme with some Te Arawa magic, what Julian Wilcox described as "the whakaeke that changed the game." It tells the story of Houmaitawhiti, father of Tamatekapua, the captain of the… Read more Audio