Mani Dunlop
Oranga Tamariki admits failings after attempted baby uplift
Oranga Tamariki has apologised and admitted failings in the way it tried to remove a baby from her mother in Hawke's Bay earlier this year.
The agency says it will now make changes to its approach… Video, Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 257: Savage, Sampa the Great
In this week's Pocket Edition, Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan speaks with Savage about his new song. Sampa the Great performs a live session and we pay tribute to waiata Maori composer Tommy Taurima. Audio
Endeavour replica on its way to Tūranganui a Kiwa
250 years ago today the Endeavour made its way into Tūranganui a Kiwa - today a replica will do the same - but this time on tangata whenua terms. This has been the most anticipated day of the Tuia 250… Audio
UK's 'expression of regret' shifting focus to future, historian
Leading historian Dame Anne Salmond says the British High Commissioner's decision to go to Gisborne last week to express regret for the violence associated with James Cook's arrival 250 years ago… Audio
Day 4 of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
Kia kaha - is a common one we know - but the more known phrase is Kia kaha - kia maia - kia manawanui Be strong - be brave - be steadfast, Now a reminder these translations are very rough - the beauty… Audio
Day 3 of wiki o te reo Maori
Waiho! Leave that Tukua! Let go Kao - no Kaua - don't Homai - give (towards the speaker) "homai ki ahau" ki ahau meaning to me - so give it to me Hoatu - to give to someone else (use haere mai, haere… Audio
How to order coffee in te reo Maori
He mowai koa - a flat white please. It's day two of Te wiki o te reo Maori, and RNZ's Maori news director is in the studio teaching us how to order this programme's favourite drink (read: lifeblood)… Audio
Morning Report marks the start of te Wiki o te Reo Maori
Kia Kaha te reo Maori - making the Maori language strong - is this year's theme for te Wiki o te Reo Maori. To help us all start off the week right RNZ's Maori news director, Mani Dunlop, takes Corin… Audio
Kiingi Tuheitia urges patience as Ihumātao protesters plan hikoi
Kiingi Tuheitia says opposing mana whenua at Ihumātao should be given as much time as needed to reach a resolution on the eve of a planned march on the Prime Minister's electorate office.
In an… Video, Audio
Airports pressured to allow Māori taonga on planes
Pressure is building on Aviation Security Services to review a policy which prevents some Māori taonga from being taken onto planes. It comes after two men shared their stories about being stopped… Audio
Māori man rejected at airport security over walking stick
A Māori man says he was left angered and frustrated after Auckland Airport security would not let him board a plane with a walking stick - because they said it had Māori carvings and could be used as… Video, Audio
‘We want to protect Ihumātao for future generations’
Hundreds gathered around New Zealand today as part of national day of action for Ihumātao. It comes after a tense stand-off between police and protesters at the contested site last night, with protest… Video, Audio
Ihumātao's police presence
Tensions were ratcheted up at Ihumātao last night, with an increased police presence blocking Quarry Road. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said police were concerned about a particular part of the site.
…Oranga Tamariki at 'crisis point' - Khylee Quince
A Māori law specialist says Oranga Tamariki is at a crisis point and there needs to be urgent institutional change to allow Māori to be in charge of their own whānau.
Hundreds of protesters rallied… Audio
Ihumātao: Fair talk with all sides needed - Peeni Henare
Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says the government wants to talk fairly with all sides in the Ihumātao land dispute.
Hundreds of people continue to occupy the site to prevent a new Fletcher… Audio
New law returns child to whānau in Oranga Tamariki dispute
A Wellington judge has applied a new law to return a child to their whānau after a long custody battle with Oranga Tamariki.
Section 7AA, part of the changes to the Oranga Tamariki Act that kicked in… Audio
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 12 JULY 2019
Alarming suicide rates among tane Maori, mana whenua take their iwi Trust to court and a home-made video Pakeha dressed up as Maori causes outrage. Audio
Vandalism or activism? James Cook statue spray-painted
Gisborne councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown says the vandalism of a statue of James Cook is an act of activism that prompts healthy debate about New Zealand's history. The statue was spray-painted with… Audio
Applicants may not live to see results of coastline title
Maori wanting customary title of their coastlines say the process is taking so long they're worried many people will die of old age without living to see justice for their people.
Applicants had a… Audio
Māori youth still more arrested than non-Māori
New figures show a growing disparity between the numbers of rangatahi Māori and non-Māori being arrested.
Although the total number of youth arrests has fallen - Māori under-18 year olds now make up… Audio