Te Ao Māori
Teaching the history of Aotearoa through art
“Our country must know its history.”
Rivers and whales as people? Legal personhood explained
Aotearoa has three legal personalities, here’s what it means.
Life as a funeral director: ‘Serving my iwi by doing this mahi’
People in the funeral industry say they consider their work an act of service.
How Māori media has contributed to reo revitalisation
It’s been 30 years since Te Māngai Pāho was created.
What it’s like to be a Māori drag queen
‘We’re strong together and we will face anything together.’
Why we're fundraising to go to an Indigenous suicide conference
“It’s about having an opportunity for collective healing.”
Māori celebrate Matariki in Australia
Ohinga visited the first Matariki festival on the Gold Coast.
Feeding 640 people for Matariki: ‘It’s a cool challenge’
A Māori chef shares one of his recipes for you to make this Matariki.
Why AI facial recognition has a discrimination problem
“It’s only as clever as the engineers and the people who put data into it.”
Life as a Māori translator
"It must be translated with intention."
Hula and haka at an elite competition in Hawai’i
“Haka and hula are a taonga”
How non-Māori learning te reo helps revitalise it
“I am opposed to the idea that only Māori should be part of the revitalisation.”
Toitū te Tiriti: People tell us why they're protesting today
“Whawhai tonu, mana motuhake tātou te iwi Māori.”
Not every Māori cloak is a korowai: Māori cloaks explained
“Kākahu Māori are a beautiful visual expression of Māori identity.”
Should tikanga Māori be taught in law schools?
"It's important law reflects the society it governs."
Iwi fight against proposed seabed mining in their kāinga
Ohinga went to Taranaki to meet Rukutai Watene, a local against TTR's proposed project.
The Foreshore and Seabed hīkoi, 20 years on
A new doco shares the story of what happened in 2004.
Why we need more Māori doctors
"Quite often patients will tell me that I’m the first Māori doctor they’ve ever met."
Our clothes are a walking protest
“It’s a really amazing way as an artist to have a travelling canvas that is cruising the streets.”
The rangatahi helping revitalise waka hourua
"This mahi deepens my connection to our ancestors and atua Māori."
Putting rangatahi issues on the kapa haka stage
“Don’t be afraid to share what you think no matter what!”
How kura kaupapa Māori work
A former kura teacher shares her thoughts.
Our Chinese grandmother made us speak Te Reo
“It was common sense to raise her Māori children in the culture of the land.”
Why I wear both moko kauae and malu
“I can have my legs done and still be Māori, I can have my face done and still be Samoan”
Why there's no such thing as being 'a quarter Māori'
"You are Māori if you have an ancestor who is Māori."
We created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag
“People ask: 'Do you have a flag?' I say, 'I am the flag’."
Te Tiriti is bringing Māori together
And the event that’s the next forum for the movement.
What is koha and how much should I give?
How koha should be used appropriately.
NZ’s first-ever sports documentary in te reo Māori
“Being Maori is an X-Factor and I hope that’s the wairua people feel when they watch it.”
Following the biggest hīkoi to Waitangi in a generation
“We’re not going anywhere.”