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12:48 PM.In 2018 Opeti Vaka decided to try his hand at the RAW comedy quest and now he's travelling the motu taking his own brand of comedy on the road. He says his Maori, Tongan and Irish heritage provides… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.At the grand old age of 99, Ta Robert "Bom" Gillies passed was laid to rest on Tuesday in Rotorua. He was the last of the more than three-thousand-five-hundred men who served in the battalion of whom… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Moana Maniapoto is a multi award winning singer, songwriter and journalist. While touring with her band she has done concerts in China, Borneo, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Poland, Hungary and Korea… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Ngati Toa rangatira Helmut Modlik and chief Kirk Francis from the Penobscot tribe in the north eastern United States discuss sovereignty, tribal economies and constitutional arrangements following an… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Aotearoa's first ever Indigenous Tribal Leaders Symposium was held this week at Parliament this week and featured Maori and First Nations tribal leaders from the United States. Te Runanga o Toa… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Ngai Tahu musician Ariana Tikao and Bob Bickerton are currently on a national tour showcasing their new album, Muriwai. Both of them are accomplished players of taonga puoro which they've combined… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.This week Lady Tureiti Moxon received an honorary doctorate from Waikato University for her outstanding contribution to the health and well being of New Zealanders. She's also chair of the National… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Shane Cotton is an award winning and internationally acclaimed Maori artist with a new show opening today in Tamaki Makaurau. Painting was always his first love and we explore how he fused that with a… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The award winning and internationally acclaimed Maori artist, Shane Cotton, opens a new show in Tamaki Makaurau this weekend. His new paintings are billed as a "collision of Indigenous and European… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Over the past 50 years Professor Ngahuia te Awekotuku has been one of the most influential Maori academics and writers. In 1981 she became the first Maori woman to receive a PHD from a New Zealand… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Over the past 50 years Professor Ngahuia te Awekotuku has been one of the most influential Maori academics and writers. In 1981 she became the first Maori woman to receive a PHD from a New Zealand… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Over the past 50 years Emeritus Professor Ngahuia te Awekotuku has been one of the most influential Maori academics and writers. In 1981 she became the first Maori woman to receive a PHD from a New… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Portia Woodman-Wickliffe conquered every summit in rugby union and is about to continue her career in Japan. The olymic gold medallist and world cup winner traces her career from her early years in… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.As Maori Language Week draws to a close Mapuna hosts Anton Matthews at RNZ National's studios in Otautahi-Christchurch. He's the Director of Hustle group, a whanau owned business which operates a… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.As Maori Language Week draws to a close Mapuna hosts Anton Matthews at RNZ National's studios in Otautahi- Christchurch. He's the Director of Hustle group, a whanau owned business which operates a… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.At just 45 years of age Justin Tipa's election as the Kaiwhakahaere of Ngai Tahu last year marked a generational shift in the iwi's top leadership. How is he faring at the helm with around two billion… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Since Ngai Tahu's 1998 Treaty settlement with the Crown worth 170-million dollars it now controls assets worth around two billion dollars, including fisheries, forestry, tourism and property. Last… Read more Audio