Te Ahi Kaa

Huia Hamon is a singer, artist and mother who runs Kog studios with her partner. The couples home is tucked away in Waitakere and on most days is a hive of music and creativity. Te Ahi Kaa pays a… Read more Audio

Te Ahi Kaa is at the last training session with a Rotorua basketball team who are set to compete at the Special Olympics in Wellington this month.  Read more Video, Audio

At the Battle of Gate Pa, 200 Māori faced 1,700 colonial troops and their artillery. Author Buddy Mikaere discusses the events leading up to and following the battle. Read more Audio

The history of Māori people of Whanganui is complex and during the New Zealand Land Wars included both collaboration and resistance, says Che Wilson, former Pou Arahi (CEO) of Ngāti Rangi Trust. Read more Audio

Kelvin Day talks about early commemorations of the Taranaki Wars. Read more Audio

Sir Wira Gardiner provides insights in the Battle of Passchendaele, the Battle of Stalingrad, Māori involvement in World War I and World War II and the New Zealand Land Wars.   Read more Audio

Tawhirimatea Williams has teaching for over 50 years. Today he's the head of a private training institute in Auckland, churning out competent Māori speakers. Read more Audio

Te Ahi Kaa visits Taneatua in the Tuhoe Valley to get a sense of how the locals have moved since the Tuhoe Raids a decade ago. Read more Audio

In his 20s, Dr Joe Te Rito took the Māori language petition to parliament as a member of the Te Reo Māori Society. These days, he is still a Māori education leader and Chair of Radio Kahungunu. Read more Audio

Kapa haka tutor and composer Kingi Kiriona believes in the law of attraction – if you put out passion for the Māori language, it will come back to you. Read more Audio

Artist Linda Munn is well-known as one of the creators of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag, but these days she is pretty content teaching art in Tauranga. Te Ahi Kaa catches up with her for a kōrero at… Read more Audio

Candidates for the Māori seat of Tāmaki Makaurau debate the issues of this election. The speakers are Peeni Henare, the sitting MP from the Labour Party, Shane Taurima from the Māori Party and Marama… Read more Audio