For generations, waiata has played a central role in Māori storytelling. Long before the arrival of modern recording studios and radio stations, waiata were used to pass down histories, express grief ...

Aotearoa musician, Codi Wehi (Ngāti Maniapoto), returns with a joyful new waiata to start the school year, encouraging rangatahi to learn and enjoy te reo Māori. The new single, ‘Ngā Mata o te Ariki o ...

The Defence Minister says possible requirements for Army leaders having to know waiata and karakia from memory is unacceptable. Act MP Todd Stephenson wrote to Judith Collins about the cultural skills ...

Two-piece Aotearoa soul collective IA return with ‘Rerehua’, the third single from their newly released EP ‘Tawhiti’, a reo rua project grounded in Māori traditions, blending taonga pūoro with ...

Minister of Defence Judith Collins KC was surprised to discover Chief of Army Major General Rose King had launched a new bicultural policy three weeks ago. A new plan by our Army to create a ...

The implementation of a cultural skills framework for Army personnel has been paused. The implementation of a cultural skills framework for Army personnel has been paused after concerns were raised ...

The implementation of a cultural skills framework for Army personnel has been paused after concerns were raised with the Defence Minister about potential requirements for leaders to know waiata and ...

A Māori musician is using the power of waiata to support the next generation of te reo Māori speakers, creating music designed to help tamariki, whānau and kaiako learn languag ...

Third time lucky proved the case for Scotland when beating the Māori All Blacks for the first time with a 29–26 win in a game that had everything, not all of it good, in Whangārei on Saturday. The ...