Mata With Mihingarangi Forbes podcast

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Shane Jones is back on the frontlines, taking the war on woke to the Waitākere Ranges and backing a bill that would define womanhood and manhood by biology. The NZ First senior minister on co-governance, culture wars, and the politics of identity. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education 24:57

25 days ago24:57

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Minister of Education Erica Standford speaks to Mihingarangi about lifting Māori achievement in education and the delivery of the school lunch programme. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act 25:45

6 weeks ago25:45

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Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Whānau Ora, foreign policy, frozen school lunches; Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare discuss 27:53

7 weeks ago27:53

27:53

From Whānau Ora and foreign policy to frozen (or scalding) school lunches, political veterans Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare unpack the political stories of the week. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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State of the Māori Nation - An extended interview with Willie Jackson 26:51

10 weeks ago26:51

26:51

In an extended interview, Willie Jackson discusses the state of the Māori nation, including the controversial resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Waitangi Special: An Interview with Mariameno Kapa-Kingi 25:42

13 weeks ago25:42

25:42

MP for Te Tai Tokerau Mariameno Kapa-Kingi discusses Te Pāti Māori’s proposal for a treaty commissioner and the challenges facing her electorate as Ngāpuhi hosts the commemorations for the 185th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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“A kūpapa to the kaupapa” – A Waitangi Special with Tama Potaka & Paul Goldsmith 21:26

13 weeks ago21:26

21:26

Following a “tense” pōwhiri at Waitangi, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka and Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith discuss the health of Māori-Crown relations. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Marama Davidson returns to Parliament 27:45

14 weeks ago27:45

27:45

Greens co-leader Marama Davidson announces her return to mahi after breast-cancer treatment. In an exclusive interview with Mata, Davidson discusses her experience of the health system, her prognosis for parliamentary politics, and her priorities for the year ahead. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details…

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Mata Reports: Grief and Anger – The Unsolved Murder of Joanna Sione-Lauaki 31:33

20 weeks ago31:33

31:33

Four months after her body was found on a Northland beach, Joanna Sione-Lauaki's murder is unsolved. Her whānau is desperate for answers -- and they want cruel rumours to stop, so they can grieve. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Andrew Little on the Treaty Principles Bill 26:30

28 weeks ago26:30

26:30

“Insulting to everybody”—former Minister for Treaty Negotiations Andrew Little shares his views on the Treaty Principles Bill, the realignment of Te Arawhiti, the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, and the inquiry into state abuse. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Mother of missing Marakopa children speaks to Mihingarangi Forbes in exclusive interview 33:34

30 weeks ago33:34

33:34

The mother of the three missing Marokopa children tells Mata Reports she believes a recent exchange between a pig hunter and her daughter was a cry for help. Watch the video version of this story here . Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Mata Reports: Perenara McAllister - A Killing Without Consequences? 33:46

31 weeks ago33:46

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In 2022, Perenara McAllister was killed in emergency accommodation. It was captured on CCTV and seen by witnesses, but police refuse to charge the man who stabbed him. His parents speak out about their fight for justice. Watch the video version here . Early one Saturday evening back in March 2022, Ange McAllister’s phone started buzzing from a number she didn’t recognise. She wasn’t feeling well and was trying to rest, so she ignored it. But the caller was insistent, ringing and ringing, so Ange eventually answered. What she heard was a jumble of words, and the sound of tears and distress. As she comprehended what was being said, and the message sunk in, Ange’s world collapsed. She stumbled into the lounge to tell her husband, Noel, what she’d just been told: “Perenara’s dead.” Their 30-year-old son – the matāmua (eldest) of their Te Puke whānau; the boy who’d grown up at the marae helping Noel mow the lawns, and had gone off to chase his dream of becoming a farmer before a brain-injury turned his life upside down – had been stabbed to death. But even though he was killed in front of witnesses and the incident was captured on CCTV, the whānau is still seeking answers, still desperate for someone to take responsibility. Police arrested a man at the scene that night and issued a press statement saying charges “are being considered”. But soon after, the man – who could be heard on the CCTV admitting to stabbing Perenara – was released without charge. Perenara (Tapuika) died moments after a chaotic, violent incident at emergency accommodation near Hamilton. He had tried to intervene to calm the situation and protect a woman. His whānau were told by police he had done the right thing and died a hero. But that did not take away the pain of their grief, or their frustration over the outcome of the investigation. “The head detective came here maybe a week [after the tangi] … and they told us that our son did what any decent person would do but they’re not going to charge the guy, they’re letting him go,” Noel told Mata Reports . “We were in shock.” The McAllisters say police told them it was self-defence, but after watching the CCTV they disagree. “We watched it and that confirmed to me that they’d made a mistake,” Noel said. Perenara’s mother, Ange, said watching the footage was difficult. “I was so proud of our son because the whole time he was calm and where other people stood back and did nothing, he did something. There’s no way it was self-defence.”… Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details…

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Annette Sykes on Marine and Coastal Areas, Tākuta Ferris on Its Impact on Te Wai Pounamu 25:40

32 weeks ago25:40

25:40

Treaty lawyer and former Mana Party candidate Annette Sykes discusses the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Areas Act, and Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris shares how it will impact his electorate and his first year in Parliament. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Rawiri Wright on Te Wiki o Te Reo, Jordan Williams on the Treaty Principles Bill 26:32

34 weeks ago26:32

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Te Rūnanga o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori co-chair Rawiri Wright discusses Te Wiki o Te Reo, and Taxpayer Union Executive Director Jordan Willliams shares his views on the Treaty Principles Bill. Te Rūnanga o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori co-chairperson Rawiri Wright discusses Te Wiki o Te Reo, and Taxpayer Union Executive Director Jordan Willliams shares his views on the Treaty Principles Bill. Over the weekend, Te Rūnanga o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori co-chair Rawiri Wright shared a transformative experience with his two sons, Kereama and Manawa. The three received their mataora at Ruamata Marae. The pursuit of te reo Māori has been a form of activism for Rawiri and his whānau, and reviving mataora is another expression of that activism. Their mokopapa was held on the 42nd anniversary of the Māori Language Petition being delivered to Parliament and on the eve of te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Wright told Mata there were more people speaking Māori now than there had ever been, but the proportion of Māori speakers as a percentage of the total population of Māori was declining. "That's a concern for me," he said. "We're close to a million people now. But the proportion of us, so if you take that 24 percent of us are speakers of Māori to one degree or another, that means that there are just under 250,000 Māori who speak Māori. "Now, that's more Māori who have ever spoken Māori if we look back in history. "Then you add to those the non-Māori who are speakers of Māori and, you know, that paints another picture. "But it talks to me about the ongoing dislocation of the majority of Māori from te ao Māori." Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details…

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Te Tangihanga mō Kiingi Tuheitia 25:23

36 weeks ago25:23