Let’s Hui

Ngāi Tahu are managing their own whitebait season in Canterbury and restoring this customary right for their people - but it's not without its challenges. A political panel with Prof Ella Henry, Associate Prof Lara Greaves and investigate reporter Guyon Espiner. 

A closer look into eye health for Māori & an update about the historic race-based separatism that discriminated against Māori in Pukekohe. A kōrero with former Māori All Black Joe Royal about the RWC final.

Our political commentators Prof Ella Henry, Morgan Godfery and Mani Dunlop discuss the dominant blue wave, the collapse of Labour and the rise of Te Pāti Māori.

A post election special with Peeni Henare from Labour, John Tamihere from Te Pāti Māori, Shane Jones from NZ First, Marama Davidson from Greens and Karen Chhour from ACT. 

Our political panel discusses the best performers from The Hui Māori electorate debates and predicts who will take that momentum into the voting booths on Saturday.

Two weeks out from the election, National Leader, Christopher Luxon steps off the campaign trail and joins us in studio.

A story about a man who turned his life around through kaupapa Māori programmes in prison, an interview about the Manu Kōrero speech competition with Pei Te Hurinui winner Elite Reti and judge Ruth Smith. An inspiring story with Tāmaki based expressionist artist Ercan Cairns.

The Hui heads back to Te Karaka to see how the community is six months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, an interview with E Tipu E Rea CEO, Zoe Hawke for Mental Health Week and we meet the first drag queen Playboy bunny who is Māori.

We celebrate Māori language week by having our entire show in Te Reo Māori. We have a story about the first Māori weaponry school in the modern era and a political panel with journalists and communication specialists Kereama Wright, Oriini Kaipara and Raiha Paki.