Mata Reports

Mata ReportsMata Reports

The latest in politics with a range of Māori commentators and newsmakers. Produced for RNZ by Aotearoa Media Collective.
Podcasts
Stream only in New Zealand

Made with the support of NZ on Air and Te Māngai Paho

Season 1

Episode 1

Te Kākano - Closed Adoption

60-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. a complex whānau search involving one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a 68-year-old law cutting thousands of Māori off from their identity.

Episode 2

Missing: The Marokopa Kids

In December 2021, three siblings vanished with their father from the isolated Waikato town of Marokopa, and it’s now a year and a half since the tamariki were last seen. Their older sister Jubilee Dawson speaks for the first time.

Episode 3

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Ikaroa Rāwhiti, a traditional Labour Party stronghold, is set to be one of the most fiercely contested match ups of the 2023 election. where the electorate's loyalty is about to be tested.

Episode 4

Aorangi Awarua

Launched in 2018, the Māori Carbon Collective was promoted as an indigenous approach to carbon farming, enabling iwi to prosper from the Emissions Trading Scheme while helping to tackle climate change.

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