
MATA Reports: Te Pāti Māori - From Comeback to Crisis
19/12/2025 | 28 mins.
MATA Reports examines the crisis within Te Pāti Māori as an exclusive poll of Māori voters reveals the impact on its support.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

MATA Reports: Lost Property - How Police Lost Two Houses and an Iwi's Trust
03/12/2025 | 26 mins.
MATA Reports investigates how two rundown police houses in the Horowhenua town of Shannon slipped through the cracks of government process when they were supposed to be protected within a treaty land-banking process.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Tākuta Ferris levels new allegations against Te Pāti Māori executive
25/11/2025 | 47 mins.
Ousted Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris speaks candidly to Mihingarangi Forbes about the mounting internal tensions within Te Pāti Māori that led to the current fall out. John Tamihere was approached to respond to the allegations made in this episode. He declined to comment on what he described as "any matters based on hearsay, innuendo, accusation, or insinuation."Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Te Pāti Māori on their plan to change the govt and steady their waka
16/10/2025 | 39 mins.
In an extended interview, co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discuss their plan to change the government, their priority policies, and how they will steady their waka after one of the most turbulent periods in the party’s history.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

MATA Reports: Not Her Destiny - Former church member asks, "Did I not deserve to be protected?"
02/10/2025 | 28 mins.
For years, Destiny Church shaped every part of Lynia Morseu-Tol's life: her faith, her family, and her identity. As a takatāpui wahine Māori, its teachings left her feeling ashamed, conflicted, and alone—all while she endured years of abuse at home. 16 years after leaving the church, Lynia speaks out about its leaders, whom she believes failed to protect her, and condemns Ngāti Uenuku - Rainbow Community. This is Lynia's story of reckoning with faith, identity, and whānau.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details



MATA with Mihingarangi Forbes