Something for the People

Te kiriata whakamutunga mō tēnei terenga! 🎬✨

Chey, Hinurewa and Kereama look back on 15 weeks of wānanga - the laughs, the tears, the learnings, and the moments that stuck. They’ve travelled the motu to cover different kaupapa - what stood out?

They look at the year ahead and share their predictions for 2026.

PLUS they’re diving into the numbers: What did YOU love most? What were our top-performing videos and reels? This is a full breakdown of our show insights and our audience because knowing what works helps us come back even better. 🔥

A BIG mihi to everyone who has watched and supported in 2025. Kia kaha tonu te kōrero Māori!

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In this wānanga, we're back with Peter-Lucas Jones from Te Hiku Media to take a look at the future of Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori - where it stands now, what pressures it’s facing, and what needs to happen for iwi radio to thrive into the future.

We explore:

- Funding realities and what’s at stake

- Shifting audience habits

- Digital disruption: threat or opportunity?

With the Māori media landscape changing fast, iwi radio is at a pivotal moment. Can it adapt? Can it innovate? And how do we safeguard its place in our future?

All important kōrero! Not to be missed.

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Wi wi wiiii... our final 'Nau Mai Te Hapa' for 2025! 🎉

He’s been with us from start to finish - this week we’re joined once again by Tākuta Anaha Hiini, reflecting on the year, our reo journeys, our reo goals, and of course... our hapa! 😂

Every week, Anaha’s feedback has kept us on our toes, guiding, correcting, and growing us all along the way. We’re so grateful for his mātauranga!

Kia kaha e te whānau! We're all on this haerenga together. 💪🏽

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Ngā take o te wā e ai ki a Peter-Lucas Jones - including the big kōrero coming out of Te Tai Tokerau, why Te Pāti Māori leadership didn’t attend the recent hui… and how the North truly felt about that!

And beneath it all, one central pātai: Where are we at as Māori in 2025 and where are we headed?

This wānanga takes a clear look at the state of te iwi Māori today - the wins, the worries and the tensions. Are we more united or more divided?

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A.I. is reshaping our world but what does that mean for te reo Māori, and for Māori data?

In this wānanga, Peter-Lucas Jones (CEO of Te Hiku Media) shares how his team is leading a global movement in Māori A.I. and data sovereignty.

From developing Kaituhi and Papa Reo to training a Māori speech-to-text system with over 90% accuracy, Te Hiku is proving that technology can empower, not erase, indigenous knowledge if we control it.

We talk about:- The environmental and ethical impact of A.I.- The survival and revival of te reo Māori through technology- Indigenous data sovereignty- How Kaituhi is coding a Māori future for A.I.

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