Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes

RNZ

An in-depth podcast where newsmakers and Māori commentators unpack the latest political issues impacting Aotearoa.

60 Episodes

Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education
4/17/2025
24:57
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
Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act
4/3/2025
25:45
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
3/20/2025
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
State of the Māori Nation - An extended interview with Willie Jackson
3/6/2025
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
“A kūpapa to the kaupapa” – A Waitangi Special with Tama Potaka & Paul Goldsmith
2/10/2025
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
Waitangi Special: An Interview with Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
2/10/2025
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
Marama Davidson returns to Parliament
1/31/2025
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
Mata Reports: Grief and Anger – The Unsolved Murder of Joanna Sione-Lauaki
12/20/2024
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
Andrew Little on the Treaty Principles Bill
10/29/2024
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
Mother of missing Marakopa children speaks to Mihingarangi Forbes in exclusive interview
10/15/2024
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 with Mihingarangi Forbes

RNZ

60 Episodes

Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education

Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act

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

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

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

Waitangi Special: An Interview with Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Marama Davidson returns to Parliament

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

Andrew Little on the Treaty Principles Bill

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