• Two ticks or split vote? Willie Jackson on why Māori should vote Labour
    Mar 5 2026

    Willie Jackson speaks to Mihingarangi about Labour's plan to reclaim the Māori seats, what it has learnt from its last term in government, and whether it plans to work with or against Te Pāti Māori and the Greens.

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    26 mins
  • Chris Hipkins, fresh off the paepae at Waitangi
    Feb 8 2026

    Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins MATA to share his views on the political landscape, including whom he would and would not work with, and what Labour could have done better in government.

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    16 mins
  • Tama Potaka on the Treaty Principles Bill and whether he'll be Attorney-General
    Feb 4 2026

    Ahead of Waitangi Day, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka joins Mihingarangi Forbes for a wide-ranging interview, discussing the Treaty Principles Bill, the Ngāpuhi settlement, emergency housing, whether he has ambitions to become Attorney-General, and Peeni Henare’s shock resignation.

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    25 mins
  • MATA Reports: Te Pāti Māori - From Comeback to Crisis
    Dec 19 2025

    MATA Reports examines the crisis within Te Pāti Māori as an exclusive poll of Māori voters reveals the impact on its support.

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    29 mins
  • MATA Reports: Lost Property - How Police Lost Two Houses and an Iwi's Trust
    Dec 3 2025

    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.

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    27 mins
  • Tākuta Ferris levels new allegations against Te Pāti Māori executive
    Nov 25 2025

    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."

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    48 mins
  • Te Pāti Māori on their plan to change the govt and steady their waka
    Oct 16 2025

    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.

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    40 mins
  • MATA Reports: Not Her Destiny - Former church member asks, "Did I not deserve to be protected?"
    Oct 2 2025

    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.

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    28 mins