Tamati Kruger
Waikaremoana great walk likely to stay closed till at least next year
The chances of hiking the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk this summer are not great with the track likely to stay closed until at least mid January next year. It's been shut for more than a year with… Video, Audio
Lake Waikaremoana great walk closed indefinitely after flooding
Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.
Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Video, Audio
Te Urewera, Waikaremoana Great Walk to reopen for visitors
Grab your hiking boots - Lake Waikaremoana will reopen to visitors next month.
Te Urewera was shut back in August when Delta arrived and the country went into level 4.
Tūhoe, the iwi and kaitiaki of… Video, Audio
Tūhoe iwi institutes own quarantine system
Te Urewera has been closed to visitors since the move to Covid-19 alert level 4 in August, but unlike Auckland, it won't be opening back up to the public until late January.
The region is home to… Audio
Lake Waikaremoana visitors urged to look after land
Visitors to Lake Waikaremoana are being urged to look after the land as if it were their closest and dearest friend's home.
That's after the iwi who take care of the area discovered illegal… Audio
Tuhoe sign agreement with Oranga Tamariki
Tuhoe have signed an agreement with Oranga Tamariki which commits to putting an end to their descendents being put in state care. Under the agreement Oranga Tamariki will notify the iwi of any… Audio
Tamati Kruger - Koia mārika ‒ So it is
Tāmati Kruger was educated at Victoria University in Wellington, where he also tutored in te reo Māori and was involved in the early days of the Te Reo Māori Society in the 1970s. He is the chief… Audio
Tuhoe Iwi: Moving on from the Urewera Raids
Te Ahi Kaa visits Taneatua in the Tuhoe Valley to get a sense of how the locals have moved since the Tuhoe Raids a decade ago. Audio
Urewera raids, 10 years on
Ten years ago, with new anti-terrorism powers under their belt, police swooped on the people of Tūhoe in what has come to be known as the Urewera Raids. They set up two unlawful road blocks in Ruatoki… Audio
Jim Bolger and Tamati Kruger in conversation
Jim Bolger and Tamati Kruger talk with Wena Harawira about Tuhoe and Parihaka treaty settlements, truth and reconciliation, and how their life experience has affected the discharge of their public… Audio
DOC won't check other suspension bridges after one fails
Four French tourists have walked away unscathed after plunging more than 8 metres into a river, after the suspension bridge they were on in Te Urewera suddenly gave way. Audio
Police apologise for illegal actions in Tuhoe raids
The Police have apologised to the people of Tuhoe for illegal roadblocks and detentions while still maintaining that the Urewera raids were 'necessary'. Audio
Police to make historic apology to Tuhoe
The Police are set to make a historic apology to the Tuhoe community almost seven years after the controversial terror raids. Audio
Whaikōrero - Father Durning at Mākirikiri
Whaikōrero by the Rev. Father James Durining at the opening of the Aotea Meeting House at Mākirikiri, Dannevirke, 1967. Audio
Whaikōrero - Eruera Tirikatene
Poroporoaki to Sir Eruera Tirikatene by Koro Wetere in 1967. Audio
Whaikōrero - Tuini Ngāwai
Poroporoaki to Tuini Ngāwai by Hunara Hīroki Tāngaere in 1965. Audio
Whaikōrero - King Koroki
Poroporoaki to King Koroki by Pei Te Hurinui Jones in 1966. Audio
Whaikōrero - Bishop Bennett
Poroporoaki to Bishop Frederick Augustus Bennett by Kepa Ēhau in 1950. Audio
Tuhoe's new tribal headquarters - NZ's first "living building"
Tuhoe tribe chief negotiator Tamati Kruger. Audio