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MATA with Mihingarangi Forbes, 100 episodes.

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Marama Davidson on the Greens, groceries, gangs, and government

2

Why Māori are putting off healthcare, views on the environment, and a snapshot of the Māori electorates

3

MATA Reports: Growing up Māori at Gloriavale: Valiant Overcomer's story

4

Te Tiriti, the Tribunal and justice: Goldsmith and Jackson face off

5

MATA Reports: The Māori Vote 2026: Party choice, the cost of living and the Māori electorates

6

Shane Jones: Mining His Own Business

7

Are Māori a TOP Priority? The Opportunity Party unveils its Māori policy.

8

Poisoned at Work: Toxic Legacy and the Fight for Justice

9

Life after Tom Phillips: Cat Christey and the long search for justice

10

The row over one of Aotearoa's most significant archaeological finds

11

Navigating Grief and Healing at Matariki

12

Marama Davidson on taxing the wealthy, bottom trawling and bottom lines

13

Ableism in te ao Māori: Kiringāua Cassidy on reo revitalisation, leadership and belonging

14

Intersex Aotearoa advocate Tu Chapman addresses the 'Definitions of Woman and Man Bill'

15

Is Aotearoa’s reo infrastructure fit for purpose? A MATA special with Stacey Morrison

16

Detainee's mother calls on New Zealand government for help

17

James Meager on te reo, Te Tiriti, and Te Wai Pounamu

18

Debbie Ngawera-Packer on what the war in Iran will mean for whānau māori

19

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is back in TPM... but will she stay?

20

Two ticks or split vote? Willie Jackson on why Māori should vote Labour

21

Chris Hipkins, fresh off the paepae at Waitangi

22

Tama Potaka on the Treaty Principles Bill and whether he'll be Attorney-General

23

MATA Reports: Te Pāti Māori - From Comeback to Crisis

24

MATA Reports: Lost Property - How Police Lost Two Houses and an Iwi's Trust

25

Tākuta Ferris levels new allegations against Te Pāti Māori executive

26

Te Pāti Māori on their plan to change the govt and steady their waka

27

MATA Reports: Not Her Destiny - Former church member asks, "Did I not deserve to be protected?"

28

An extended interview with Minister of Finance Nicola Willis

29

What's going on with Te Pāti Māori?

30

Can te reo Māori withstand the political headwinds? An interview with Taura Whiri i Te Reo Chair Professor Rawinia Higgins

31

Tāmaki-Makau-Rua: Peeni Henare and Oriini Kaipara on the battle for Tāmaki Makaurau

32

Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick on homelessness, energy poverty, Gaza, and electoral law changes

33

What Happens When Bowel Screening Comes Too Late: Cheryl Waaka's Fight with Stage 4 Cancer Is Also a Fight for Systemic Change

34

Willow-Jean Prime on Education, Oranga Tamariki, Bootcamps, and a Settlement for Ngāpuhi

35

Can She Win the Super City? Mayoral Candidate Kerrin Leoni on the Fight for Tāmaki Makaurau

36

Tania Waikato on the Haka That Shook the World, the Political Fall, and Why She Opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill

37

Chris Hipkins - A Blue Budget That's Firmly in the Red for Women and Māori

38

MATA Reports: ACT - The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda, and What It Means for Aotearoa

39

A Woman's Worth: How the Fight for Pay Equity Just Got Harder

40

It's a (Biological) Man's World. Shane Jones: Minister, Hitman, Culture Warrior.

41

Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education

42

Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

Waitangi Special: An Interview with Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

47

Marama Davidson returns to Parliament

48

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

49

Andrew Little on the Treaty Principles Bill

50

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

51

MATA Reports: Perenara McAllister - A Killing Without Consequences?

52

Annette Sykes on Marine and Coastal Areas, Tākuta Ferris on Its Impact on Te Wai Pounamu

53

Rawiri Wright on Te Wiki o Te Reo, Jordan Williams on the Treaty Principles Bill

54

Te Tangihanga mō Kiingi Tuheitia

55

MATA Reports: Toxic Legacy - A Fast Track to Failure?

56

Pera Paniora on the Kaipara Council and Māori Wards

57

Willow-Jean Prime and Tamatha Paul on Oranga Tamariki, 7AA opposition and boot camps

58

Jackson on Treaty Principles, Pharmac, and the Coalition

59

An Extended Interview with Tama Potaka

60

Carbon Overload

61

A Cancerous Budget with Dr. Shane Reti

62

Te Pāti Māori - Disrupting the Budget

63

MATA Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land

64

Oranga Tamariki, Toilets, Tikanga, and the Budget

65

Tauranga Moana Marks 160 Years of Struggle, the Repeal of 7AA, and the Iwi Chairs Forum

66

Nanaia Mahuta on the War in Gaza, Māori wards, and the Scrapping of Three Waters

67

Scott Hamilton on Segregation, and Commentators Tina Wickliffe & Shane Te Pou

68

Mike Smith on Climate Change, and Commentators Khylee Quince & Matt Tukaki

69

Jackson on Newshub, Davidson on School Lunches

70

David Seymour at Waitangi

71

Protester-Turned-Politician, a Waitangi Interview with Shane Jones

72

MATA Reports: Trick or Treaty

73

MATA Reports: Aorangi Awarua

74

Mahuta on Gaza, Henare and Halbert on Aotearoa

75

No Tūru for Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau

76

Surveying the New Political Landscape

77

An Extended Interview with Rawiri Waititi, Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader

78

An Extended Interview with National's Tama Potaka

79

An Extended Interview with ACT Leader David Seymour

80

Mata Reports: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

81

An Interview with Green Party Co-Leader Marama Davidson

82

An Interview with Labour Leader Chris Hipkins

83

A kōrero with Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidates Cushla Tangaere-Manuel & Meka Whaitiri

84

Shane Jones on the Treaty, Toilets, and Teeth

85

8th August 2023

86

25th July 2023

87

MATA Reports: Marokopa - Missing Children

88

11th July 2023

89

27th June 2023

90

13th June 2023

91

30th May 2023

92

MATA Reports: Te Kākano - Closed Adoption

93

3rd May 2023

94

2nd May 2023

95

18th April 2023

96

4th April 2023

97

20th March 2023

98

7th March 2023

99

21st February 2023

100

Introducing: MATA with Mihingarangi Forbes