Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes

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

Hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes

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

Chris Hipkins discusses the impact of the budget on Māori and how Labour plans to win back voters.
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Chris Hipkins and Mihingarangi Forbes pose for a headshot in front of Mata graphics.

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

With ACT’s record 2023 election result and David Seymour’s rise to Deputy Prime Minister, the party is reshaping Aotearoa’s political landscape. But behind its growing power is a network of ideas—some homegrown, some imported—that raise questions about its stance on Te Tiriti and indigenous rights. Mata explores the forces shaping David Seymour’s ideologies, through the eyes of a former party insider.
Mihingarangi Forbes follows David Seymour down a corridor in Parliament in an attempt to interview him. Following them is a cameraman.

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

E tū Union National Secretary Rachel Mackintosh discusses the government’s controversial Equal Pay Amendment Act that makes it harder for women-dominated workforces to achieve pay equity.
E tū Union National Secretary Rachel Mackintosh discusses with Mihingarangi Forbes the government’s controversial Equal Pay Amendment Act that makes it harder for women-dominated workforces to achieve pay equity.  

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

Shane Jones is back on the frontlines, taking the war on woke to the Waitākere Ranges and backing a bill that would define womanhood and manhood by biology. The NZ First senior minister on co-governance, culture wars, and the politics of identity.
Senior NZ First MP Shane Jones speaks on co-governance, culture wars, and the politics of identity with Mihingarangi Forbes for MATA series 3, episode 8

Erica Stanford on the future of Māori education

Minister of Education Erica Standford speaks to Mihingarangi about lifting Māori achievement in education and the delivery of the school lunch programme.
Erica Stanford and Mihingarangi Forbes stand next to each other in front of a television screen with a graphic that reads "Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes." The text at the bottom reads "Te ao Māori. Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes. 'Pleased that it's over' - Education Minister on Treaty Principles Bill"

Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act

Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act.
Hūhana Lyndon, Te Tai Tokerau Green Party List MP, sits down with Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira for Episode 6 of 'MATA with Mihingarangi Forbes'.

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

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.
Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare appear on the podcast Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes.

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

In an extended interview, Willie Jackson discusses the state of the Māori nation, including the controversial resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal.
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“A kūpapa to the kaupapa” – A Waitangi Special with Tama Potaka & Paul Goldsmith

Following a “tense” pōwhiri at Waitangi, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka and Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith discuss the health of Māori-Crown relations.
Tama Potaka and Mihingarangi Forbes

Waitangi Special: An Interview with Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

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.
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Mihingarangi Forbes at Waitangi

Marama Davidson returns to Parliament

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.
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