On Saturday, the first Hawaiki Toa competition will take place. The standing place for this event will take place at Te Wero in Manukau, South Auckland. We are lucky to be joined by the organiser for that event, Beez Ngarino Te Waati.

There are many changes that coach Clayton McMillan has made in the team as the Māori All Blacks prepare to face Las Condes in Chile Sunday. McMillan says they have arrived at the last game of their historic Americas tour, so they should play their best team possible to finish the tour on a high.

There's a big battle in store in Dublin this weekend. The world number one All Blacks take on world number two, Ireland. Irena Smith went along to watch the All Blacks training and says the game has huge significance for the two smallest men in the All Blacks line-up.

They're a theatre group on a mission to use their craft to raise awareness on social issues such as homelessness, and they’re doing it with comedy and laughter. Krystal-Lee Brown reports.

Māori artists have featured prominently across all categories of the Vodafone NZ Music Awards for 2018. Te Okiwa McLean attended the glitzy event that celebrates the best in NZ music and takes us through the list of winners.

For over 30 years, Upper Hutt Posse has been at the forefront of fighting for social justice, championing human rights as well as including te reo Māori throughout their music. As progenitors of hip-hop music in the South Pacific, last night the group was awarded the Legacy Award at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards. Te Rina Kowhai has more.

The primary school teachers rolling strike hit Wellington in a symbolic end to this week's industrial action. But there's now talks of a mega strike involving primary and secondary teachers being mobilised. Political reporter Eruera Rerekura has the latest.