Stories by Ashleigh McCaull

The national waka ama sprint champs returned to Lake Karapiro this week after a one-year gap caused by Covid-19.

Official figures show the rate for Māori is almost 5 percent and some experts say basing an education system on Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the way to address it.

A takatāpui unit has been set up beside a Tauranga marae to help rangatahi have "brave conversations".

Campaigners against online revenge porn are demanding law changes, saying the current legislation is still unfit for purpose.

People under the age of 19 now account for a third of the more than 2000 offenders police have dealt with since 2017.

Rotorua Museum is looking for the stories of those who fought in the B Company of the Māori Battalion in the WWII.

New figures have revealed Māori are three times more likely to die from a drug overdose than Pākehā.

Rōpū claimants who have been fighting for the past 17 years in the long-running Waitangi Tribunal Hauora inquiry are a step closer to closing the final chapter on underfunding grievances with the…

An editorial piece published in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found Māori still have a long road to go for good healthcare.

The government has signed a $55 million partnership with Ngāti Whakaue Lands Trust to build up to 1100 homes in Rotorua.

A weed control programme in the Rotorua lakes will see temporary rāhui at different times in the next three weeks.

Researchers used updated radiocarbon technology at 436 archaeological sites in the North Island and 145 in the South.

An University of Auckland lecturer is about to embark on a three-year project to see how Māori well-being is revitalising, alongside te reo.

Tauranga City Council's commissioner says a ceremony marking a new co-ownership deal for land in the CBD is symbolic for mana whenua.

The government has signed a $55 million partnership with Māori providers which it says will build up to 100 homes Te Tai Tokerau.

Teen contracted by Women's Rugby World Cup to make 32,000 poi "humbled" by Māori Business Awards win.

The number of suspected suicides has continued to drop year on year, but Māori also continue to be disproportionately negatively affected.

There are renewed calls for greater consultation and consideration of Māori needs as new alcohol laws are considered.

The Aotearoa Māori Surf Champs are back on this year in Northland after being cancelled due to Covid-19.

A group of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei artists have joined an effort to try and turn around plummeting breast screening numbers for wāhine Māori.

It is predicted more than two-thirds of marae buildings will be considered quake-prone within the next 20 years.

An outgoing Rotorua councillor is defending Māori wards in councils, saying it is necessary to have tangata whenua at the decision-making table to ensure their people's rights are honoured.

The local government election was a big win for two newly-elected mayors who have become the first young wāhine Māori to lead their cities.

Awhina Tangen Wainohu is a mixture of excited and nervous to be wearing the black jersey for her first Women's Rugby World Cup.

The Waka Ama National Long Distance Championships have started today in Waitangi with entries in the competition the biggest the country has ever seen.