Stories by Pokere Paewai

The government is proposing to reinvest the funding into other "more efficient" frontline support.

Under tax legislation introduced in 2023, businesses must collect customer details for purchases over $1000 but staff at Pak'n Save Whanganui failed to explain that to Taysha Puohotaua Williams.

A prominent Treaty lawyer is questioning whether Richard Prebble's resignation from the Waitangi Tribunal was a ploy for media attention.

The drum has a special meaning to the people of Taranaki that many groups have paid tribute to this week.

The rōpū from the Te Arawa region have been crowned champions for the first time.

The twelve finalists for Te Matatini have been announced, among them are defending champions Te Whānau a Apanui, boundary-pushing Auckland group Angitu and star-studded newcomers Te Taumata o Apanui. Audio

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The last time Ngā Tumanako, Angitu and Te Waka Huia were on stage at the Auckland regional competition, it ended in a three-way tie.

Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth

The national kapa haka competition returns on 25 February, hosted this year in Ngāmotu/New Plymouth.

Two repatriations earlier this week marked a signifcant milestone for the Moriori community, and was marked with a special pōwhiri and ceremony at Te Papa.

A photo shared on social media claiming to be from Waitangi Day celebrations was taken at a different event last year, a tourism operator says.

Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, a founder and champion of the kōhanga reo movement, is to be laid to rest this morning at Rāhui marae in Tikitiki near East Cape.

Thousands paid respects to a very special Kuia over the past few days.

The decision in the High Court means she faces the prospect of being ineligible to practice as a real estate agent for five years.

Whānau of Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi have remembered her as a tireless advocate for empowering Māori families.

Mt Taranaki will be jointly managed by iwi and the Crown and the name Mt Egmont will be consigned to history.

Followers of the Rātana Church gather at the small settlement south of Whanganui each year in January to celebrate the birthday of the movement's founder.

Over the past month the first cohort of participants have undergone sessions with mushroom extract containing a specific dose of psilocybin at Rangiwaho Marae south of Gisborne.

The fully refurbished whare named Taupunga, which references the anchor stone of the Takitimu waka that landed at Waimarama, was opened on Saturday morning by the Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te…

They are meeting today at Omāhu near Hastings to discuss the creation of a new pan-Māori assembly.

The proposed plan, debated by around 200 Māori leaders on Friday, has been met with some scepticism but leaders said that is exactly why the debate was needed.

Sick of backyard cricket and not yet convinced to take up pickleball? Here are two sports thriving in te ao Māori you could pick up in 2025.

The founder of Te Pāti Māori and champion of te ao Māori is being buried at her marae at Whangaehu.

Willie Jackson was among politicians past and present paying respect to Dame Tariana - and made the call for an apology.