Stories by Pokere Paewai

But David Seymour says there should be no such thing as Māori funding.

Ōpōtiki's Jazmin Paget-Knebel won for her photo documenting horse culture among rangatahi (young people).

Kura Reo Taiao, a three-day full immersion course, is giving a Māori voice to the environment.

The Bill apologises for confiscating land and conducting a scorched earth campaign against Tauranga tribes.

A government review announced last week the Tribunal will be refocused back to its 'original intent', but Treaty law experts say it's already doing that.

Aotearoa needs to "up its game" when it comes to Māori women's health, according to the New Zealander of the Year.

Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu says its connection to Kahurānaki will always remain.

The theme of this year's Matariki holiday highlights the star Puanga or Rigel, which is observed in the astronomical traditions of many iwi.

The group behind last year's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti has been granted an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill.

Mākereti Papakura died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis, almost 100 years later she will be awarded her degree.

O-Tāwhao Marae in Te Awamutu was founded in 1985 and built with help from some of the Wānanga's first students.

A union says a Pharmac proposal to disestablish a specialist Māori advisory team is an abandonment of its commitment to Māori health.

A Whangārei hapū is celebrating the end of a controversial development on land they consider tapu, or sacred after the developer dropped their appeal.

The MPs refused to appear in person, citing a lack of fairness and disregard for tikanga Māori.

A population of seastars had all but eliminated the local mussel population, before conservationists stepped in.

A researcher has partnered with a South Auckland marae to grow an urban "food forest" with the goal of using it as a seed for future change.

It relates to the 1992 Fisheries Settlement, commonly known as the Sealord Deal.

Māori ward councillors from around the motu met in Taupō last week, with many of them up for reelection this year and their seat at the council table also on the ballot. Audio

Te Awe Library is trialling a new way of cataloguing its mātauranga Māori books.

The co-principal of Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai has called out the government's school lunch programme after some students were dished out only a single bun.

A hui with 40 iwi groups today is so Māori land owners get an early notice of what the Crown is proposing to do, Jones says.

The meeting house at Hui Te Rangiora Marae was completely gutted by the fire on Sunday morning.

She will receive a doctoral scholarship of $40,000 to complete her PhD in Māori Studies at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.

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.