Stories by Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

He has been on a hunger strike for over one week after alleging he had been beaten by guards at Spring Hill Prison.

Dean Wickliffe hasn't eaten for just over a week.

Ngāti Kahu o Torongare have been in and out of court for the last 30 years to protect Onoke Pā.

Chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait said they only received verbal confirmation of the commissioning agency changes.

A change in direction at Whānau Ora has drawn the ire of agencies, which are set to lose their long-held positions as commissioning bodies and say up to 1000 jobs could be lost.

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

Hundreds of spectators were so keen for the they started lining up at 3am, four hours before the gates opened.

While temperatures around the bowl hit a high, so did the heat on stage as haka star Jeff Ruha wore a full suit for his performance.

Kapa haka fans sprinted through the gates of the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth this morning to secure prime positions as Day 3 of Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga got under way.

The construction of a controversial sewerage pipeline near a Rotorua lake considered tapū by mana whenua is set to continue despite protests.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga kicks off in two weeks and will pull together Aotearoa's finest haka rōpu for the week-long festival.

The post, which was taken from X and shared on Facebook, features an artificial image of a Māori man with a facial moko standing in front of a red ute and a visible rūnanga logo.

A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court for the latest in a legal saga spanning 30 years. Audio

A dawn ceremony was hosted by mana whenua Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Kawa who welcomed iwi leaders, politicians and the masses. Audio

The claim alleges that, if enacted, the Bill will be a breach of Te Tiriti, and will cause significant prejudice to Māori.

"There's no point in speaking to ears that will not listen to, minds that will not change," Eru Kapa-Kingi says.

The Waitangi National Trust chair hopes Christopher Luxon makes his way to the Treaty grounds for the annual commemorations.

He said Charles is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria - the reigning monarch at the time the treaty was signed - and had the mana to intervene.

The Wellington Kaimoana Hub will process seafood products like snapper, blue cod and crayfish for international markets.

The Supreme Court has released its judgment on an appeal that made it easier for Māori to gain customary marine title under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.

Despite a government preference for "larger groupings" of hāpu to get a mandate, the Office for Māori Crown Relations would not be forcing anyone to the negotiation table, its regional director says.

The Waitangi Tribunal has released the first part of its inquiry and found the Crown did not follow robust policy processes. Audio

The legislation is being introduced to Parliament today - more than a week earlier than expected - and will be read for the first time next week. Audio

Te Whakatōhea is standing by claims children were left to fend for themselves after their parents were arrested.

A collective of Tūhoe elders are applying to the Māori Land Court for an urgent hearing to overturn trustee elections for the iwi's post-settlement governance entity.