Stories by Justine Murray

When Justine Murray returned to her hometown Tauranga in 1998, it was only then she heard about her eponymous tupuna, Paraone Koikoi.

Supporting their families back home in Samoa is the main drive of a group of ten young men. Some of them feature in this episode of Voices, produced by Justine Murray.

Tauranga-based producer Justine Murray dons some gumboots and meets some teeny-tiny cockles as she joins a team surveying the Waihi estuary. Professor Kura Paul-Burke is weaving mātauranga Māori and…

PhD student Kiamaia Ellis describes crayfish as a vulnerable taonga species. Local iwi in Tauranga believe the crayfish population is decreasing because of urban, industrial and harvesting pressures…

First person - Mount Maunganui is known as Mauao to local tangata whenua. And many people are happy it's getting a break during the lockdown.

Te Matatini, the national Kapa Haka competition is no ordinary festival, it is where the crème de la crème of kapa haka come together.

Hundreds of people have turned out in Tauranga to protest what they say is a deal that unfairly gives harbour rights to other iwi.