Stories by Pokere Paewai

A new book by an AUT health professor, A Litany of Sound Revisited, outlines the roots of family and sexual violence among Māori.

"Their website was very sophisticated, very polished," says one of the designers affected.

Demand for Kura Reo and te reo Māori is growing and many non-Māori are lending their voices to the revitalisation of te reo.

Tylah Farani-Watene is one of just 32 inaugural Global Citizen Youth Leaders Award recipients from the Asia-Pacific region.

The government should be focusing on the causes high poverty among tamariki rather than dismantling the work of past Māori leaders, an academic says.

Demand for Kura Reo - intensive, week-long, full immersion reo courses - has soared and securing a spot can be as tough as any concert, with some selling out in minutes.

Three Māori researchers are receiving funding for their research into improving cancer care and addressing health inequities which see cancer disproportionately affect Māori.

Tens of thousands of people walked in the footprints of those who first signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the sun-drenched treaty grounds today, but there was one clear message coming through - Toitū te…

It was a united front at Waitangi on Monday as the government's proposed Treaty Principles Bill was challenged.

Tame Iti made a splash at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in a display that was part pōwhiri, part art piece.

The government has been warned to "be careful" with its policies affecting Māori at the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) today.

The Minister for Māori-Crown Relations was told to stop making jokes about Seymour at the National Iwi Chairs Forum.

The forum will host 74 iwi ahead of Waitangi Day, and they will be considering "how we deal with the new coalition government".

Larger numbers are expected to attend celebrations, to continue talks which began last week,

Rangatahi Māori are being encouraged to join the national hui at Turangawaewae Marae to make their voices heard.

A Māori-owned bakery in Wellington is bringing pretzels, rēwena bread and manaakitanga to its new store in the eastern suburbs.

Te Matahiapo Safari Hynes wants to create new online resources that inspire and inform.

A new assessment tool is poised to revolutionise the diagnosis of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori kaumātua.

Protecting the taiao and promoting intergenerational transmission of te reo are the big challenges ahead for Ngāi Tahu, according to the iwi's new chairperson.

Two new Te Pāti Māori MPs have made their debut in Parliament, promising to defend against attacks on their language and culture.

The new centre named Māwhera Pā is the first of four hubs telling the stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu on the South Island's West Coast.

A Māori data programme in Manawatū is celebrating the graduation of its first data apprentices.

As the dust of the new coalition government settles Māori experts are looking ahead to what the next parliamentary term will bring.

A referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi could still be in play in the new coalition government agreement.

Kīngi Tūheitia, following in the footsteps of his ancestor King Tawhiao, visited Parihaka at the weekend to strengthen the bonds between Taranaki and the Kiingitanga.