Stories by Pokere Paewai

A show developed as a response to the debate over women speaking on the marae is set to premiere in West Auckland.

Te Rūnanga Nui is seeking intervention to ensure kura kaupapa Māori can continue to express their tino rangatiratanga.

In Tauranga about a hundred people have gathered to mark the 159th anniversary of the battle of Gate Pā.

A Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into inequities alleged by kaupapa Māori schools has opened in Tāmaki Makaurau.

The first ever kura reo in Australia kicked off on Friday in Te Urupū - Perth.

Maōri continue to be marginalised in the education system, Kura Kaupapa says, ahead of its presentation of an urgent inquiry to the Waitangi Tribunal.

Hamilton hapū Ngāti Wairere have lodged a formal proposal to change the name of a car park in the centre of the city.

King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero has finished a four-day visit to cyclone-hit communities across the Ngāti Kahungunu rohe.

People in the Far North are urged to be vigilant over the Easter weekend, after a large fire near Cape Reinga last week. Audio

From Friday Māori are free to switch their enrolment choice at any time except in the three months before an election.

Residents of Port Levy will gather together over Easter to celebrate 100 years of the whare at the heart of their community.

A new integrated Māori keyboard will help to increase the visibility and use of tohutō.

Ngāti Pūkenga have launched a digital history of their iwi, from the first arrival of their tīpuna in Aotearoa, all the way through their Treaty Settlement to the present day.

After a five-year hiatus, the biennial Tūhoe festival, Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe, is set to return over Easter weekend.

A te reo expert says the inclusion of Māori words in the Oxford English Dictionary is a sign of how far the normalisation of te reo has come.

Residents of the small Hawke's Bay town of Pōrangahau say they are feeling forgotten, with little sign of government agencies a month after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Experts are calling for a limit on the number and location of vape shops to combat what they say is an epidemic of vaping among rangatahi.

Kōpū, was developed in response to National MP Judith Collins' criticism of women not being able to speak on the marae.

A new report from Te Aho o Te Kahu highlights the experiences of Māori within the cancer system.

Residents of a tiny town got in behind their kapa haka group as members put in some marathon practice sessions on their waiata, haka and other routines. Audio

Despite the rain at Ngā Ana Wai/Eden Park, thousands of kapa haka fans have turned out to support their favourite teams on day three of Te Matatini.

The second day of Te Matatini brought another 15 groups, including Wairoa's kapa Mātangirau - who journeyed through mud, break-downs and broken roads.

Pūtātara trumpeted across the shores of Ōkahu Bay on Auckland's waterfront as Ngāti Whātua welcomed more than 1000 people to its rohe for Te Matatini.

Aotearoa's airline has delivered a flight in te reo Māori for the first time as kapa haka stars flew to Tāmaki Makarau for Te Matatini.

For the first time two Māori professors have been appointed at the same time at Victoria University of Wellington's school of architecture and design.