Te Ao Māori

Kelvin Davis has launched a $42m programme to counter racism and bias within schools - Te Hurihanganui, similar to Te Kotahitanga which was scrapped in 2013 - in Porirua.

Tapu Te Ranga Marae had passed a recent fire audit as part of the building's warrant of fitness, Rongotai MP Paul Eagle says. Audio

An environmental rāhui is being supported for the site of a potential landfill next weekend in a bid to stop the contentious project going ahead.

Some Island Bay residents forced to evacuate because of a large fire at a nearby marae in Wellington have returned to their properties this morning.

The surplus for businesses with Māori authority status was more than $700 million in 2017.

Racism is embedded in every area of the criminal justice system, according to a report released by the Safe and Effective Justice advisory group.

A Māori housing advocate say they are frustrated they aren't being used to help the government reach its housing targets.

The government is being criticised over the failure to remove thousands of cubic metres of asbestos and lead-contaminated soil from a land-banked former hospital site in New Plymouth.

Māori academics are urging the government to adopt long-standing kaupapa-Māori approaches to keep Māori children out of state care. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui asks an expert what it means.

A founding member of the Patea Māori Club who was awarded a Queen's Service Medal yesterday says the monarch is a fan of the group's smash hit Poi E.

Kōhanga reo staff in Wellington were brought to tears today when a wage boost was announced, including money for voluntary workers to be paid.

"The significant cultural history" of an island in Lyttelton Harbour has been celebrated with a large, carved pou whenua.

Māori Women's Welfare League's former president Areta Koopu has become a Dame in this year's Queens Birthday Honours.

A Māori lawyer from the Far North, La-Verne King, has been sworn in as the newest judge in the District Court.

The biggest win for Māori in the Wellbeing Budget is a boost of $80 million for Whānau Ora over four years, Māori correspondent Leigh-Marama Mclachlan writes.

Māori Television has appointed its acting chief executive Shane Taurima, a veteran broadcaster and former Māori Party candidate, to permanently take over the role.

Māori communities are calling for targeted funding to improve their lives and for more support for the flagship Māori policy Whānau Ora.

Former Māori broadcasters have been appointed to an advisory panel for the Māori Media Sector review.

Wintec's centre for Health and Social Practice wants to develop practitioners who can work effectively with whānau, pronounce Māori patient names correctly and understand Māori customs.

While plans to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival in Aotearoa have revived old wounds in the North, further south the welcome mat is almost ready.