Te Ao Māori

A former New Plymouth mayor says he can understand why no one has put their hand up to stand for the city's Māori ward.

A number of wāhine Māori have put their hat in the ring to become mayor at this year's local body election across the motu.

An automotive engineering course is set to launch in te reo Māori and there's hope it could be an inspiration for other courses and tertiary providers.

The author of a book described as a taonga for this generation and the next has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for the fifth time.

Aotearoa is part of an international trend of falling rates for routine childhood immunisations that began during the pandemic.

With just days to go, district councils in Whanganui, Ruapehu and Rangitīkei have not received enough nominations to fill their chambers.

New research details the extent of racism, othering and tokenism faced by Māori and Pacific postgraduate students. Audio

The Te Puia tourist attraction has infuriated local iwi after allowing tourists to swim in thermal pools considered wāhi tapu.

Te Waka Whaiora is a mental health and addiction service that works the streets of Porirua, building relationships and resilience with whānau in a by-Māori, for Māori way.

A Wairarapa iwi says parts of the Water Services Entities Bill will remove and diminish their voice and autonomy from water conversations. A Wairarapa iwi says parts of the Water...

Ngāi Tahu will get guaranteed representation and decision-making powers on Canterbury's regional council Ecan.

When it comes to hard work and serving the community to help make a difference, Dr Matire Harwood is your wāhine.

On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission is warning more work is needed to ensure its survival.

A new report says that New Zealand needs to look harder at how its data is being handled offshore and regain some local control of cloud services.

Pasifika and Māori health provider Hāpai Te Hauora is welcoming the Ministry of Health's order to add fluoride to Cambridge's water, but says more needs to be done to address health inequities.

The woman widely regarded as 'Rotorua's queen of Māori health' has died.

The impact of Māori mental wellbeing services and a community effort to prevent suicide in Whanganui, Rangitīkei and Ruapehu left a visiting minister "quite emotional".

Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand.

A "significant step" has been taken to right a historic "betrayal" that occurred with an agreement for council and mana whenua to co-own land in the Tauranga CBD.

A wahine Māori who has been infected with shingles several times is urging people to get vaccinated, as a new study has found a link between Covid-19 infection and an increased susceptibility to…