Te Ao Māori

Police have split with a research institute leading an investigation into bias against Māori and others.

A Māori health provider will offer Taranaki's first drive-through Covid-19 vaccinations in the region's towns this weekend.

Two leading Māori social workers are scathing of Oranga Tamariki's attempts to fix huge gaps in sexual violence crisis support for children.

Oranga Tamariki has not had any meetings with Māori to design new sexual violence services for children even as unmet demand ratchets up.

Demand for food parcels and support is so overwhelming a Māori health provider in Auckland says it's forced to turn people away.

They were supposed to be a sanctuary for tamariki taken away from a world of abuse, but for those placed in Social Welfare facilities in the 1970s and '80s, they were houses of pain and fear.

Two new winter festivals marking Matariki have received government backing with hopes they will become internationally significant.

The Royal Commission investigating abuse in care has heard from Māori who said the Adoption Act was used as a tool of assimilation.

The hapū that sparked the shellfish rāhui along much of the Taranaki coast want a legal ban on gathering kaimoana for two years or more.

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has heard of young Māori being torn from their families and put into a system that wrote them off from the start.

The tribal ban on collecting kaimoana is expanding along the Taranaki coast as more hapū try to protect paua and other shellfish stocks.

Wellington tangata whenua Wednesday's riot at Parliament was painful to witness, calling it further desecration of their mana and whenua. Audio

Marlborough District Council has backed an initiative that will involve Te Tauihu iwi in the management of freshwater.

The Kiingitanga is calling for a peaceful resolution to the occupation at Parliament and other sites across the country.

There's $16.5 million up for grabs in a new funding round from the government as the nation prepares for the return of international tourists and more Kiwis returning home. Audio

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei says it is disturbed by an occupation by protesters at the Auckland Domain, and wants it brought to a swift end.

Gisborne District Council is one step closer to returning land at Tokomaru Bay to its rightful owner, having issued a letter of intent.

Māori on Aotea / Great Barrier Island have told Auckland Council to stop helipads being put in, and to start paying them more heed as kaitiaki.

Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare says the government knows Omicron is likely to disproportionately affect Māori and Pasifika communities, so they're making sure they getting the support and…