Te Ao Māori

Tairāwhiti iwi have urged Rhythm and Vines owners and management to cancel this year's festival over concerns it could cause a Covid-19 outbreak in the region.

The government has introduced legislation repealing a provision which has been found to increase trauma on children and makes it harder for parents to retain care of subsequent children.

One of the country's Great Walks is off limits while the iwi that has responsibility over the area tries to get vaccination rates up. Audio

The community of Te Waimana in Bay of Plenty are being asked to self isolate over the next 48 hours and to get tested to help stop Covid-19 in its tracks after there was a confirmed case in the…

The inquiry will look into disproportionate numbers of Māori vaccination rates and Covid-19 cases, ask if the Crown's vaccination strategy and protection framework are consistent with the treaty, and…

The 15th of December is D-Day for the Ranga Tupua iwi collective as it scrambles to protect vulnerable communities in the central plateau, Rangitīkei, South Taranaki and Whanganui against Covid-19.

An iwi racing to get its community vaccinated is apprehensive about the impact the loosening of restrictions will have in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell says the government allowing landbanked houses to become derelict when so many people are homeless is a travesty.

The Ranga Tupua iwi collective will use millions of dollars of government funding to send mobile units into isolated, rural and vulnerable communities to help them prepare for Covid-19.

Two siblings from Kāwhia are urging their whānau to get vaccinated decades on since they both fought and survived polio.

A collective of marae around the Kāwhia harbour, are banding together to encourage whānau in their community to get vaccinated.

Rotorua Lakes Council have agreed - by one vote - to adopt a governance model with one Māori ward seat, despite protestations from its iwi partnership.

Ngāi Tahu is welcoming the appointment of a mana whenua panel to work with the Department of Conservation as its reviews the status of South Island conservation land.

The Waitangi Tribunal says the Crown failed to meet Treaty obligations in parts of the new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal - but acknowledges major changes in the negotiation process.

Te Arawa is calling on local councillors to "vote carefully" ahead of its final decision on the future governance structure of the council today.

It was filed by representatives of the Māori Council and senior leaders who say the Crown's Covid-19 framework significantly and irreversibly prejudices Māori.

The release of Māori vaccination data to the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency has been delayed, Health Minister Andrew Little says, contradicting his earlier statement.

The Māori Party want a tangata whenua led Covid-19 response and for mandates to be abolished, but say they would support mandates put in place by Māori organisations and businesses.