Te Ao Māori

Health workers at the frontline of fighting high rates of cervical cancer among Māori women say a new, easier, test is promising but it isn't a one-stop fix.

Long-awaited funding for cervical screening tests and a new breast screening system are welcomed, but much more needs to be done, health leaders say.

Te Papa and the Department of Conservation spent $10,000 to return the body of a 350 kilogram turtle to Canterbury hapū, but say it was the right thing to do.

Half of wāhine Maori have experienced sexual or physical violence, according to data provided within a 2020 government report briefing.

The pā that saw the first shots of the Taranaki Wars deserves higher public priority, Māori have told New Plymouth District Council.

Hundreds of Māori leaders have gathered in Porirua to discuss the big kaupapa for iwi and hapū, including how they will inform the design of the new Māori Health Authority.

Concerns about the He Puapua report - on how to better uphold indigenous rights - are being dismissed by Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government has nothing to hide over a report commissioned on how to better uphold indigenous rights.

A 20-year plan to establish Māori sovereignty is political dynamite. It threatens the prime minister's reputation as open and transparent, Graham Adams writes.

The author of a report described by National leader Judith Collins as "divisive" says she wishes it was not used as a "political tool".

One of Rio Tinto's top executives has been meeting with Southland iwi today about the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

A Māori charitable trust in Queenstown is accusing Bunnings Warehouse of wanting cultural performers on the cheap, but the company insists there's been a misunderstanding.

The Pūkaha Forest in northern Wairarapa was officially gifted to the nation by Rangitane today.

National is accusing Labour of trying to sneak through a divisive plan to set up separate systems for Māori at all levels - including in Parliament.

Prominent Māori leaders who called for the power Oranga Tamariki exercises in respect to tamariki Māori to be devolved to iwi and hapū have backed the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendations that the…

Far North District Council will next week go back to the table on Māori wards as its Te Ao Māori lead forces an extraordinary meeting on the subject.

National Party leader Judith Collins says her party will not pursue policies of 'racist separatism' when dealing with poverty and lack of opportunity in New Zealand. Audio

Disillusioned Tūhoe are marching against their own after years of growing tension between hapū and tribal leadership.

A Southern iwi health provider wants the new Māori Health Authority to fund services that encompass all of hauora, not just GP visits. Audio

Ōtorohanga District councillors voted on Tuesday to establish a Māori ward with only one councillor in opposition.