Te Ao Māori

There will be a specific vaccination rollout plan for Māori focused on giving them confidence in receiving the vaccine, the Minister for the Covid-19 Response says.

Whakatāne District Council breached a commitment to engage with iwi before making a decision to grant consent for a petrol station, the High Court has found.

There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told.

The Cancer Control Agency has kicked off a series of nationwide hui today designed to address the appalling cancer statistics for Māori in New Zealand.

New Plymouth council says it erred by not promoting the powerful Tai Moana Tai Tangata exhibition at its Govett Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre to general news media.

A Gisborne councillor says Māori wards are key to making sure that local iwi are represented.

A new chapter in RNZ's award-winning documentary project on the New Zealand Wars is launched today - NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui.

"So one of the tasks that we're working through with Māori groups, but also with non-Māori, is how we do that effectively.

The repeal and replacement of the RMA is incredibly complex, and time will be taken to get the legislation right, the Environment Minister says.

National MP Simon Bridges has railed against the government's move to protect Māori wards, describing it as insulting as a Māori man. Audio

Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are exhibiting a united front against cross-claims about policy settlements by the Crown.

Māori ward campaigners are thrilled the Labour government is using urgency to push through a bill to get rid of a public veto on Māori wards.

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been booted out of Parliament's debating chamber after refusing to wear a tie, in contravention of the rules.

A hui at the site where mortuary waste will be returned to Papatūānuku Mother Earth marks a significant step away from the culturally abhorrent practice of sending it out to sea.

An Auckland councillor is calling on the government to keep the Tino Rangatiratanga flag flying from the Harbour Bridge permanently.

Massey University has had a record number of enrolments for its kura kaupapa teaching programme this year.

The Governor-General says the Crown has repeatedly broken agreements laid out in the Treaty of Waitangi.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's "totally open" to going to Te Tii marae next year.

Commemorations are continuing at Waitangi, as New Zealand marks 181 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.