Te Ao Māori

Māori academics alleging structural racism at the University of Waikato have received support from around the country since speaking out, but two professors admit it is still frightening to be Māori… Audio

It's more than three years behind schedule, more than $200,000 above budget, but now installation is in sight for the Hemo Gorge sculpture.

A Māori public health group in west Auckland has confirmed one of its employees has tested positive for Covid-19.

The Māori Party has pledged to double baseline benefit levels and immediately increase the minimum wage to $25 an hour, if elected.

Descendants of soldiers who fought in the Māori Battalion say they were astounded to learn their family members never received their war medals.

Māori bowel cancer patients are disappointed the Ministry of Health will not drop the national screening programme eligibility age to 50 for Māori and Pasifika.

A South Taranaki iwi is wrestling with a nice to have problem - how to spend $3 million in government funding. Video

A woman who set up a petition to make Matariki a public holiday says it will be a chance for all New Zealanders to learn about indigenous science and spirituality. Audio

Disabled Pasifika people receiving an allowance for extra costs are getting less than half that of Pākehā recipients.

An iwi health provider in the Far North has been forced to relocate its practice, after a deliberately lit fire destroyed part of its building.

A Labour Party promise to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected has got many in te ao Māori excited, including one man who has dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge about the star… Video

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is promising to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected. Video

There has been no change in the survival disparity between Māori and non-Māori with lung cancer for more than a decade.

A researcher modelling Covid-19 death rates says 1300 Māori and Pasifika would die in the Counties Manukau district alone if community transmission was allowed to run rampant.

An independent review led by Sir Harawira Gardiner and Hekia Parata will look into claims of casual or structural racism at the University of Waikato.

Pressure is mounting on the Otago Medical School to front up to Māori and Pasifika about a proposal to cap admissions through the Māori Entry Pathway. Audio

A Canterbury Māori health leader is outraged the region's deficit-laden DHB has built a new emergency care unit for children but cannot afford to staff it.

Jamie-Lee Tuuta and Dr Carwyn Jones will replace Marcia Murray and Glenn Tootil as co-presidents of the executive at Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa, the Māori Law Society.