Te Ao Māori

The woman who launched a petition urging police to scrap their Armed Response Team (ART) believes it put her job in jeopardy, but it was worth it now the squad has been axed for good. Audio

Police have apologised to the whānau of a 16-year-old boy from Masterton who was arrested last year after being mistaken for a suspect. Audio

The Crown has failed to protect King Country Māori against the severe and lasting impacts of settlement, the Waitangi Tribunal says.

The Ruakura Port development north of Hamilton has recieved more than $30 million from the Provincial Growth Fund and the commercial arm of iwi powerhouse Waikato-Tainui.

Former Māori Party leader Dame Tariana Turia is calling for Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Grainne Moss and Minister for Children Tracey Martin to resign.

Two people have been charged in relation to a vineyard built at Wairau Bar in Blenheim, where one of the earliest Māori settlements is thought to have been.

Seventeen sites with regionally significant ecological values have been identified as new candidates for the Key Native Ecosystems programme in Taranaki, covering an area of more than 3000 hectares.

In a first for New Zealand, a regional council is proposing to transfer work, such as monitoring beach water quality, to an iwi authority. Audio

The lead of the Māori inquiry into Oranga Tamariki says she is appalled the children's minister claimed she was never asked to do anything with the inquiry's report.

Gisborne District Council has announced it will officially revoke its decision to install two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour without public consultation.

The Labour Māori Caucus acknowledges there was a lack of consultation about the Armed Police Teams trial and says it is opposed to the general arming of the police force.

Māori health providers are hoping to cement gains in healthcare but avoid inequity as they scale back targeted Covid-19 testing of Māori.

A Christchurch art gallery has apologised and pulled down controversial art after complaints the works appropriated Māori culture. Audio

Mayor Rehette Stoltz says she regrets voting in favour of installing two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship without consulting local iwi, and will now allow them to have their say.

Labour's Māori electorate MPs are returning to the party list this year after a bold play in 2017 saw them sweep all seven seats.

Newly knighted artist Derek Lardelli - mostly known in Aotearoa for composing Kapo o Pango (the All Blacks haka) - says it's a recognition of of all Māori arts.

Three generations of one whānau from Auckland working on the Kaikōura highway rebuild have decided to make the South Island home.

Mount Parihaka in Whangarei has been declared smoke and vape free at a dawn blessing, timed to coincide with World Smokefree Day today.

One of the country's best-known waiata has proven so catchy a US Defence Force musician says it's been "on a loop" in his head for weeks. Video, Audio

Opinion - Media leaders must help to ensure that Māori perspectives and diversity of voice are guaranteed and valued within the sector, writes Shane Taurima.