Te Ao Māori

The government has announced more than $56 million to support Māori communities and businesses respond to Covid-19.

A Wairarapa iwi is rallying around its most vulnerable amid the threat of Covid 19, preparing food packs and other essentials to every kaumātua in its rohe.

Three upcoming kapa haka regional competitions have been postponed amid the threat of Covid-19.

The National Secondary School Kapa Haka Competition has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.

John Tamihere says $40m of Whānau Ora funds could be used to help families who can't afford hygiene and sanitary items amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Māori businesses hit hard by the coronavirus say the government's $12.1 billion relief package will save whānau livelihoods.

The largest indigenous film festival in the Southern Hemisphere has now cancelled all upcoming screenings, despite kicking off with a pōwhiri yesterday.

An upcoming regional kapa haka competition will go ahead for the first time ever without spectators.

Despite controversy over the police armed response teams, some people feel safer with them, a South Auckland-based Māori warden says.

Māori justice advocates are seeking an urgent Tribunal hearing on the Police Armed Response Teams and are calling for them to be stopped immediately.

Māori health providers have set up support phone lines and isolation rooms incase Covid 19 spreads to their communities.

The commercial arms of iwi Ngāi Tahu and Tainui are selling Go Bus, the largest passenger service operator in New Zealand.

Travellers passing through the new $29 million airport terminal in New Plymouth next week will find themselves immersed in the culture of the local hapū Puketapu.

The treaty settlement for a group of Hawke's Bay hapū has passed its first reading in Parliament, but one dissenting group continues to oppose it.

A United Nations expert says indigenous children must be taught in their own language and countries failing to do so could be in breach of human rights.

As rumaki reo classes and other kura reo begin again for the year, RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reflects on coming full circle back to te reo Māori.

A dawn ceremony in the Far North has marked the 175th anniversary of the felling of the flagstaff at Kororāreka.

New Zealand trampers ignoring the rāhui at Tongariro National Park could threaten its World Heritage Status, according to local iwi. Audio

An oil and gas company in receivership wants to leave equipment on the Taranaki sea floor. Local iwi fundamentally oppose the plans.

Iwi were deceived when the Crown purchased the Awahou and Rangitikei-Manawatū Blocks - more than 240,000 acres of land - the Waitangi Tribunal has heard.