Te Ao Māori

Te Taumata Wānanga reo has seen some of Ngāpuhi's most renowned te reo Māori speakers come together to teach more than 100 people about the mita and Ngāpuhi's unique kī waha.

Revered kaumātua and leader Piri Sciascia of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu and Italian descent has died at the age of 73.

A kōhanga reo has won an award after being challenged to come up with initiatives to promote oral health to tamariki and their whānau.

A man whose mokopuna was taken says Oranga Tamariki should go and be replaced by a Māori whānau-centric model. But the ministry and a midwife say better housing, education are needed.

Māori babies were five times more likely to end up in state care than non-Māori last year and their rate of urgent entries into state care has doubled since 2010, official figures show. Audio

In another leadership change for the country's largest iwi Ngāpuhi, rūnanga chief executive Lorraine Toki has resigned.

Te reo Māori will be added to one of the world's most popular language learning app by the end of the year.

Pāua populations in the Marlborough region have been decimated by overfishing after a ban was placed along the Kaikōura coast, following the 2016 earthquake.

A Christchurch fish and chip restaurant owner is seeking a locally made tomato sauce after wiping Wattie's from the menu.

Matatā could become a Dark Sky Sanctuary, if one councillor's vision comes to fruition.

The Honourable Justice Sir Joe Williams has been knighted for services to the judiciary and praised for lifting Māori voices up in the justice system.

Land Information New Zealand has given twenty-two places from Fiordland to the East Cape both English and Māori names.

Summer visitors flocking to Northland's sacred Te Wai o Te Taniwha, or Mermaid Pools, have been flouting a rāhui in place to protect the pools from further pollution.

The kaitiaki of a sacred Rotorua lake say it is being desecrated by people swimming in it after the opening of mountain bike trails in 2018.

At least half of people who have attempted suicide or self harm in police custody this year are Māori. Unfortunately, it's "not a surprise".

Aotearoa-based indigenous youth collective Te Ara Whatu went to the COP25 climate talks. It's time for indigenous leadership on climate issues, a member says.

The Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill has been signed into law at Maungapōhatu marae, clearing the name of the Tūhoe prophet more than a century after his arrest.

Descendants of Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana are preparing for over 200 people guests to arrive at Maungapōhatu Marae for the official signing of the pardon bill.