Te Ao Māori

A few hundred people gathered to catch a glimpse of Prince Charles and Camilla at the Waitangi Treaty grounds in Northland today.

Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects and shared their aroha for actor, playwright and producer Nancy Brunning.

Mana whenua of Ihumātao are disappointed to hear through the grapevine that the Crown is keen to help Auckland Council buy the contested land.

While the government moves closer to a resolution at disputed Ihumātao, the long-time protesters and occupiers of the land remain on the sideline.

The founder of a make-up and fashion course for women on probation in Whanganui aims to help them into employment.

The rules governing Māori constituencies are not ensuring balanced representation in the communities that need it, Wairoa's mayor says.

Descendants of Rua Kēnana are backing proposed changes to the pardon bill that would make the Crown take greater responsibility for the unlawful conviction of their ancestor.

Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending.

The closure of the only bridge with car access to three urupā near Wairoa is forcing relatives to carry the bodies of their loved ones on foot nearly a kilometre for burial.

Whakatāne primary school Te Kura o te Pāroa has taken out the top spot at the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition.

Sir Kim Workman has held many titles - cop, head of prisons, families commissioner, fierce campaigner for criminal justice reform, jazz musician and father. He's also his iwi's first knight

Thousands of U2 fans will see an image of one of Aotearoa's most famous kuia light up Mt Smart Stadium tonight - and one of her descendants believes she would have loved her moment in the spotlight. Audio

Claims by National's Māori development spokesperson Joanne Hayes that Māori could be better off if welfare payments are reduced are off the mark, the Māori Council says.

The Minister for Children says there were personnel changes after the attempted removal of a baby from a Hawke's Bay mother, which sparked a review into Oranga Tamariki. Audio

Five months on since the iconic Wellington marae Tapu te Ranga burnt to the ground, the clean up has made slow progress.

Emergency call outs to one of Napier's most vulnerable suburbs have significantly fallen since a safety programme in te reo Māori was introduced into a local school.