Te Ao Māori

A Tauranga councillor who outraged local Māori after he labelled the treaty "a joke" and "an iwi gravy train" is defending his comments.

Iwi leader Buddy Mikaere says he won't allow 30 years of Treaty of Waitangi work to be undermined by the "inflammatory" views of a new Tauranga city councillor. Audio

A spate of violent deaths of local Māori women in Whanganui has got the community declaring "enough is enough".

More than a hundred years since armed constabulary troops desecrated the peaceful Taranaki settlement Parihaka, the Crown is owning up to its wrongs. Video

There are fears a six-month trial of police patrol vehicles carrying armed officers might mean Māori being targeted more than any other group.

A group of about 200 people from Parihaka has arrived at Parliament this morning to witness an historic bill being passed into law.

The new head of Māori in Corrections says the focus of prison needs to shift from punishing people to showing them respect, and helping them rehabilitate.

A world first project will create a te reo digital dataset large enough to be used for machine learning to create chat bots, online education, games, transcription of archival material, and real-time…

An Invercargill-based charity has been recognised for its efforts to transform the lives of tāngata whaikaha who've been isolated by their disability.

A graduate from a te reo Māori programme that aims to have more te reo spoken in classrooms is urging the government to fund it nationwide next year.

Occupiers of the disputed land at Ihumātao have been shut out of talks with the government about finding a resolution, saying they haven't had any direct contact with ministers in more than a month.

People in the Far North are now looking for a new face to lead the country's biggest iwi, following the unexpected resignation of Te Rūnanga ā iwi o Ngāpuhi chair Sonny Tau.

A stalwart of te reo Māori and a fierce advocate for gay rights, Lee Smith, has died. Audio

Improving the "disturbing" statistics around Māori organ transplants is the aim of a ground-breaking hui in Hastings this week.

Guided only by the stars and the Moon like our first Polynesian navigators over 750 years ago, Meriana Johnsen joins the crew onboard Haunui waka, on an overnight haerenga from Anaura Bay to Gisborne. Video

The rain has made its way over Tūranganui a Kiwa today - but that has not stopped people taking part in the activities.

Ngāpuhi leader Sonny Tau has resigned as the chairman of Te Rūnanga ā iwi o Ngāpuhi.

The second phase of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry has kicked off in Wellington, where Wai 2575 claimants are sharing their views on the inequalities faced by Māori.

The most anticipated day of Tuia 250 wrapped up with a private civic ceremony, where leaders asked how New Zealanders could look to the future.