Te Ao Māori

Kiingi Tuheitia has formally invited all mana whenua to meet at Hopuhopu to find a solution over the contentious development at Ihumātao.

Iwi and hapū are watching closely to see how the Ihumātao land occupation in South Auckland plays out.

Desperately fighting to save land at Ihumātao from development, Pania Newton leads a determined collective of protectors in the fight to save the site considered sacred. Watch the Loading Docs… Video, Audio

A GP is urging Northland District Health Board to be honest about institutional racism in its health services and stamp it out.

The kaitiaki of a maunga north of Auckland say a controversial shooting club should never have been allowed to operate there because the land is wāhi tapu.

Māori health experts have sent an open letter to the prime minister, asking her to withdraw police from the Ihumātao occupation.

A Whanganui migrant advocate has criticised an iwi leader for saying the city should house Māori before it takes on refugees - but the mayor say he has a point about the city's housing crisis. Audio

The people at the heart of a Māori land protest in South Auckland are overwhelmed that the Māori King will visit them.

The face of the Ihumātao occupation has met with the Māori Development Minister over the Māori land dispute in South Auckland.

As hundreds of people continue their peaceful occupation at Ihumātao, kaimahi behind the scenes are making sure every person who visits the site experiences manaakitanga.

Mr Samuels, of Waikato-Tainui and Te Whakatōhea, will start as chief executive of the Ministry of Māori Development in September.

People are taking time off work to occupy the land at Ihumātao again this week, despite assurances by the Prime Minister that construction will halt until the land dispute is resolved. Audio

Protesters at the centre of the Ihumātao land dispute in South Auckland are disappointed that Jacinda Ardern has not shown up.

Protests around the country - including more than 300 delivering an open letter to Parliament - have called for Oranga Tamariki to stop taking children from their families.

National Party leader Simon Bridges has been labelled "desperate and disrespectful" for saying the Prime Minister should not have gone to Tokelau.

A group of tattoo artists have set up a tā moko station at the frontline of the Ihumātao protests in Auckland's Mangere.

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Prime Minister should never have got involved in the Ihumātao dispute and now she's walked away at the worst time. Audio

Police are reducing their presence at Ihumātao, but officers will remain there for safety reasons because of the size of the protests there.

Muslim leaders have come to pray with the people of Ihumātao, sharing the pain of having their sacred spaces attacked.

The Police Association says it's costing tens of thousands of dollars a day for the large-scale police response at Ihumātao.