Te Ao Māori

Auckland councillors regret signing off on the Ihumātao land being used for housing, with one saying it feels like police are being used as a "private security firm for a group of foreign investors".

Some of the protesters staying at Ihumātao in Auckland were this morning woken by police officers and are now standing in a line toe-to-toe with them as they fight to stop a housing development there.

A generational divide is at the heart of the ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao in Auckland.

A direct appeal to the Prime Minster has been made by one of the leaders of a land protest at Ihumātao, but Jacinda Ardern says the government will not intervene. Video

For more than three years, there has been an occupation of "protectors" at Ihumātao. Here's why. Audio

Protesters say they are fighting on but have lost faith in police as they try to hold on to ancestral land in Auckland. Video

Two Rotorua iwi have signed an agreement to end an historical dispute over the land where the Pink and White Terraces once stood.

Police are at a disputed housing development in Auckland where an eviction notice has been served against occupiers.

A Tauranga kaiako taking part in protests at Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been moved by the peaceful approach of native Hawaiian demonstrators even in the face of their elders being arrested.

More than 100 children in Oranga Tamariki care were harmed in the three months to March - and three-quarters of them were Māori.

The Māori Affairs Select Committee has recommended that anyone wanting to use the word 'Parihaka' for commercial purposes must get permission from the Parihaka Papakainga Trust.

Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has re-opened the conversation with Ngāpuhi, in a low-key visit to the north this week.

A new health clinic in Hamilton has combined western medicine and rongoā Māori to give patients more choice when they walk through the door.

The Far North iwi leader who said he would take the government to court over inaction on climate change has filed court papers this afternoon.

A Māori woman is accusing craft store Lincraft of racial profiling, after she was accused of stealing cross-stitch from one of its shops in Christchurch. Audio

A Māori leader from the Far North is suing the government over its "failure" to act fast enough on climate change.

A Northland iwi leader says the vandalising of cultural statues is a sign of disrespect. Audio