Te Ao Māori

A review of the long-standing admissions programme for Māori and Pasifika medical students is either 'pointless' or 'perfectly sensible', depending on who you ask.

A new assessment tool is poised to revolutionise the diagnosis of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori kaumātua.

Ngāti Kuri have issued a public notice reminding people not to scatter the ashes of human remains at Cape Reinga as it is traditionally recognised as a place of spiritual transition for Māori.

Lady Tureiti Moxon and the head of a Māori primary health organisation, Janice Kuka, have made a request for an urgent hearing regarding the government's plans.

Protecting the taiao and promoting intergenerational transmission of te reo are the big challenges ahead for Ngāi Tahu, according to the iwi's new chairperson.

Health Minister Shane Reti has refused to say if he has an obligation to protect Māori health under the Treaty. Labour's Ayesha Verrall says he could have his licence to practise revoked.

Everyone will have a different point of view about history, Paul Goldsmith says.

When protests were taking place across the country led by Te Pāti Māori, "Blenheim was a little bit shy".

Parents say they are shocked and angry with a Whakatāne primary school after it decided to scrap a bilingual teaching unit without consultation. Audio

Two new Te Pāti Māori MPs have made their debut in Parliament, promising to defend against attacks on their language and culture.

It's not clear when Waimarino suddenly became just "National Park", but iwi are calling for the tourist village to be given its historic name back.

The new centre named Māwhera Pā is the first of four hubs telling the stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu on the South Island's West Coast.

Both National and Labour have defended Te Papa's right to display an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi after it was defaced by protesters on Monday. Audio

The government's approach to the use of te reo is reversing half a century of progress, the chair of a trust says. Audio

Te Papa should listen to protesters and remove its large display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi, a Māori legal expert says. Audio

A Tauranga-based iwi has made an urgent claim to the Waitangi Tribunal, accusing the government of attacking Māori culture and language.

The wooden display panel showing the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi has been damaged with spray paint and some kind of power tool, Te Papa says.