Te Ao Māori

A 160-year-old flag, from the time of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, has been returned to the Kīngitanga by the Anglican Church.

The Anglican Diocese officially signed over ownership to… Audio

The Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little is ruling out a law change that will put confiscated land now in private hands up for return to Māori in treaty settlements.

It comes as protesters… Audio

The country's top Maori police officer Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha went to Ihumātao on Tuesday in an attempt to reduce tensions between protestors and police.

After a pōwhiri at the site of the… Audio

Māori providers involved in a police-led domestic violence intervention programme say they're struggling to find enough men to work with perpetrators.

The Integrated Safety Response Pilot - which… Audio

In part two of this series, Rereata Makiha explains the different lunar phases of the maramataka used as a guide for the best times to plant, fish and collect kaimoana. In recent years Makiha says… Audio

Māori King Tuheitia will visit Ihumātao on Saturday but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is unlikely to be a visitor to the occupation.

Crown-Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says it is up to Māori… Video, Audio

The Kaitiaki - or guardians - of a maunga north of Auckland say the controversial Auckland Shooting Club should never have been allowed to operate there because the land is wahi tapu or sacred. Video, Audio

The face of the Ihumātao occupation, Pania Newton, has met with Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta over the land dispute in South Auckland. The pair had a hui this afternoon in a bid to find a… Audio

A Whanganui iwi leader says the city should be looking after Māori in the community before it starts to settle refugees.

The city was selected in February as a resettlement destination for refugees… Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges has accused the Prime Minister of failing in her duties by being in Tokelau instead of leading a government response to the Ihumātao land dispute calling her a… Video, Audio

A Māori law specialist says Oranga Tamariki is at a crisis point and there needs to be urgent institutional change to allow Māori to be in charge of their own whānau.

Hundreds of protesters rallied… Audio

One of the hundreds of protesters at Ihumātao says there should be more Māori land occupations.

Bob Rolleston is a kaumātua from Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty.

He joined the protest in South… Audio

As the Paramount Chief of Rarotonga visited Ihumātao today, National leader Simon Bridges took a swipe at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for going overseas whilst the land dispute remains unresolved. Video, Audio

Several hundred protesters descended on Parliament today to deliver a petition calling on the government to stop uplifting Māori children from their whakapapa. Māni Dunlop reports. Video, Audio

A nationwide hikoi - or march - calling for change at Oranga Tamariki will take place today - as the group 'Hands off our Tamariki' delivers an open letter to parliament. They're rallying against what… Audio

Has Jacinda Ardern learned the lessons from Labour's mishandling of the foreshore and seabed, or will Ihumātao loosen her party's grip on the seven Māori seats?

Hundreds of people continue to occupy… Video, Audio

Māori rights activist and former MP, Hone Harawira, was at Ihumātao at the weekend, He speaks with Susie Ferguson. Audio

Protesters at Ihumātao are taking time off work to continue their occupation, despite construction on the disputed site being put on hold.

The fight to protect the 32 hectare land block in South… Audio