Te Ao Māori

RNZ reporter Joanna MacKenzie is at the police cordon at Ihumatao, where protest numbers have been growing in a land dispute with Fletcher Building.

She joins Susie Ferguson with the latest details.

Numbers facing off against police at Ihumātao have swelled, with more expected to join today and into the weekend.

Three more people were arrested on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters joined those… Audio

Despite the government saying it will not intervene over Ihumātao - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joined protestors at Parliament on Wednesday.

People have flown in from around the country to… Audio

While protesters occupying land at Ihumatao continue their stand-off with police, Maori ministers in the capital are staying clear from the conflict, saying its up to mana whenua to find a solution… Video, Audio

Our reporter Tom Furley is at the main cordon at the bottom of Ihumātao Quarry Road. Video, Audio

The stand off at Ihumātao continues into a second day - ramping us as hundreds of people turn out to support the protest. They answered a call that went out to join the protest at Māori ancestral land… Video, Audio

Hundreds of people around the country have been protesting a planned development on Ihumātao in Māngere, which is considered wahi tapu by local hapū and iwi. RNZ's Kurahautu Māori - Maori strategy… Audio

Tension has ratcheted up at a land protest in South Auckland.

Opponents of a housing development near Mangere have spent the night camping out at the site's entrance in a last-ditch bid to stop the… Audio

Opponents of a housing development near Māngere have spent the night camping out at the site's entrance in a last-ditch bid to stop the development going ahead on land they say is sacred.

More than… Audio

Protestors trying to stop a housing development near Māngere in Auckland say they're more determined than ever to prevent it going ahead, and will remain at Ihumātao for as long as it takes.

The… Audio

A law that allows state caregivers to become 'special guardians' of a child, and decide how much access they have to their parents, has come under fire from Māori lawyers.

They say it goes against… Audio

Three-quarters of the children who were harmed in state care over the three months to March were Māori.

The Safety of Children in Care quarterly report from Oranga Tamariki shows just over 100… Audio

A growing number of Māori are ditching dairy and meat, and embracing veganism.

The topic was at the centre of a New Zealand Human-Animal Studies conference this month, where researchers highlighted… Audio

More than 200 Ngāpuhi people turned up at Waitangi at the weekend for a meeting with Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little.

It was Mr Little's first testing of the waters with the hapū since the… Audio

A Wellington judge has applied a new law to return a child to their whānau after a long custody battle with Oranga Tamariki.

Section 7AA, part of the changes to the Oranga Tamariki Act that kicked in… Audio

He Waka Kōtuia are a Ōtepoti/Dunedin kapa haka roopu who have just released an album with Mara TK and Troy Kingi. The rangatahi join Yadana Saw to talk about the process of songwriting. Audio

Kelvin Davis has come out in favour of compulsory Te Reo Māori in schools. It's a break from Labour and the Prime Minister's position on the issue - who have stayed away from the word "compulsory" Audio

The stories of a prominent Ngāi Tahu storyteller and leader from the 19th century, Teone Taare Tikao are being brought to life on stage by one of his descendants. Audio

A Northland Iwi leader says the vandalising of cultural statues is disturbing.

Earlier this year a Rangitane carving in Manawatu Gorge reserve had its wooden penis chopped off, while last week in… Audio