Stories by Ella Stewart

There are tight margins, party hopping candidates and the potential for electoral history to be made in the Māori seats.

Analysis - A policy is labelled racist. Then that accusation is itself called racist. Are we getting anywhere with any of this?

Analysis - It's clearly wrong that there are no health outcomes that have got any better under Labour. So why was Christopher Luxon allowed to repeat this?

First person - As the country marks the rising of Matariki, Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart writes about her Māmā's adoration of this special time of year.

As the Māori new year approaches, it is a good time to think about what you and your whānau will be doing to celebrate, and to remember those who have passed away.

Māori suffered generational loss of great swathes of their land to confiscation. Now they face advancing waters from climate change, with few easy answers.

Several Māori leaders across the motu reflected on the prime minister's achievements after she announced her resignation on Thursday afternoon.

Epsom Girls' Grammar handled the discovery of human bones at the school from a place of ignorance, but hapū quickly moved to support staff, students and whānau involved, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei says.

Whānau were left upset after two Māori students from Epsom Girls Grammar were asked to perform a karakia on human kōiwi (bones) found at the prestigious school.

Sam Uffindell denies terrifying a flatmate but admits beating a younger student during his school days. He says boarding schools were full of 'rough and tumble'. Was violence and bullying really par…

The government needs to prioritise getting Māori into their own warm, dry, affordable homes as they continue to be disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis, a public health expert says.

The Māori Party and the National Māori Authority are backing calls for the establishment of an iwi bank to finance building on Māori land.

They held onto their land through war and confiscations or fought to get it back, but now they can't build on it. Ella Stewart finds out why.

First person - As a white-passing Māori, Ella Stewart (Ngāpuhi), has been told she's lying about her ethnicity and constantly asked what percentage Māori she is.

University students living in halls of residence say almost everyone they know has Covid-19 as first semester kicks off for 2022. Audio

As high schools around New Zealand prepare for a third year of interrupted learning due to Covid-19, some educators are concerned about the lasting impacts of the pandemic on young people. Audio

An Auckland-based theatre company says the performing arts industry is on the brink without access to a wage subsidy or resurgence payments.

If you're finding yourself clammy, sweaty and breathing heavily into your face mask when you're out and about at the moment, you're not alone. Audio

A teenager who tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the SoundSplash festival says with all the physical contact revellers had at the three-day festival, it seems inevitable that the virus…

Variety - the Children's Charity says it has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of claims for school uniforms from 2020 to 2021. Audio

A group of Kiwi scientists have developed a potential solution to the more than 25,000 tonnes of Covid-19-related plastic waste that has polluted the oceans in the past two years.

Warmer sea temperatures and a changing climate could be what is causing more ocean-borne bites, stings and rashes, a marine scientist says.

More than 307 million Covid-19 cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began, with countries now breaking records for daily case numbers as leaders struggle to keep the new variant at bay.

A Newmarket retailer says she will be closing her doors on Saturdays from now on after anti-vaccine mandate protesters caused havoc over the weekend. Audio

As hospitality businesses around Auckland prepare to open to customers tomorrow for the first time in 108 days, the Restaurant Association say they are devastated. Audio